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The answer is: 10 years to change a culture

Jeffrey Phillips

Typically, we are talking about moving a culture from its current set of values that has sustained the business, to a culture that helps the company compete in a new reality that may be different or more competitive or operate in a slightly adjacent market. Additionally, it was experimenting with new design techniques for the 737.

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5 Leadership Lessons from 2015’s Business Headlines

Adam Hartung

2015 was not short on bad decisions, nor bad outcomes. But there are 5 major leadership themes from 2015 that can help companies be better in 2016: 1 – Cost cutting, restructurings and stock buybacks do not increase company value – Dow/DuPont. There is no intent of introducing new products or entering new markets via this merger.

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Top innovation funds for startups in Asia: Part 2

hackerearth

The startup scene is China, Japan, and Southeast Asian countries is flourishing because of changing attitudes, untapped local markets, huge human resources, fierce competition, and foreign investment. In 2015, China set up a $6.5 Sequoia Capital China. China State Funds. In 2017, the Chinese government set up a US$14.5

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Nothing new under the innovation sun

Jeffrey Phillips

I rise today to praise Innovation Leader and Innosight on their publication of the 2015 Innovation Benchmarking Report. From what I can see of this report it is an excellent synopsis of the state of play of innovation in 2015. However, most of the conclusions and analysis could easily have been written in 2005.

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Innovation’s New World Order

Innovation in Practice

How and where innovation is performed matters: As Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter, author of classic texts on corporate strategy and the competitive advantage of nations, has noted, “Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity.”. Most of this spending is being conducted by companies from Europe and the U.S. ,

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A Journey of Rediscovery: How Adidas Uses the Past to Innovate

Innovation in Practice

Those who fail to answer it may face loss of market share, or, in extreme cases, financial ruin. The results speak for themselves: Adidas has transformed itself from a consistent loss maker in the late 1980s and early 1990s to a brand with a market cap of US$17.1 © 2015 PwC. How does a company cope with change?

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Innovation – Why Bezos Succeeded, While Lampert Failed at Sears

Adam Hartung

In March, 2005 Sears shareholders approve the deal. The traditional Sears market was niched up across big box retailers like Best Buy, clothiers like Kohls, tool stores like Home Depot, parts retailers like AutoZone, and soft goods stores like Bed, Bath & Beyond. Leaving Sears’ market “hollowed out.”

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