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

Steve Blank

In his Harvard Business Review article summing up his tenure, Immelt recalls that the two things that influenced him most were Marc Andreessen’s 2011 Wall Street Journal article “ Why Software Is Eating the World, ” and Eric Ries’s book The Lean Startup. Are lean innovation and the Startup Way a failure in large companies?

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Innovation – Are you aware of how critical it is to your business?

Wazoku

However, the majority of my work is as an advisor to CEOs and senior teams challenged and grappling with building innovation capability and more so, building a culture of innovation. 53% of leaders say their board often talks about innovation, but nobody seems clear what it means. Let me explain.

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Innovation – Are you aware of how critical it is to your business?

Wazoku

However, the majority of my work is as an advisor to CEOs and senior teams challenged and grappling with building innovation capability and more so, building a culture of innovation. 53% of leaders say their board often talks about innovation, but nobody seems clear what it means. Let me explain.

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Information Architecture for Audio: Doing It Right - Boxes and Arrows: The design behind the design

Boxes and Arrows

Boxes And Arrows : The Design Behind the Design Register or Log In Search Stories Ideas Forums People Events Jobs About December Issue, 2008 Jens Jacobsen 32 Reputation points Jens likes writing for multimedia and loves tracking down usability issues. Jens started as a technology writer. Find or Post New Jobs! Support our sponsors!

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Four Innovation Paradoxes driving disruption

Innovation 360 Group

In 2008, I systematically started to collect, analyse and use data to understand, invest, consult and lead firms based on their capabilities for innovation, simply because innovation seems to be what best describes the disruptions we see. Technology is often developed by large successful corporations but they lack runways for landing it.