How to see markets beyond the curve, catch weak signals, and anticipate turnarounds to leverage change and disruptions
Weak Signals
Meta just launched a new version of their smart glasses that seems relatively decent from a technology standpoint (provided you're not concerned with your data and privacy). It allows for taking photos and videos with regular glasses on your face. Meanwhile, Apple is stepping boldly into a future
A recent LinkedIn post reminded me of an old book that was written back in 1977 about luck by Max Ghunter: The Luck Factor. And I'll be the first to admit such books are mostly wishful thinking if not plain crap. But Max, who was a Swiss banker
Newsletter
For many years, I have pondered how to nudge organizations most effectively through troubled waters or, quite often, sheer storms, and in doing so, I always asked myself the core qualities involved to get there. How to be an efficient 'copilot'. And if you're reading this
Beginner
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
Weak Signals
A new innovation prompt this week using the concept of bisociation. Never heard of the term? Exactly!
Weak Signals
In 1978, Dr. James Austin published an odd book called Chase, Chance, & Creativity: The Lucky Art of Novelty. The book was all about making scientific sense of... luck. This is a specially interesting endeavor for startups or corporations as luck is probably the essential asset for anyone in the
Weak Signals
When discussing innovation, pretty soon, we end up talking about marketing and branding. If you do something new that challenges the market, there's an embedded drive to be remarkable yourself by shaking the usual market codes. In 2003, Seth Godin wrote The Purple Cow and summarised many key
Newsletter
Ten years ago, I wrote an article that would end up being key to how Stéphanie and I would define our business. The article's title was Small is Beautiful, a Vision of Excellence with Fewer than 10 Employees. I was arguing at the time that micro-enterprises might be
Culture
Today, we're talking about the rise and fall of film technology and how one company, Fujifilm, managed to pivot and adapt to new businesses. Fujifilm was established in 1934 as a subsidiary of Daicel with the aim of producing photographic films. For decades, Fujifilm dominated the camera film
Toolbox
In October 2012, I was already writing about the Lean Startup and the whole MVP fallacy. As I still get many questions about it, it's probably worth translating the article from French (with some cleaning up) and sharing it again.
Newsletter
This week we're done with the GAFAMs and ChatGPT! Let's go back to a key innovation mindset component and some tools. I give you the Kobayashi Maru dilemma... (and yes, I briefly considered trolling Star Trek fans with a Star Wars picture 😱).
Weak Signals
I've been teasing that for a few days, but let's say we are officially experimenting with a podcast version of our articles. To be clear, Stéphanie and I have been struggling with this idea for months as we don't have the material time to