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Disney and the semantics of innovation

Disney and the semantics of innovation

I often refer to Disney as a critical, albeit underrated, innovator. Among the many strategic things they have done for decades is creating a market around very focused brand values. As a global brand that reinvented from scratch and "premiumized" the entertainment park experience, one of the amazing

🟢 The hidden concept of bisociation

🟢 The hidden concept of bisociation

A new innovation prompt this week using the concept of bisociation. Never heard of the term? Exactly!

Innovating seasonal businesses

Innovating seasonal businesses

I've been discussing seasonal businesses with a few customers recently. Whether there are B2C or B2B, dealing with a peak and a low season completely changes how you can approach innovation. There are many reasons for that, but one that always strikes me as spectacularly missed: managers of

The case for Elon Musk driving Twitter to bankruptcy

The case for Elon Musk driving Twitter to bankruptcy

Musk had shown with solid consistency that he was not afraid to not pay his debts, office rent, or employee severance package. He has also been quite consistent at driving Twitter business in the ground. From pushing away advertisers by breaking all forms of moderation, to more recently killing the

When Disney theorized business synergy

When Disney theorized business synergy

There's an organizational chart from the sixties that has been floating around for a long time. It describes how Disney was thinking about its business more than fifty years ago, and it's striking. Where you might see a consulted mess, it's anything but. The