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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job – Disruption and Activist Investors

Steve Blank

This article first appeared on the Harvard Business Review blog. He radically transformed the company from a classic conglomerate that did everything to one that focused on its core industrial businesses. So far in 2017, GE is the worst performing stock on the Dow Jones Industrial average. Jeff Immelt ran GE for 16 years.

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Why Your Company Needs To Forget the Past in Order to Create a Brighter Future

Qmarkets

How Kodak Failed To Navigate Digital Disruption In Spite Of Investing In It. When thinking about the challenges of disruptive innovation - one of the most commonly cited examples is Kodak’s failure to capitalize on it’s dominance during the shift from analogue to digital.

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The only two measures that matter

David Marks

On the backdrop of the boundless creativity of scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs (often one and the same) a cottage industry of management theories has emerged. The Disruptability Curve presented in my previous blog , is a modest addition to this collection. The Disruptability Curve has two axes.

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The only two measures that matter

David Marks

On the backdrop of the boundless creativity of scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs (often one and the same) a cottage industry of management theories has emerged. The Disruptability Curve presented in my previous blog , is a modest addition to this collection. The Disruptability Curve has two axes.

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The Evolution of Digital Transformation and the CIO

MSSBTI

Technological evolution follows similar patterns as biological. Much of it happens as a result of millions of small innovative changes that take place before the next technological era occurs. Take for example, the transition between the agrarian age to the industrial age. We just know it is coming.

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Corporate Venture Capital’s Role in Innovation (Part 5): Crucial Lessons to Strengthen CVC Success

Corporate Innovation

In this post I review important lessons learned by CVCs that have been operating for many years and several economic cycles and best practices being used by newer CVCs. In addition to internal R&D, startup-driven technology and business model innovation is an important contributor to achieving the corporate innovation goals.

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Corporate Venture Capital’s Role in Innovation (Part 5): Crucial Lessons to Strengthen CVC Success

Corporate Innovation

In this post I review important lessons learned by CVCs that have been operating for many years and several economic cycles and best practices being used by newer CVCs. In addition to internal R&D, startup-driven technology and business model innovation is an important contributor to achieving the corporate innovation goals.