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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.

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How China innovation culture deeply differs from ours

Sharing a great quote fished by Nicolas COLIN [https://europeanstraits.substack.com/p/the-rise-of-a-new-china?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMDEzNTgwLCJwb3N0X2lkIjozNzU1MzgsIl8iOiJVZExHYiIsImlhdCI6MTU4NjkzNzE4OCwiZXhwIjoxNTg2OTQwNzg4LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItMTc1MDMiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.o7LCeOxbH2IvtUDeTkX1NRAdGeOretFOmQOssSbYbgY] on how China innovation culture compares to America (and the West). When ‘normal’ means the world is in flux, adapting to it is an on-going process of problem resolution. The

Understanding why we make predictions with Pierre Wack

Understanding why we make predictions with Pierre Wack

One of the most critical videos you can watch about managing uncertainty is one of the very few recorded interventions of the brilliant Pierre WACK. He was one of the (mostly) unknown heroes who single-handedly reinvented the business forecast discipline in the eighties with his scenario-planning approach. What do you

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Innovation is now the new business as usual

Most businesses are feeling the current impact of the Covid-19 crisis as a sales and cash-flow problem. It’s more than fair. Yet, there is an underlying impact that is probably misunderstood or not fully anticipated. You see, in normal times, there is a kind of thermodynamic equilibrium to innovation

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Covid-19 Crisis, PESTEL Predictions – Part 2

A quick recap on Part 1 [https://innovation-copilots.ghost.io/covid-19-crisis-a-strategic-analysis-part-1] key ideas… In Part 1 of this analysis I made four points about the nature of the Covid-19 crisis: (1) Plan for major disruption until at least mid-2021 [https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/01/navigating-covid-19-pandemic/]. There will be

Designing an online MBA class

Designing an online MBA class

Since 2009, I’ve been giving a few times a year a class on business model design for the executive MBA students of Kedge Business School, in Marseille, Paris, and Shanghai. It’s usually a fully packed 3-day class where we discuss the difference between managers and leaders as the

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Covid-19 Crisis, A Strategic Analysis – Part 1

The Covid-19 crisis is probably just blooming as we speak. It might be a bit early or just callous to already seek opportunities. But it could be useful to understand the nature of this unprecedented crisis and prepare for what’s to come. But if only, this can also provide

1-hour online clinics on strategy and leadership

1-hour online clinics on strategy and leadership

I was a bit careful with this information, but I believe that this week most of us will understand that there is no return of our business as usual until September. Although Stéphanie and I are rather lucky in this period, with a significative part of our business already operating