BrainZooming

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Yesterday’s post on using a new type of SWOT analysis to stimulate bolder strategic conversations in strategy meetings garnered quite a bit of attention. It received enough attention that we decided to share an additional strategic thinking exercise that puts a twist on the typical SWOT analysis. In this case, the letters in the SWOT analysis name still stand for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.

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Strategic Thinking Exercises Analysis Underperforming Technical Team 81

Innovation Excellence

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Crowdsourcing does have a real potential in my mind but does seem to have some formidable issues to work through, to be well understood and managed. Partnering with experts in this field will help overcome many of these barriers or at least have reassuring suggestions for resolving them. Let’s take a look at some of.

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Crowdsourcing Management Social Innovation Trends 63

etventure

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Businesses have been using the same formula to develop strategies for many years. However, is this formula still valid in today’s fast-paced business environment? etventure’s Andreas Stark, Vice President North America, explores this question – and provides a fresh take on how to approach digital strategy. As a business leader, you’ve probably been through the development of at least one strategy or “five-year plan”.

Strategy 73

Strategy Strategy Analysis Trends 73

Innovation Excellence

OCTOBER 11, 2016

If you have ever watched calf roping in the rodeo, you have seen the cowboy ride out after a running calf, rope it, throw it to the ground, loop a rope around its back legs, and throw his hand in the air. Some innovation programs are run in a similar manner. I have been associated.

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Innovation Programs Innovation Collaboration Strategy 57

Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

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Wazoku

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Car blurred on the street. James Goad of Owen James Events caught up with our Strategic Advisor, Cris Beswick to find out what he thinks about innovation. You can read the original post here. JG: Is it possible for the large incumbents to compete with nimble Fin Tech businesses or is it all about collaboration? CB: In reality, for the majority of organisations it’s about doing both.

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Culture of Innovation Innovation Collaboration Culture 40

Information Playground

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Over the last few weeks I've been laying out a technical vision for Dell Technologies. The vision is intended to make clear an industry direction for the technology divisions that make up Dell Technologies: Dell Client, Dell EMC, Secureworks, VMware, and Pivotal. After describing the two industry benefits that this vision will bring ( infrastructure optimization and innovation enablement ), the follow-on post identified two important layers in the Dell Technologies portfolio: endpoint

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Technology Data Big Data Industry 39

The Human Factor

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Company leaders love to talk about innovation. When was the last time your company came out with something really new? How long has it been since you totally reinvented a critical business process that resulted in significant cost savings or productivity increases? If you can’t remember (or you can remember but it’s been so long you don’t want to admit it) you may be stuck on one or more of these common innovation mistakes.

Underperforming Technical Team 39

Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Creativity Resources 39

Michael Roberto

OCTOBER 11, 2016

The Wall Street Journal reported last week that Federica Marchionni was forced out as CEO of Lands’ End Inc. after only 19 months on the job. The news did not surprise me given the faltering performance at the firm and the controversy surrounding her leadership. Six months ago, I wrote a blog post about her effort to turn around Lands' End. In that post, I referred to some comments by Columbia Professor Rita McGrath , who questioned whether the Lands' End scenario would unfold much like the situ

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Culture Strategy Strategy Report 29

Your Ideas are Terrible

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Wikipedia defines incommensurable as. [Scientific theories] embedded in starkly contrasting conceptual frameworks whose languages do not overlap sufficiently to permit scientists to directly compare the theories or to cite empirical evidence favoring one theory over the other. In other words … 2 smart scientists talking past each other because they think differently.

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