DISRUPTORS' ARTICLES

Why Innovation Remains Elusive

By Matthew E May | March 5, 2018 |

Recently a reporter contacted me by email, asking several questions about innovation. I didn’t have the time to answer all of them, so I asked him what he really wanted to know. He replied that what he really wanted was a bottom line answer to the question of what makes the most difference in a…

Six Ways to Make an Unforgettable First Impression

By Tom Koulopoulos | March 4, 2018 |

Trust starts to take shape in the first 7 seconds of a conversation. Here are some ways to start off on the right foot. First impressions count; they are the gate through which you gain admission to the most important relationships you will have in your life, professionally and personally. Human beings are like heat-seeking…

When More is Less in Crowd-sourcing Innovation

By Gregory Hicks | March 4, 2018 |

In most organizations, there is an omnipresent quest for more. With crowd-sourcing innovation programs, the first impulse is to seek more ideas. Is more really better? What about idea quality? Does ‘more ideas’ work against idea quality? And if so, then what do you do about it? In 2011, I launched the employee open innovation…

The 5 Biggest Threats To FMCG Companies

By Shelly Greenway | March 3, 2018 |

Most FMCG has been pretty much insulated from the challenge of disruptive new business models by having brands with strong equities, good relationships with retailers, and prohibitively expensive manufacturing set-ups. However, it is not going to stay this way. There are 5 trends that together are starting to create a very explosive environment. And if you want…

Why You Need To Understand Noah Effects And Joseph Effects

By Greg Satell | March 2, 2018 |

In 1958, a brilliant young mathematician named Benoit Mandelbrot went to work as a researcher for IBM. His first assignment seemed like a straightforward problem, but turned out to be devilishly complex. He was tasked with figuring out how noise in communication lines arises and identifying some way of minimizing it. His solution was simple…

More Ideation means more Innovation – Simple

By Paul Sloane | March 2, 2018 |

Spigit is a leading innovation management software company.  They recently published a research paper entitled ‘Quantifying a Culture of Innovation.’  Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management carried out a study of data from 154 corporate customers of Spigit over a five year period.  The findings are instructive.  They report a significant correlation between ideation rates…

How to Prevent the Digital Dark Ages

By Andy Heikkila | March 1, 2018 |

On January 24, 2018, during the 48th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, business leaders from around the world convened to launch the formation of the Global Centre for Cybersecurity. The primary reason? To “prevent a digital dark age.” According to a press release on the event: Cyberattacks could cripple economies, nation states…

What’s More Important Than Following Your Dreams?

By Tom Koulopoulos | March 1, 2018 |

The path to success may be paved with dreams but navigating it requires more than wishful thinking. Abdul Kalam, President of India from 2002-2007, loved to talk about dreams. My favorite of his many quotes about them is, “Dream is not the thing you see in sleep, but is that thing that doesn’t let you…

Learning to Fail Fast through Play, Playfulness and Improvisation

By Janet Sernack | February 28, 2018 |

This is the third blog in our series of three blogs, on cultivating a fail fast culture. In last month’s blog, Cultivating a Fail Fast Culture – as a manifestation of learning & exploration we explored what it means to take a reflective stance, to use the experience of failure to support ourselves and others…

What You Must Consider to Remain Relevant

By Sandra Loader | February 28, 2018 |

For some time now I have believed 70% of my knowledge is obsolete. People look at me strangely when I say this. How can all those years of experience be wasted? If you were told that students graduating in 2016 will have obsolete qualifications for which there will no longer be a profession by 2025,…

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