The following excerpt is from Wendy Keller’s book Ultimate Guide to Platform Building. In the old days, before online rating places like Yelp, TripAdvisor, OpenTable and even RateMyProfessors and HealthGrades,…
Rapid application development tools could be what your app builders need for their next big project — if you know how to ask the right questions. (Click image for larger…
Item: In a matter of a few years, we could have self-driving cars — brilliant machines that will whisk people to their destinations quickly and safely. Auto companies in Europe…
Understanding the essence of our context can be the key to innovation In my last year at University, I had one course that caused me major headaches: Project management.…
CIO news roundup for the week of Oct. 17 DDoS attack. Sound the alarm: Netflix, Spotify, Twitter and Reddit were among the numerous websites hit by a wave of cyberattacks…
The internet of things (IoT) has the potential to touch every aspect of our lives: from our bodies to our communities to our work places to a fully connected…
Business leaders across the spectrum agree that technology change and the need for new and different skills in their organizations are the top two impediments to any growth strategy. A …
The use of crowdsourcing is to engage and move the crowd towards a new direction, by encouraging out individual thinking and discovery, searching for combining these contributions; ones that…
Most of the companies voted most innovative in our 2016 Global Innovation 1000 study are in the midst of a transformational journey. They are putting more of their RD investment…
Throughout its nearly 180-year history, John Deere has been an innovation leader. Its first product was a polished-steel plow that outperformed existing tools. And over the decades, the company’s research…
When you have come up with great ideas the question is how to make them reality. In practice, I have learned that if they don’t fit your organizational goals,…
Massive shifts are afoot in media and marketing. Sectors that didn’t exist a few years ago — social media, native advertising, and in-app advertising, to name a few —…
Within a single decade, the music industry underwent a revolution in which digital upstarts triumphed over the market leaders. In 2006, record labels generated US$9.4 billion in CD sales in…
In a new report, Nucleus Research identifies which of this year’s hot tech topics — including AI, IoT, security, and supply chains applications — will become even more focused and…
Tesla Hints at Plan to Create Rival to Uber and Lyft It’s starting to become a lot clearer what Tesla’s fully autonomous feature will look like. You can put a…
It’s been a while since Nintendo has wowed the world, but it looks like its new console is doing just that. The Switch (the erstwhile Nintendo NX) is a game…
What To Do When Your Product Explodes In Your Customers’ Hands It’s going to be a case study in business schools. It’s also going to set the standard for…
What’s the shrewdest, smartest maneuver you’ve ever seen in business? originally appeared on Quora – the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights. Answer…
Sometimes the fact you are keeping a trade secret is well known in the marketplace. Your product may work better than competitors’ products; you may have a price advantage; or…
You’ve likely heard of the curse of knowledge or sometimes it is called the curse of the expert. It occurs when our knowledge leads us down predictable paths, likely…