Category Archives: strategy
by Indy Neogy on February 11th, 2013
Moises Norena, GDI at Whirlpool, Interviewed by Gregg Fraley
Interesting interview by KILN’s Chief Solver with Moises Norena, Global Director of Innovation at Whirlpool, published at intelligentHQ. Topics covered include: the difference between innovation theory and practice getting everyone on the same page by defining innovation metrics – balancing ...More >
by Indy Neogy on February 6th, 2013
Marissa Meyer: Innovation and Strategy Catch-22
My latest piece of writing is now up at “Intelligent Head Quarters” – a new-ish site which focuses on business and innovation with a digital twist. Marissa Meyer, the still new leader of Yahoo! had some good news this week ...More >
by Indy Neogy on January 28th, 2013
Culture hands out a Blind Side Hit – No. 1: Unilever and Slim-Fast
This is the first in an occasional series where we record examples of companies getting caught out by cultural shifts. For readers not from the USA, a “blind side hit” is where a defender tackles from one side an quarterback ...More >
by Kate Hammer on July 20th, 2012
Sharing StoryFORMs at Shoppers Insights
Yesterday, I had the good fortune to close a terrific day of conversations big and small here at Shoppers Insights. This is an annual conference hosted by the Institute of International Research. People come in the hundreds for up to ...More >
by Kate Hammer on September 7th, 2011
McKeon’s Law: Or how to think differently about your sector
In the whirlwind of Steve Jobs’ resignation as Apple CEO, it’s easy to forget that it isn’t just superstars who drive breakthrough innovation in an industry like computing. It’s also a shared mindset. By looking at the computing industry’s shared ...More >
by Kate Hammer on August 3rd, 2011
Innovation, invention and “system”
Culture officer-at-large Grant McCracken takes issue in his recent HBR post with the characterisation of entrepreneurs as system builders, creating enterprise by “marshaling, mobilizing, and connecting different worlds,” to quote Said Business School professor Marc Ventresca. What Grant misses from Ventresca’s ...More >
by Kate Hammer on March 1st, 2011
Innovation: strategic AND creative
When ever he was given an either/or choice, my late father’s answer was always: Yes. Underlying this was a belief that the logic of either/or was one based on scarcity, and that a truer response to the world was to ...More >