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Philippe MEDA

Since 2007, Philippe has collaborated with hundreds of startups and advised numerous multinational corporations on disruptive innovation strategies. He also teaches MBA courses in Europe and Shanghai.

Innovation groundhog day: Why corporations keep forgetting what they learn

Innovation groundhog day: Why corporations keep forgetting what they learn

Too many corporations treat innovation like a Groundhog Day loop—rotating junior teams every two years, erasing hard-earned insights, and wondering why nothing sticks. Unlike finance or R&D, innovation is rarely given the strategic continuity it needs to deliver real impact.

Mistral gagnant?

Mistral gagnant?

Just to follow up on the numerous exchanges I had about the NASDAQ yesterday and why Europe won't participate (not to mention win!) in the AI race: Take Mistral, the now (hopefully) famous French rock-star AI startup. They are still legally registered in France and, on paper, 75%

A talk about Kodak...

A talk about Kodak...

Yesterday, I was interviewed by André, a Master’s student in Lisbon, about Kodak vs. Fujifilm as a lens to explore why some companies survive strategic shifts while others don’t. His sharp questions led to a focused discussion. Here’s a condensed transcript of the key points.

Greed will end up solving climate change

Greed will end up solving climate change

Working on long-term trends is obviously getting tricky since a few months ago, and I guess I don't have to explain why anymore. Whether some key events will have long-term negative or positive impacts, businesses and innovators need some level of stability to invest in the future. Knowing

From social media to social credit: the creeping convergence of U.S. and Chinese citizen profiling

From social media to social credit: the creeping convergence of U.S. and Chinese citizen profiling

How to protect your phone at the US border is now an ongoing trope of many tech blogs, travel websites, and consumer magazines. Beyond the quite obvious geopolitical implications, we see in real-time a core transformation of how the US deals with online and social media privacy (or lack thereof)