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Introducing ProVoke LiVe NetWork, PLN!
I am thrilled to report that we are in the Beta test phase of ProVoke LiVe NetWork, PLN. We live in a highly global and collaborative world. My work with ProVoke and Disruptive Innovation has me engaged with many global teams. At all times I need to communicate with these teams in parallel as we…
Gotta Shake Things Up at Tech Conferences!
Like you, I have attended a whole bunch of tech conferences this year. I am jazzed that so many organizations want to put together conferences around Hadoop, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Digital Media and much more. Via conference such at TechCrunch, Strata, and many other venues we have reached global audiences with dialogs about technology…
Length of Time in Business = Slower Rate of Disruption and Innovation
Where and how we do we start disruption and innovation? Disruption and innovation is fairly straight forward in startups. No legacy to deal with. Come out with a great idea, build an offering and off you go. Today with the as-a-service model, this is all super simple to do. However, disruption and innovation is a…
Why Disruption is Not Just About Innovation?
Source: Dilbert.com In ProVoke, we talk about disruption as the necessary element in order to innovate. I think we all agree that major innovation has happened because we have not accepted status quo, but have punctured it, taken risk and created what was deemed to be impossible. Look around you, everything that you see at…
Intimidation: The Tactics of the Weak!
Friends, Without a doubt people that are secure in their lives and positions, don’t need to intimidate, right? In working with great teams across the world, I run into this topic a lot. Power being obtained and maintained by intimidation. That is wrong and unnecessary. The strongest and most influential individuals don’t intimidate. Intimidation is…
Provocateur/Disruptor…Right On!
I don’t think I have ever enjoyed any of my job titles as much as I have when I was referred to as a change agent, provocateur and disruptor. More than anything it meant that there was room for change and disruption. It also allows us to have the right dialog, not about how things…