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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.

A practical way to gauge your innovation mindset

A practical way to gauge your innovation mindset

During my summer break from writing on the blog, I spent a lot of time reading articles on the innovation mindset. Although, it’s encouraging to see this topic gaining traction recently how to define what is a 'mindset' is anything but vague. The way I go about

The 5 perimeters of autonomous vehicles

The 5 perimeters of autonomous vehicles

We probably had the famous 5 levels of autonomous vehicles wrong. We often lose track of innovation as a practical and market endeavor, not just a technology benchmark. If up to now, we viewed the progress to full autonomy as a matter of progressively making the driver role disappear, we

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The US just forced China to commit to full digital sovereignty

I’m in Vietnam right now and don’t have a lot of time to share my thoughts and a thorough analysis. I just want to pin that down for further reference: > China has spent nearly two decades building a digital wall between itself and the rest of the

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The Logic of Uber’s IPO

Uber is intended to hit the stock market at a valuation of $82.4bn. Here’s a few things to keep in mind: The target valuation was initially $100bn, but since Lyft was introduced on the stock market on March 28 and lost already 27% of its initial valuation, Uber

Accepting the scale of failure

Accepting the scale of failure

Around a cocktail, everyone will agree that you have to accept failure in innovation. During TEDx conferences smart people will boast about failing gracefully and empowering teams to do so. The question is are you walking to talk yourself? Are you ready to accept failure as an unavoidable harsh reality?