Innovation
If Samsung Can Innovate, Why Don’t Other Large Companies as Well?
Fellow readers, I have discussed the following with a number of you already, but wanted to open the dialog to a larger group and get your perspective. I am fascinated with what is going on with Samsung right now, and more importantly WHY I don’t see this happening at other larger companies. With ProVoke, I…
Read MoreJust Because You Call Staff "Genius," Doesn't Make It True
For those of us who have made appointments at an Apple store and sat down with a ‘genius’ for over an hour to diagnose a problem and been frustrated, we wonder, is ‘genius’ an appropriate term? I have now spent hours at the flagship Apple store here in Seattle, situated steps away from the Microsoft…
Read MoreThe ‘Human’ and ‘Emotional’ Side of Innovation
Folks, for those of you who know me, you know that I LOVE large enterprises. I believe in the massive potential in large companies (be it in technology and or any sector), I find the global distribution of possibilities intriguing and the complexity fascinating. Equally, there are days that the politics and inefficiency drive me…
Read MoreInnovation and Large Enterprise- Part III: Brand new innovation and new product lines
In the last two blogs, we explored various aspects of innovation and the large enterprise. This is a critical discussion as we need to deliberately and actively increase the rate of innovation by large enterprises, and a passion of mine where I spend most of my days, in large enterprises around the globe. The 3rd…
Read MoreInnovation and Large Enterprise – Part II: Acquisition and Investment based innovation
In Part I of the Innovation and large enterprise series, we discussed the fact that innovation is not just innovating the next biggest thing, rather it can often be based on existing products and creating new innovative offerings based on the existing business. Think of the thousands of apps Blackberry would have had, if the…
Read MoreInnovation and Large Enterprises – Part I: Innovation based on existing product lines
Part I: Innovation based on existing product lines Innovation in large enterprises (companies) is a very difficult task. Large enterprises have become successful because they do what they do very well. This means they are focused and have a strong ‘delivery mindset.’ Employees at large enterprises, particularly those involved in building, operating, servicing and selling…
Read MoreApple vs. Samsung Verdict: Will It Impede Innovation?
Since the verdict in the Apple vs. Samsung case was announced, there has been no shortage of articles written about the possible impact this will have on innovation. Below are several of those articles followed by comments about each of them. Technology Review: Apple/Samsung: The Verdict on Innovation With over 60% of 700 Million or…
Read MoreCIO Must Become Chief Innovation Officer
The IT landscape in large enterprises has changed radically in the last 5 years. Where the challenge previously was to develop the best IT platform for a company and to find ways to store data in traditional databases such as Oracle, today the ‘I’ in Information has changed to ‘Innovation’ in the CIO’s title. The…
Read MoreInvest in Start-Ups for Innovation?
I want to focus in on Jason Yotopolous’s following point in this Venture Beat article: SAP gives startups millions of dollars worth of software: At a recent SAP innovation conference, Jason Yotopolous, the executive vice president of global research and business incubation at SAP, hinted at the company’s reasoning. “We are building startups within SAP,”…
Read MoreWhen Disruption Leads to Game Changing Innovation!
Square brought to market a huge opportunity. Simply put, where anyone, anywhere could turn their mobile phone or pad into a cash register and do business from anywhere including cabs, street vendors, independent stores, and much more. At a hefty fee of 2.75% vendors loved the idea to be able to conduct commerce anywhere at…
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