Managing Uncertainty
“Predictions can be very difficult – especially about the future” – Nils Bohr Innovation is the means by which you create the source of future success. If only …
Innovation
Whose Property?
“The patent system … secured to the inventor for a limited time exclusive use of his inventions, and thereby added the fuel of interest to the fire of …
Ghost Town
“A good life depends on the strength of our relationships with family, friends, neighbours, colleagues and strangers” – David Lammy Late last year, I wrote about how clusters …
Own Goal!
“Football is nothing without fans” – Sir Matt Busby In a previous post I wrote about the Ford Edsel, and its disastrous introduction to the market in 1957. …
Eclectic Sheep
“Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” – Philip K. Dick Innovation is a broad ranging and very eclectic topic. With apologies to Philip K. Dick, author of the …
What About a Skunk Works?
“We are defined not by the technologies we create but the process in which we create them” – Clarence (Kelly) Johnson, creator of the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works …
The Innovation Value Chain
“We don’t want to push our ideas on to customers, we simply want to make what they want” – Laura Ashley In an earlier post I offered the following, …
Five Nonmarket Forces
“Corporate executives need to re-frame their responsibilities to include the interests of all the stakeholders in society at large; not just shareholders, but also employees, the citizens of …
Investor Rebellion
About a century ago, grey wolves were removed from Yellowstone National park as a result of mass extermination. In 1995, the animals were deliberately reintroduced. Nobody really knew …
Working Together
“If I have seen farther than other men, it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants” – Isaac Newton The 2021 Formula 1 motor racing …