There is this on-going narrative that technology is a neutral force. This is what you’ve heard on and on again in conferences or tech media. I vehemently dispute that.
The case for self-cannibalization
Self-cannibalization is often understood as something normal in business when you have to jump to the new version of an old best-seller. In innovation? It’s not that simple…
Do you need your own Apple stores?
Bose is closing most of its brick and mortar shops internationally. Is it a sound move to concentrate on e-commerce? Or is it the symptom of a poor strategic vision?
Are European startups solving real problems?
Startup investment in Europe is still under the spell of the US logic. What if startups were not about online pizza deliveries or throw-away scooters clogging our street?
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”...
Who needs concept products?
As every year the CES (Consumer Electronic Show) is held at Las Vegas. Journalists flock the event and bombard social media with pictures, articles and videos of improbable products that...
Tech for Good?
My 40 min “fireside chat” video on what does “tech for good” means for Europe, at BlendWebLix in Lyon (in French).
What is an innovation strategist?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k9AYFPHgCg Sébastien MEUNIER from France 3 TV, asked to me to do a quick interview at #BlendWebMix a few days ago. He asked me what was an “innovation strategist”, how...
Let’s meet at BlendWebMix
I’ll be hosting the BlendWebMix conference in Lyon (France) on November 13 and 14. This year program is about “Tech for Good”. You’ve seen this central theme running with most...
Emotionally healthy business cultures
Since my TEDx talk Emotions at Work 4-5 years ago, I have been writing a few articles about how emotions can have a very useful place in companies and add...
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...
How to run a startup, a quick and dirty guide
I've read too many startup post-mortems lately. "If only we would have done X instead of Y and Z we would have wasted less time and money and maybe survived"....
The 5 perimeters of autonomous vehicles
A glimpse in my current work on autonomous vehicles with a few (undisclosed) customers and how the innovation mindset in this market is rewritten as we speak.
My perspectives on the future of digital economy in 42 bullet-points
I have been doing a lot of work on the future of digital economy for various multinationals these last months. Part of the work is to map the key driving...
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...
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:...
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...
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....