Sign in Subscribe

Strategy

How to get from insight to market in a complex, sometimes chaotic, fast-moving world.

The case for self-cannibalization

The case for self-cannibalization

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,

Do you need your own Apple stores?

Do you need your own Apple stores?

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

video philippe méda - blendwebmix - icopilots

Tech for Good?

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

The 5 perimeters of autonomous vehicles

The 5 perimeters of autonomous vehicles

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

trumpocalypse - innovation copilots

The US just forced China to commit to full digital sovereignty

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