Have you ever tried installing a book shelf speaker on a wall with only a screw driver? If you have, you know it is not impossible to do so... read more →
It has been a lot of fun writing The Dark Side of Innovation. The final version that I sent to my publisher was obviously radically different from the first draft... read more →
Google’s announcement this morning that it is giving away quickoffice for free just reinforced what I wrote in my previous post. Unless Microsoft heeds the lessons from the dark... read more →
Microsoft has been in the news since Steve Ballmer announced his retirement last week. Then Microsoft announced its next step in its partnership with Nokia - acquisition of Nokia’s... read more →
As Bob McDonald, the CEO & Chairman of Procter & Gamble, has been handing over reins of P&G to A.G. Lafley, I have been thinking about the core strategy... read more →
The popular story is that major innovations are responsible for disrupting large firms from dominance, right? But did you know that small and incremental innovations play an equally important (if... read more →
Sometime back, I was visiting UK. As I was walking down a busy street one day, something on the wall near me caught my attention. There was a billboard with... read more →
Take a look at my article on Lighting industry where I present my analysis of the key opportunities and challenges for incumbents and new comers. It also shows why deep... read more →
When firms face a rogue innovation, their biggest enemy is often their past success. Consider Kodak and Polaroid. When they looked at their future, they saw a future where their... read more →