A major new study involving some 3,500 executives has highlighted the key skills that innovative and creative entrepreneurs need to develop. The six-year-long research into disruptive innovation by INSEAD professor Hal Gregersen, Jeffrey Dyer of Brigham Young University and Clayton Christensen of Harvard, outlines five 'discovery' skills you need. But, says Gregersen, you don’t [...]
In 2004, the LEGO empire teetered on the edge of ruin—loss had steadily increased since 1998, leaving the famous toymaker with heavy lifting and a sagging bottom line. But in the years following 2004 LEGO emerged: stronger, lighter and faster. How? By seeking out and listening to the unmet needs of consumers, developing products [...]
John Mackey, the CEO of Whole Foods Market chain, has loftier goals than getting Americans to eat healthy foods, one of the missions of his grocery empire. He is out to change American business as well, putting it on the path to higher consciousness. "A Whole Foods store, in some respects, is like John [...]
"There are almost as many videos viewed in the UK as there are searches done. Everyone recognises the phenomenon of search, and recognises how intrinsic it is to the web experience, but they don’t think about video in the same way." When you’re debating bona fide internet phenomena, a few names quickly filter into the [...]
Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, recommends that everyone needs a coach To see the video click on the link below. Everyone Needs a Coach
Companies are inviting their customers to upload their own designs of toys, apparel, jewelry, and other objects onto their Web sites. Mass customization. Markets of one. These slogans from the late dot-com years conjure a certain glow. The idea was that the Internet would enable a whole new mode of manufacturing that would include direct [...]
Former Microsoft Chief Operating Officer Bob Herbold says success creates nine dangerous traps for companies around the world today.
If your competitor has to lose for you to win, then you are in trouble. It’s not about war! 1. THE 30-SECOND SUMMARY: PORTER ON LEADERS & STRATEGY 1. Leaders make the choices that great strategies arise from. 2. They then defend assaults on that strategy from ideas that do not fit it. 3. Strategy [...]
Find out whether you are a right-brain or left-brain thinker What to do: Find out whether you are a right-brain or left-brain thinker by interlocking the fingers of your hands and placing one thumb on top of the other. Result:If you placed your right thumb on top of your left thumb, then you tend [...]
