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Market predictions with systemic bottleneck analysis

Market predictions with systemic bottleneck analysis

A few days ago, I discussed [https://www.icopilots.com/covid-19-whos-going-to-recover-profit-or-disappear/] how systemic bottleneck analysis could be a reliable way to make market predictions in a high uncertainty context. While I’m often baffled that consulting firms never really share how the prediction sausage is made, I truly believe it’

Covid-19 webinar - icopilots

Covid-19, Who’s going to recover, profit or disappear?

I’ll be giving tomorrow a free public webinar on my next Covid-19 predictions, in partnership with Kedge Business School EMBA at 12:30 PM (CET). The talk will be about predictions as it is the fun part, but the key idea for me is to share some perspectives on

Covid-19 - innovation copilots

Retrograde analysis, a tool, and a mindset to deal with high uncertainty

These last weeks have been, hectic and you’ve seen me posting a bit less than usual. Among other things, I spent quite some time giving webinars to a few of our industrial customers in Europe. The need to address innovation programs retooling is quite pressing for everyone. A part

Strategic mentoring in times of crisis

Strategic mentoring in times of crisis

Since the first edition of my white paper about strategic mentoring in 2015, I have observed, designed and supported many mentoring programs. Organizations who had managed to incorporate mentoring as part of their culture seemed to have navigated the COVID-19 crisis much better than others. This second edition of the

Designing an online MBA class

Designing an online MBA class

Since 2009, I’ve been giving a few times a year a class on business model design for the executive MBA students of Kedge Business School, in Marseille, Paris, and Shanghai. It’s usually a fully packed 3-day class where we discuss the difference between managers and leaders as the

Emotions at work

Embodying your values

In this 5th video in the #emotionsatwork series, I am sharing a simple technique to help you rewire your thinking, re-evaluate a situation and upgrade your response to emotional events, whilst staying authentic and true to your values. It is about embodying your values even in the midst of emotional

Proper innovation marketing

Proper innovation marketing

I very often discussed this logic for innovators: start with the problem then explain your added value as you solve it, and lastly describe the product as the how to do it. This is your strategy; this is also your innovation marketing. If there’s a difference, you’re doing