Sign in Subscribe

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.

Vanlife: pure hype or long-term social change?

Vanlife: pure hype or long-term social change?

Another great article from our friends at L'Atelier. One that is really in season when you see all other social medias this explosion of young adults selling their apartments (or refusing to own one to start with) and taking the road in a van. Life is a highway,

What if vertical farming wasn't about food?

What if vertical farming wasn't about food?

One of the many difficulties to cope with in innovation is how it never really fits in a pipeline. While technology outputs are essentially linear and predictable (they're mostly aiming for increased performances), changing a market is always a bifurcating, twisting, and turning road. A potentially spectacular illustration

Subscriptions in cars, a long, messy story

Subscriptions in cars, a long, messy story

You might have heard of BMV trying to sell a €17 heating seat monthly subscription. Heating-seats-as-a-Service anyone? Yes, this sounds ludicrous. On the surface, this seems to be a story of incumbent automakers trying to be more like Tesla or software companies and being quite heavy-handed about it. Of course,

◼️ Innovation Micro-interview #1 - Martin PASQUIER, Singapore

◼️ Innovation Micro-interview #1 - Martin PASQUIER, Singapore

A series of micro-interviews with people we work with. Partners in crime, current or former customers, all have a unique view on innovation and the current zeitgeist. Five questions on innovation, short answers. We might agree, we might disagree. No context, no comments.

7 Perfect storms startups to launch this summer

7 Perfect storms startups to launch this summer

After two years of covid, a war in Europe, and now a significant recession, are you tired of startups that only aim at solving pizza delivery? I know I am. As it happens, troubled times have some upside; while incumbents are down, they favor up-start businesses and level the competitive

Dealing with the paradox of choice in innovation

Dealing with the paradox of choice in innovation

In a video made famous in 2007, when TED Talks still seemed amazing, Barry Schwartz made the case for limiting options and choices all around us. Especially in retail and marketing. The paradox of choice stipulates that while we might believe that being presented with multiple options actually makes it

🟢 The sausage factory of trending blog posts

🟢 The sausage factory of trending blog posts

A behind-the-scenes look at how algorithms have taken over content production, optimized everything for click-baiting and turned everything into snackable content.