Book Review
BR: My Reading List Is Growing: Time is Shrinking!
Dear readers: The stack of books which I am reading is growing rapidly. Thank you for your keen interest and I know a few of you have reached out to see what is coming up next. So, in this blog I wanted to share with you which books I am reading and will continue to…
Read MoreBR: Boulevard of Broken Dreams and The Architecture of Innovation
BR: Boulevard of Broken Dreams and The Architecture of Innovation, by Josh Lerner. Josh is professor of Investment Banking at Harvard Business School and co-director of the Productivity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program at the National Bureau of Economic Research. I am delighted to be sharing 2 new book reviews with you. To understand the true…
Read MoreBR: Made In America and Making the Modern World
For the first time, for the following 2 books, I am not providing a Book Review (BR), rather a Book Recommendation. Reason: It is impossible to do just a book review given the amount of content. But I do feel compelled to urge my readers to review the following books. I came across Vaclav Smil…
Read More(BR) The Big Switch
As you all know (and thank you for your many kind comments and forwarding of my blogs) my objective is to open up your lens, get you to step outside of your comfort zone. To disrupt and innovate as we talk in ProVoke , we need to be mindful and think through how we are…
Read More(BR) Why We Need to Innovate Globally and Locally
When companies become global, for the most part they start and grow operations in various parts of the globe, at times driven by the desire to sell more and expand in these emerging/new markets, and also to take advantage of the lower cost of labor. However, as we discuss in ProVoke, innovation is truly global…
Read More(BR) World Is Not Quite Flat. Geography Does Matter!
True: We live in a highly globalized world and country/regional boundaries are not as severe. However, it is naïve to think that things are the same everywhere. In particular, technology, innovation and the jobs (and micro and macro economies) which technology/innovation gives rise to. In the last 2 years, I have spent very deliberate and…
Read More(BR) Yes, It Can Be Frightening But We Need To Change Our Mindset!
In ProVoke, and the ProVoke Methodology, I work with large and small enterprises and individuals to move them through the 5 stages of resistance to disruption. Once we master this, we are ready to create the Culture of Disruption (CofD) and begin active and meaningful innovation. In the stages of resistance, we encounter the strongest…
Read More(BR) Innovation-Enabling-Ecosystem
To disrupt and innovate, we have to explore, learn, and challenge ourselves. One key method is to incorporate a variety of perspectives and challenge our thinking. This is why I started my book reviews – where I explore a variety of books around the topic innovation. Last week, in my blog post I reviewed the…
Read More(BR) ProVoke and Other Books Which Discuss Innovation
Thank you to many of you who not only have read ProVoke but also communicated your feedback and thoughts with me. Breaking the cycle of ‘habits’ to become disruptive and enable innovation at mass scale in large companies is not easy and does not happen overnight. Hence, I have been looking at other books that…
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