An update on one of the tools we use to copilot innovation project with startups or industrials, and a peak at the logic behind these tools.
The Female Code book
I will be contributing a chapter about decoding emotions at work to the book « The Female Code » which will be out this summer. Stay tuned.
Dark kitchens: from software to physical cloud
Innovation trends such as « dark kitchens » in food delivery business, might seems far away from your market. You might actually not realize how they paint a target on your industry’s back.
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.
My 2017 innovation radar vs. Benedict Evans’ 2020 tech assessment
Forecasts about technology might actually see where tech is going, but more importantly they put into light the underlying key cycles in society and the industry.
Scroll: Can digital media get away from ads?
Ads are both a boon and a problem for digital media groups. Today Vox Media launches an alternative business model worth considering.
Should startups public funding be randomly distributed?
I discuss quite a lot how corporations could or should rewrite their innovation playbook. But what about public offices in charge of funding entrepreneurship?
2020, A chance to reboot your innovation process?
Most large companies now have a mature innovation process, associated with on-going frustrations and often, disillusionment. In 2020, we may have an opportunity to shake things up…
Clayton Christensen
https://youtu.be/tvos4nORf_Y Clayton Christensen passed away two days ago. I will have never met him. And as influential as he was for many of us on innovation strategy, I thought it...
Shaping digital
Although deepfakes might be discussed a lot these days, we might not realize that a deeper level the digital economy is shaped so that we don’t distinguish information from promotion anymore.
David vs. Goliath, a story of maximal focus
Many narratives used when talking innovation are not very robust when you start really looking into them. Some of them like the David vs. Goliath story can even be very misleading.
Deepnews, solving real problems
Dont fret, I’m not going to make a post a day on startups that are « solving real problems ». But I thought it would be fair to point at Deepnews, an...
Catalog, solving real problems
https://youtu.be/IiPvJfbq2No Catalog is a DNA storage startup trying to solve the problem of the exploding cost, complexity, carbon footprint and lack of longevity of data storage. To do so, they’re...
No, technology is not neutral
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”...