Remove who-are-we
article thumbnail

The great miscalculation–and exit–of multinationals in Africa… again

Christensen Institute

In 2015, many multinational companies exited Africa. This means Africa is full of nonconsumers–hundreds of millions of people who would benefit from consuming a product or service but can’t due to several barriers. The allure of Africa, particularly the widely referenced Africa rising narrative, was fading. Fewer than 0.3%

Report 145
article thumbnail

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

Idea to Value

Have you ever worked for a manager or boss who did not want to hear bad news? I once had a manager who I was working with on a money-raising program. However, my manager instructed me to continue showing predictions that it was perfectly possible that we would meet the targets, something I argued with him about often.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

A Look Back at the Innovation Management Awards

IdeaScale

The Innovation Management Awards are in their fifth year and we thought it would be good chance to look back at all the past winners as we prepare to receive submissions from around the world in this year’s competition. 2015: Innovate Your State. Who will the winners be in 2017? Department of Labor.

article thumbnail

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. Because of McDonald’s size and legacy the media covered this story heavily in 2015.

article thumbnail

Do we really care about (artificial) intelligence?

Norbert Bol

Probably many of these digital technologies will be relevant after the pandemic on how we do business, how we trade, how we work, how we produce goods, how we learn, how we seek medical services and how we entertain ourselves. How is this agenda implemented in the digital enabled technologies?

article thumbnail

Do we really care about (artificial) intelligence?

Norbert Bol

Probably many of these digital technologies will be relevant after the pandemic on how we do business, how we trade, how we work, how we produce goods, how we learn, how we seek medical services and how we entertain ourselves. How is this agenda implemented in the digital enabled technologies?

article thumbnail

Virgin just invested in new supersonic jets which travel faster than Concorde

Idea to Value

Virgin, as reported in the Guardian newspaper , has signed a deal to buy 10 of the planes from Boom founder Blake Scholl, who is working on a prototype supersonic plane from its production facility in Colorado. “We are talking about the first supersonic jet people can afford to fly,” Scholl said.