Part 6: The Ambidexterity Challenge

Roland Deiser·16 May 2019·Strategy & Innovation

...Although the idea of the ambidextrous organization has been around since more than 25 years, digital transformation has exacerbated the well-known structural conflict between the logic of radical innovation and established structures and processes. Dealing with these fundamentally different paradigms is particularly hard for organizations whose business model is based… Read More...

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Scaling-up: The framework

Frank Mattes·16 May 2019·Strategy & Innovation

...This is the second part of a two-part lead article, co-written by Frank Mattes and Dr Ralph-Christian Ohr. The first part can be found HERE. The two-part article summarizes key findings from their new book “Scaling-Up Corporate Startups: Turn innovation concepts into business impact” that was… Read More...

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How do you influence the C-Suite in B2B marketing?

Tim Williams·16 May 2019·Customer Engagement

...Tim Williams, CEO of Onalytica continues his video series on Influencer Marketing with this week’s question: “How do you influence the C-suite in B2B marketing?” Transcript: “Hey there, everyone. For Tim’s Top Tips on influencer marketing this week, the question is: “how do you influence the C-suite… Read More...

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How much time should be dedicated to Influencer Marketing?

Tim Williams·16 May 2019·Customer Engagement

...Hey there, everyone. For Tim’s Top Tips on influencer marketing this week, the question is: “what percentage of my time as a marketing comms professional should I dedicate towards influencer marketing?” Well, I’m in Central Park in New York as you probably would have guessed and clearly,… Read More...

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Digital supply chain: connecting the dots of design to operate SCM processes

Ronald van Loon·14 May 2019·People & Change

...The supply chain of today is governed by the manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer, and businesses operating in between. Not only has the concept of a supply chain progressed by leaps and bounds during the last decade or so, but it is also one of the most critical functions for an organization… Read More...

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Design innovation – the Fender Stratocaster guitar

Peter Cook·13 May 2019·Strategy & Innovation

...Real world product and service design seek to bring together form and function in ways that emphasise product/service features so that they convert to real and perceived customer benefits. There is often a great deal of redundancy in the design process and all good innovation seeks to minimise waste within… Read More...

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Innovation capital lies within organizational learning

Paul Hobcraft·13 May 2019·Strategy & Innovation

...We need to know how to unlock the real value of innovation both personally and within the organization, we work for. If we do not fully understand where the innovation capital comes from, how new capital and stock can be provided, innovation will remain tentative, always stuttering along. Innovation will… Read More...

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Our guide to the evolution of the digital workplace

Lee Bryant·12 May 2019·People & Change

...A few weeks ago, LJ hosted a vibrant and well-informed twitter chat about the future of the digital workplace, which we summarised in a blog post. It occurred to us that there are a lot of people and organisations still working hard to develop a basic connected digital workplace before… Read More...

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Learning curves

Kevin Gray·12 May 2019·Data & Analytics

...“Mine and you shall find” is an implicit assumption (and sometimes explicit claim) underlying big data and data science as frequently practiced. The bigger the data, the more accurate it is and the more value it has to decision-makers. Modern machine learning methods and Artificial Intelligence are now able to… Read More...

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Expert Panel Discussion: Walmart vs. Amazon

Tony D'Onofrio·12 May 2019·Customer Engagement

...Our expert panel discussion features: Tony D’Onofrio, CEO of TD insights and previous as the Chief Customer Officer at Tyco Retail Solutions; Bryan Gildenberg, Chief Knowledge Officer of Retail, Sales and Shopper at WPP’s Kantar Consulting; Paul Lewis, CMO of digital transformation agency Valtech. Join us as we explore these… Read More...

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AI and Procurement: boldly going where no team has gone before?

Bertrand Maltaverne·7 May 2019·Enabling Technologies

...2001: a space odyssey… Terminator… The Matrix… If you were to believe some of the sci-fi blockbusters, you’d think our future as humans is pretty bleak. They all offer a dystopian view of the future where, if the machines don’t kill us, they enslave us. The battle of “human vs. Read More...

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Boardroom marketing – the inescapable logic

Phil Darby·7 May 2019·Customer Engagement

...Today’s successful organisations are driven by marketing and have brands at their core. Businesses that understand this are conspicuous. They have marketing represented on their board. That’s boardroom marketing. Businesses with boardroom marketing have always stood the best chance of success. In fact, others have only survived this long courtesy of… Read More...

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