Have you ever witnessed something beautiful and frightening at the same time? I had the opportunity to see something like that during my visit to Pompeii in Italy. As I... read more →
We all have blindspots as individuals. Thousands of books in psychology explain why that is the case. But why do organizations have blind spots? When you put people together, they... read more →
If you are a large firm, with strong brands and a dominant industry position, you are secure. You are a Goliath with deep pockets and a small business upstart can... read more →
What is driving the age of disruption today? Why are more disruptive events taking place more often and at a faster speed? Has the world really changed that much and... read more →
In the ordinary course of business, emergent innovation strategies do a good job. They arise from a deep-rooted wisdom of the past and tends to replicate past successes. I have earlier written... read more →
In my book, The Dark Side of Innovation, I developed a framework to manage the risks of getting disrupted. Using that four-step process, any company can build a robust corporate... read more →
Have you ever wondered why companies fail? Why do thousands of firms die every year? Such an event leads to massive pain for employees and communities. But that is only... read more →
The single biggest fear that business leaders face is that of disruption. Bill Gates used to say that there is a company in some garage somewhere that will displace Microsoft.... read more →
Lack of Data used to be a Problem More than twenty years ago, when I was an MBA student writing a strategy project report, I recall going to the library and... read more →