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Innovation

Business Model Innovation in the absence of crisis

by sravan ankaraju on October 11, 2009

Gary Hamel’s book on “The Future of Management” shares a quote from Nobel Prize winning zoologist Sir Peter Medawar – “Dull or piffling problems yield dull or piffling answers”. A review of extensive library on managing change reveals a disturbing fact. Nearly all the accounts of deep change – entailing big shifts in a company’s [...]

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Innovation or operational excellence?

by sravan ankaraju on September 6, 2009

in Execution,Innovation

Does Innovation OR Operational Excellence have to be viewed as an either-or proposition for long term success? It’s inconceivable to try to innovate on all corporate priorities without having operational discipline and metrics to manage that. In the current economic downturn, organizations do not have luxury of choosing one versus the other. Collaboration is a [...]

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Will Crowd sourcing help you GET OFF THE DRAWING BOARD?

by sravan ankaraju on August 16, 2009

in Business Models,Innovation,Operating Model

Procter & Gamble, Starbucks, Dell, Best Buy, Threadless, Microsoft, and Nike have all created digital platforms that allow customers to help them create new products, messages or seek feedback. Starbucks received over 17,000 coffee ideas in the first 14 months since the launch of its proprietary online forum, mystarbucksidea.com. Customers, of course, are increasingly demanding [...]

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10 Rules for Strategic Innovators – From Idea to Execution

by sravan ankaraju on July 12, 2009

in Execution,Innovation

To provide practical guidance on building a breakthrough business within a profitable old one, innovation experts Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble share 10 Rules – 1. In all great innovation stories, the great idea is only Chapter 1. Building breakthrough businesses requires forgetting, borrowing, and learning. These central challenges demand more than just a talented [...]

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