As the co-founder of LinkedIn, Reid Hoffman once said that trying to innovate and scale a business quickly requires you to “throw yourself off a cliff and assemble your airplane on the way down.” Sounds risky. It doesn’t have to be. For most new upstarts — be it a startup or corporate venture — finding…
Companies don’t fail at innovation due to lack of ideas. They often don’t create the right innovation structure to implement their opportunities. Most organizations struggle with innovation. That’s because they try to apply processes and structures that don’t fit their business strategies and cultures. They partner with Silicon Valley startups who have breakthrough technology when…
Most brainstorms fall far short of breakthroughs. Painstorming provides the focus and insight to leapfrog to the next big thing. Brainstorming is today’s no-brainer. Most leaders and organizations preach it and teach it. It’s about generating lots of ideas, deferring judgment and then – for savvy innovators – using some type of meaningful criteria to…
Strategic plans become outdated the moment they’re created. Instead, create a one-page strategy map. Stop trying to disrupt. Start changing the world. In the late 1990’s when I was running the strategy consulting group at HP, we invited Clayton Christensen, the iconic Harvard professor who wrote The Innovator’s Dilemma and popularized the term “disruptive innovation,”…
The Top Quotes on Change Management Change Management is important for business professionals, teams, and organizations. Included in the quotes below are deep insights about how to apply change management strategies in business. All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of…
The Top Quotes on Manufacturing & Operations Manufacturing & Operations are important for business professionals, teams, and organizations. Included in the quotes below are deep insights about how to apply operations strategies in business. More process, less innovation. More operations, less innovation. More management, less innovation. More entrepreneurs, more innovation. —Seth Godin I believe…
The Top Quotes on Marketing Marketing is important for business professionals, teams, and organizations. Included in the quotes below are deep insights about how to apply marketing strategies in business. It’s not what you sell that matters as much as how you sell it! –Brian Halligan Many companies have forgotten they sell to…
The Top Quotes on Innovation Innovation is important for business professionals, teams, and organizations. Included in the quotes below are deep insights about how to apply innovation strategy in business. Innovation is the creation of the new or the re-arranging of the old in a new way. –Michael Vance Innovation distinguishes between a…
The Top Quotes on Project Management & Planning Project Management is important for business professionals, teams, and organizations. Included in the quotes below are deep insights about how to apply project management and planning in business. A good plan can help with risk analysis, but it will never guarantee the smooth running of…