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Weak Signals

How to see markets beyond the curve, catch weak signals, and anticipate turnarounds to leverage change and disruptions

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The pains of transformation

Nobody really talks about the pains of transformation. When speaking about change, leaders have a tendency to dangle the carrot of potential vague future benefits. We need to acknowledge the pains of transformation whether they are at the individual, team or organizational level, so that we can gather the courage

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Innovation is now the new business as usual

Most businesses are feeling the current impact of the Covid-19 crisis as a sales and cash-flow problem. It’s more than fair. Yet, there is an underlying impact that is probably misunderstood or not fully anticipated. You see, in normal times, there is a kind of thermodynamic equilibrium to innovation

SoftBank and the problem of Tech investment in Europe

SoftBank and the problem of Tech investment in Europe

I was writing yesterday on how « Tech » became a buzzword while the underlying innovation reality has evolved drastically. The way tech investment is managed is also in this in-between state. Some players like SoftBank have been built around the sole idea of leveraging digital network effects. They fund massive investments

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Scroll: Can digital media get away from ads?

I already discussed already a few times how bad it is that ads are still the default monetization mode [https://www.icopilots.com/why-ad-monetization-is-wrong-really] digital media. In term of business model, they still use the same playbook as soap operas in the sixties. Not only this stifles innovation in this

Should startup public funding be randomly distributed?

Should startup public funding be randomly distributed?

Since 2011, Nigeria has decided to fuel entrepreneurship by distributing public funding. Nothing surprising, but their strategy: lowering the barrier of entry as much as possible by distributing funding to anyone with a small business and a « readable » business plan. With all due caution to the transferability of such a

Reboot your innovation process

2020, A chance to reboot your innovation process?

If you’ve read any business book in your life, it’s painfully obvious that the industry has been trying to offset the problem of relying on predictive business plans to innovate, (a) forever and (b) without much success. Everything that has been written about business has been connected to

Clayton Christensen

Clayton Christensen

Clayton Christensen [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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 would be interesting to remember that he was not only focused on that.