Agile Organizational Value Development
There is a general consensus that the future of business competition will depend much more on talent and on agile organizations, and this doesn’t just mean finding better people as…
Adaptive Execution Capabilities
Today’s winning capabilities are tomorrow’s table stakes. Organizations must identify what capabilities world-class competitors will possess in the future and begin to invest now. These competencies are the foundation on…
Critical Decision Making Alignment
Business Leaders need to make critical decisions that will set their organization up for success many years into the future.With limited and imperfect information, business leaders must pack and plan…
Adaptation Imperative for Enterprise Resilience
The stark tale of gain and loss underscores a new operating reality confronting companies everywhere: Drivers of earnings, definitions of risk, underlying risk interdependencies, and ways to manage them have…
Joint Venture Paradigm Shift Requirements
Why should you enter into a joint venture? Why should you try something you’ve never tried before and risk failure? Why should you take time from your core business to…
Analytics Trends for 2018
Data is set to become a big “currency” for businesses, with value to buy, sell or lose. Beyond the disruptions we have seen caused by next generation technology, new processes,…
Corporate Dual Innovation Management
Almost every company shifts into overdrive to create ‘smart’ products, to turn a product business into a service business, to create new business models or to reach out beyond their…
How does 3M Sustain Innovation
3M Corporation. 3M was awarded the US government’s highest award for innovation, the National Medal of Technology. Over a 20-year period, 3M’s gross margin averaged 51% and the company’s return…
DevOps Transformation Strategies
Different size organizations across all industries are actively adopting and implementing DevOps practices to gain and maintain a lasting business advantage over their competitors. Making the transition to a DevOps…
Improving Innovation Efficiency
Innovation and efficiency sometimes clash, especially when innovative moves spark big changes and uncertainty. There are several tips for leaders to find the perfect balance between efficiency and innovation: Top-down…
Big Companies’ Legal Risks with their Startup Partners
Big enterprises are acutely aware of the need to avoid mission-critical risks when working with smaller startups that can move more quickly and have a lot less to lose. Learning,…
Keep Prioritizing Innovation in Board’s Agenda
Innovation is so vital for survival that it must be a regular topic item on the agenda of company board meetings. If you have not had a fundamental conversation about…
Facing Disruption Paralysis
When disruption does affect a company, it’s frequently because the enterprise was already vulnerable in some fundamental way; moreover, many incumbent companies accelerate their decline through their efforts to…
Big Data and Analytics Misconceptions
IDC released a forecast in the third quarter of 2016 that showed that the big data and analytics market hitting double digit year-on-year growth rates. If this is true, then…
Top Challenges IT Faces: a survey
The IT business is drastically different from 20 years ago, yet it seems to be plagued New technology and practices such as cloud computing, DevOps, and data analytics are…
Innovation Methods to Survive as a Startup
Do successful startups share a common formula for reaching the top? If innovation is so tough to replicate, why do companies like AirBnB, Lyft and Amazon seem to follow a…
Tips for Achieving Market Leadership
Unless your business strategy is to be a fast-follower (an increasingly risky and dangerous strategy), you invariably have markets or market segments in which your objective is to be the…
Top 10 Ways IT Sparks Innovation
The pressure to become a digital business is pushing IT leaders to innovate more than ever before. The advent of digital business – data interconnected with strategy – is top-of-mind…
Launching a New Office Overseas? Engineer It for Success
Having learned from his experience opening an operation in Norway, Tapad’s Jeff Olchovy shares his advice to others planning overseas expansion. Did you know that Norwegian employees are expected to…
Drone Mapping Data Changes Business Economics
Drone mapping data can dramatically impact the profitability of certain businesses. Should you include it in your business app? Consider these points. Drones gather mapping data about all kinds of…