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The answer is: 10 years to change a culture

Jeffrey Phillips

Many of us who work in the consulting and strategy space often talk about the difficulties in understanding and more importantly, changing a corporate culture. That is, we want the culture to adapt to market needs and changes that everyone can see but inertia keeps the company from making.

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Innovation and creativity: the lasting competitive advantage

Jeffrey Phillips

Ford and the automotive manufacturers must shift their thinking from building cars to financing vehicles to providing transportation. Innovation and creativity are the lasting competitive advantage, for individuals, for cultures and for businesses. The sooner we realize that and act on it, the better off we all are.

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New Business Designs can be delivered through a Business Ecosystem Approach.

Paul Hobcraft

Benefits: Alternative design can foster a culture of innovation, adaptability to emerging technologies, and strategic foresight. Automotive: Challenges: Shift towards electric and autonomous vehicles, changing consumer preferences, and the need for sustainable transportation.

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Data-Driven Mindset: how to implement data culture in your company?

mjvinnovation

Data Culture goes far beyond a strategy that simply guides a company’s data. We wrote this article so you can start implementing this new culture in your company as efficiently as possible. The rise of data-driven culture. Advantages of data culture. Start implementing data culture now. Data Science.

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We need to delay the Tokyo 2020 Olympics

Idea to Value

I have also recently been to Japan and witnessed the wonderful culture and how the city is preparing to welcome not only athletes but hundreds of thousands of guests. While the metro and rail system manages to transport millions of people daily, the trains are incredibly crowded, often with people having no space between each other.

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How can we encourage more Collaborative Solutions in the Energy Transition?

Innovating4Energy

Besides finding the appropriate platform, however, I equally acknowledge that there are natural boundaries that any collaboration must overcome, such as competing priorities, intellectual property rights, organizational structures and cultures, regulatory and legal barriers, communication and coordination issues, and funding and resources.

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The Uplifting Wisdom of Fred Smith

CorporateIntel

Early market studies confirmed Smith’s thesis that there was an enormous opportunity for an integrated global delivery network that would be realized by harnessing the power of transportation machinery and sophisticated data systems. “You’re not the smartest person in the world, be humble,” he reminds us.