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Open Strategy: Mastering Disruption From Outside The C-Suite

Innov8rs

By adopting an open strategy, leadership teams can access diverse external knowledge sources and become aware of their biases, while also building buy-in to accelerate execution. Christian reports that corporates with open-minded leadership have over 50% of all strategic initiatives open. Are You Ready To Open Up Your Strategy?

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The Orange Socks Story I’ve Never Written Before

BrainZooming

The occasion was presenting our first strategic market plan at Yellow Transportation (whose name was Yellow but whose color was orange) to the senior leadership team. When the Fast Company article appeared in January 2002, someone came to my office to ask if I’d seen it. Current Orange Socks. I said I hadn’t. I was horrified!

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COVID-19: Business R&D Spending Will Fall by at Least 5-6%

Commodore Innovation

That might be in relatively small ways like sharing and disseminating knowledge about tools and behaviors that enhance virtual / remote collaboration. If your company cuts innovation spending, but a competitor doesn’t, will you lose your technology leadership position? a hackathon for an open source ventilator ).

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