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The Culture of Disruption
The central thesis of my book , Provoke, revolves around the fact that we need to disrupt in order to innovate. To do so, all the members of the Culture of Disruption (CofD) are critical stake holders and influence the journey of disruption to innovation. The members of the Culture of Disruption ecosystem include company…
Anyone Can Disrupt
If you’re one player in a big company, you can’t be a disruptor, right? Wrong. You were hired because you are smart, educated and innovative. You have a responsibility to disrupt the way things are done when it will serve your company and its stakeholders. In my book, Provoke, I write that employees are critical players…
“Me too” is Not Disrupting!
Last week Amazon introduced its tablet, the Kindle Fire. It was seen as a major move for Amazon, a possible threat to Netflix and an attractively priced alternative to the iPad. The media gushed. Jeff Bezos did his best Steve Jobs impression. It won’t mean a thing. A year from now, the iPad will still…
When Should a CEO Leave?
We all love success stories. Someone starts in the mail room and makes it to the top. Visionaries come in to turn around companies. People like Steve Jobs innovate, leave, innovate elsewhere and return to innovate even more. But those are the rarities. More often we’re faced with some hard questions. How long should a…
Why can't we seem to innovate?
For the last decade I have been looking at innovation around the globe. I am seriously distressed about the total lack of innovation on a global scale. Less than 20 years ago we had think tanks such as BBN, Xerox PARC, Bell Labs, SRI and others, whose sole purpose was to bring thousands of brilliant…
Innovate or Die
Watching the drop in Eastman Kodak’s stock value is like witnessing death by water torture. The stock has lost 80 percent of its value in 2011 and is hanging on at less than a dollar a share. It’s sad. Kodak was the leader in photographic technology. Thirty years ago, it had an unmatched presence and…