Disruption
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…
Read MoreGotta 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…
Read MoreLength 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…
Read MoreWhy 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…
Read MoreProvocateur/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…
Read MoreTech Conferences Should Not Be Just for Vendors… Let’s Change the Game!
Each year I go to a bunch of tech conferences around the world. The pattern is evolving and I wanted to brainstorm with you. It used to be that tech conferences were where customers went to hear about what is new, learn about innovation and network with new ideas, new people, new possibilities. Today, the…
Read MoreEvolving from Delivery to Growth. Ideation, Innovation, Marketable Innovation
One of the areas where I spend a lot of time on with my clients (and I am very passionate about) is how do we enable innovation in a large company? Large enterprises have massive pools of technical talent, have clients, and a global market reach. So why are we not seeing more innovation from…
Read MoreI Disagree! We Need to Change the Dialogue
Why are we continuing to have these outdated discussions? Folks, this is my blog to ‘disrupt’ common notions of why we don’t have enough women entrepreneurs or angels or VCs. With a huge amount of respect I am going to use my good friend, Vivek’s article (Women and Venture Capital on Inc.com) to disagree with…
Read MoreEasy to Be a “NaySayer and a Skeptic", Right?
Image credit: Dilbert.com “ …Innovate? You must be kidding. My company does not allow us to ‘just innovate’.” “I am closely watched here to do what I was hired to do and that is it.” “We don’t have a culture of innovation here . Inspired? No. This is my job, not my hobby, so of…
Read MoreThe Democratization of Leadership
I have rarely been as excited as I am this very moment about all the changes taking place in corporations and enterprises of all sizes around the world. By that I mean the “ Democratization of Leadership”. What inspired me to write ProVoke was to provoke my readers globally about the fact that disruption is…
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