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These companies failed because leaders did not want to hear bad news: The Ostrich Effect

Idea to Value

We had a target to hit, and I was responsible for producing the reporting for the rest of the leadership team (of which he was one), but as time went on it became clearer and clearer that it would be impossible to hit the target, which would have an impact on the overall team budget. In essence, ignore problems instead of acknowledging them.

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Uncharted Waters Disrupting the Corporate Boardrooms

Paul Hobcraft

When you read a report that has within its executive summary this: “ In combination the boards stand unarmed to enter the battlefield of future business creation in a disrupted world ” it makes you want to read on. Is radical innovation a bulleted point at board meetings? It is struggling to adjust to all that is entering their world.

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Part 1: Accelerating the impact of Innovation Campaigns

Values Centered Innovation

Part 1 of 3: Innovation is the core driver to meet critical business needs. In a 2007 McKinsey Quarterly article on “Leadership and Innovation,” the authors made it quite clear that “Innovation is a core driver of growth, performance and valuation.” Implement disruptive technologies. Promote sustainability with all stakeholders.

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You Are Being Digitally Disrupted – Do Something About It

The Inovo Group

Every time a customer calls, requires a demo, has a 1-hour meeting with a sales person, etc. Many companies are not prepared for the disruptions that the coming digital transformation will cause and some haven’t even started thinking about it seriously. Strategy, not Technology, Drives Digital Transformation ; MITSLoan; Summer 2015.

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Getting out of the Building, Going Cross-Industry for Seeking Out Radical Ideas

Paul Hobcraft

Industry borders are blurring, there are increasingly smaller, agile and highly disruptive companies working to change the existing into the new preferred. Can you list the existing best practice, clarify its desired effects but does it meet the real needs? The whole concept of cross-industry is to seek out new ideas.

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Six Internal Innovation Sources You should know

ITONICS

We took a closer look at the most important sources of innovation in large companies: The Leadership. Yet, companies around the world are in digital transition and face even larger leadership gaps. The leadership should make sure to be a source for overall drive, vision, and ambition of the organization with regards to innovation.

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Coming: Dips, Rocks and Thunderstorm

Mills-Scofield

On 30 January 2015 via Twitter, a brilliant graphic was added to a post that contrasted the perception many people have about the path to progress and what it’s really like. For most of those I meet, their future operating environment is uncertain, ambiguous and even (heaven forbid) unknowable. Porsche image from [link].