The leading country for innovation for 2020 is…

Braden Kelley·23 January 2020·Strategy & Innovation

...The latest Bloomberg Innovation Index is out (2020 edition), and Germany has risen to first place, breaking South Korea’s six-year winning streak, while the U.S. fell one notch to No. 9. “Innovation is a critical driver of growth and prosperity. China’s move up the rankings, and… Read More...

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Innovation Building Block #3: Discovery, exploration and novelty

Jeffrey Phillips·23 January 2020·Strategy & Innovation

...I’m writing a series of posts about what I consider to be the fundamental building blocks of innovation.  The building blocks I’m writing about are core to doing innovation well over a period of time. The first building block I wrote about was creating a bias for innovation in… Read More...

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23 insightful IT due diligence red flags

Hutton Henry·22 January 2020·Delivery

...I’ve managed through numerous DD projects this month, and they prompted me to provide some information on the typical “red flags” that we often observe. This is a long post that I will continue to contribute to. Please reach out if you have any additional ideas. To put this article… Read More...

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Retail Rundown – Retail’s Big Show Special

Tony D'Onofrio·21 January 2020·Customer Engagement

...January 20, 2020 – NRF 2020: Retail’s Big Show Special: We hear from Tony D’Onofrio, Ricardo Belmar, Paul Lewis and Doug Stephens about their key takeaways from this year’s Big Show. No time for news? We’ve got you covered. Welcome to the Retail Rundown, your go-to weekly podcast where RETHINK… Read More...

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Do constructive damage to the status quo: how to execute digital innovation

Paul Taffinder·21 January 2020·Strategy & Innovation

...Iconoclastic Leaders. It is an error frequently made by executives in trying to change their organizations, that they overfocus on setting out and pursue new directions, new organizational structures or ways of working, new processes and so on. Nothing wrong in this per se, but if executives strive only for… Read More...

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Resilience – Leadership

Karen Ferris·20 January 2020·People & Change

...Last week I introduced you to the twenty superpowers that leaders need to possess to create an environment for resilience. This is an environment in which individuals and teams are resilient in the face of constant change. Individual resilience is critical when the world around us is volatile, uncertain,… Read More...

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Modernizing the Enterprise Monolith

Mark Hewitt·20 January 2020·Strategy & Innovation

...Green Paper versus White Paper. The term white paper originated with the British government, and many point to the Churchill White Paper of 1922 as the earliest well-known example under this name. White papers are a way the government can present policy preferences before it introduces legislation. Publishing a white… Read More...

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Five strategies for midsize service firms to break through revenue plateaus

Randy Shattuck·17 January 2020·Strategy & Innovation

...Over the years of working with midsize professional service firms, I’ve encountered the same issue several times. I call it the plateau. This often occurs after a firm has been in business for a few years. At some point, the firm hits a ceiling in terms of revenue growth that… Read More...

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Time travel innovation

Braden Kelley·16 January 2020·Strategy & Innovation

...Is it really possible to travel back in time? What about travelling into the future, have we finally figured out how to do that? Well, you’ll have to read on to find out… But before we explore whether someone has finally figured out how to successfully time travel and recruit… Read More...

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Innovation Building Block 2 – important, unsolved problem or opportunity

Jeffrey Phillips·16 January 2020·Strategy & Innovation

...I’m going back to basics for a handful of blog posts – back to what I call the innovation building blocks.  In the first blog, I wrote about the importance of defining an innovation bias in your culture. In this episode of the continuing series on innovation building… Read More...

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Cyber Security maturity stagnates because CISOs are structurally prevented from looking beyond day-to-day firefighting

JC GAILLARD·16 January 2020·Cyber Security

...The Tactical Trap: many CISOs struggle to look beyond day-to-day firefighting and get trapped in tactical games. We highlighted this last year in the context of our “100 Days” series and it is one of the major factors preventing organisations from… Read More...

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Why midsize service firm leaders must think like entrepreneurs to grow

Randy Shattuck·14 January 2020·People & Change

...Most successful professional service firms can grow by way of referrals up to a point. Then they hit a plateau. After serving more than 50 midsize service firms over the last 21 years, I’ve discovered that the mindset of the firm’s leadership is the No. Read More...

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