How to get from insight to market in a complex, sometimes chaotic, fast-moving world.
One of the most critical videos you can watch about managing uncertainty is one of the very few recorded interventions of the brilliant Pierre WACK. He was one of the (mostly) unknown heroes who single-handedly reinvented the business forecast discipline in the eighties with his scenario-planning approach. What do you
The Covid-19 crisis is probably just blooming as we speak. It might be a bit early or just callous to already seek opportunities. But it could be useful to understand the nature of this unprecedented crisis and prepare for what’s to come. But if only, this can also provide
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As I’m heading to give another 3 days MBA class on business models in Paris tomorrow, I’m preparing to exchange on many strategic topics. While there are quite a few very effective tools to help managers get a solid grip on no non-sense strategy, the one thing that
Yesterday, Samsung announced its new flagship phones with a flock of new partnerships. This might seem business as usual for the Korean manufacturer that is struggling to live in the shadow of Apple’s overwhelming ecosystem. But something is happening. Maybe? Let me explain… Since 2019, Apple has been putting
The term “self-cannibalization” appears when a company launches a new product line, competing with one of its own. It is mostly a classic strategic move, implying that said company is phasing out some products to update their offer. In some cases, like in the fashion industry and their seasonal cycles,
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Today, Bose announced they’d be closing all of their stores in North America, Europe, Japan and Australia [https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/15/21067715/bose-shutting-down-retail-stores-layoffs-north-america-europe-japan-australia] . In their original 1993 thinking, the idea for such a chain of international retail stores seemed clear enough: > “Originally, our retail stores
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If you follow me, you know I was in Lyon (France) last month to be the master of ceremony at BlendWebMix [https://www.blendwebmix.com/]. During two days, the idea of “Tech for Good” was discussed and debated by tech people, designers and businesses. With the strategic help of the
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We probably had the famous 5 levels of autonomous vehicles wrong. We often lose track of innovation as a practical and market endeavor, not just a technology benchmark. If up to now, we viewed the progress to full autonomy as a matter of progressively making the driver role disappear, we
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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: > China has spent nearly two decades building a digital wall between itself and the rest of the
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Remember how since 2008 India was supposed to be an innovation force to be reckoned with? We had hundreds of keynotes on Jugaad innovation [https://www.manageris.com/books-jugaad-innovation-think-frugal-be-flexible-generate-breakthrough-22621.html] , bottom-up innovation, etc. Look it up, it’s fascinating that no one remembers that anymore. End result: not much, if