Intuitive Leadership has become trendy but also a necessity. But how can we develop it if we don’t understand it?
Innovation culture needs feminine values
Masculine values are central to many things in business, but not for innovation where feminine values are critical. If only there was a simple way to get more of them… Oh, wait.
Shot on an iPhone pro
A quick reminder that my thought-provoking question from 2017: When Star Wars will be shot on iPhone? is less and less provoking. This is now mainstream Apple marketing, where “shooting”...
A practical way to gauge your innovation mindset
During my summer break from writing on the blog, I read a lot of articles on the innovation mindset. I am glad this became such an open topic lately. Stéphanie...
Interview – Innovative Management at Worldline
I’m glad to be sharing this article about Claire Déprez, Innovative Management Programme Leader at Worldline, the youngest of the transformation leaders I’ve interviewed. I’ve met Claire in 2014 when...
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 stone age did not end because the world ran out of stones…
The stone age did not end because the world ran out of stones, and the oil age will not end because we run out of oil. It ended because bronze...
What is the shelf life of Zuckerberg point of view on entrepreneurship?
Am I the only one that wonder why we still ask rock-star CEOs what was their recipe for success? I understand the father figure thing. But the 2019 market, its...
Pick our brains as a Service
Some of our customers are already using this retainer-on-demand consulting format but most companies still contact us too early or too late to work on innovation projects. Too late, when...
Reboot your innovation mindset
Do you want to reboot your innovation mindset? Then, you have to look forward; not in your rearview mirror so much. You might look a tad crazy in the process....
Understanding the future of your market
https://youtu.be/RF5VIwDYIJk In a video called « The End of the Beginning », Benedict EVANS talks on the shifting point we are living as a global connected society and how to...
Interview – A change partner transforming HR at ING
Latest interview of transformation leader – Karin Parmentier is transforming HR at ING and beyond.
The simplest definition of innovation
My first MBA class a long time ago was about finance. I was explained that the simplest (and probably most accurate) definition of finance is « Money over time ». It struck...
On new mobility business models
When we arrived in the Netherlands two years ago, we adjusted our mode of life immediately. The key thing was to get rid of our cars. Who needs one if...
What’s Your Key Innovation Metric?
To somehow follow-up on yesterday’s post, another question that I find extremely revealing about the strategy of any company is: what’s your key innovation metric? Here again, no room for...
Technology Subversion Means You’ve Made it
Every new startup or tech company that enters a market faces the risk that it will be hacked and its technology subverted beyond its goal. Frustrated Tesla owners openly repair...
You’re not competing on products
A powerful statement from Nintendo of America President and COO Reggie FILS-AIME about what business they are in, and who they are competing against: He counted the exact number of minutes...
Interview – A Community Builder Playing the Long Game at BNP Paribas
An interview of transformation leader Sophie Delmas from BNP Paribas. She is playing the long game of transformation.