Here's a great and short 13 minute talk by Geoffrey Moore. In January of this year, a revised edition of his 1990 classic book, Crossing the Chasm, has been released. It includes new examples and content to help bridge the gap between what's new and...
Global competition and food industry challenges demand new models of food production. Recently, Nestlé has presented its modular factories that the company expects to start operating first in Africa, and then in Asia. The flexibility of modular production systems is also the idea behind “Portable...
Which are the values and common behaviors of innovative companies? The question has been successfully answered in numerous articles and books. Summarizing, here are some of the insights from three of the answers I find relevant, those of Jeffrey Baumgartner’s, Gijs van Wulfen’s, and Hal...
Attracting talent is a major challenge today for companies and also one of its most valuable assets, especially for those who concentrate their efforts on innovating, improving and finding solutions to the challenges in their areas of activity. As I have discussed on several occasions with my friend...
There has been a lot of in the past few weeks around the decision of the electric car company Tesla of opening its license’s patents. I find it really encouraging for innovation, and the debate surrounding the decision. Collaboration is needed now more than ever...
Processes and structures for innovation are changing. The digital revolution has democratized the access of innovators to equipments, manufacturing systems, as well as knowledge. Innovation has been accelerated and companies are looking beyond their internal research and structures to connect with external inputs. In this...
This week I was participating in a forum for Corporate Social Responsibility, organized by the Spanish NGO "Acción contra el hambre"(Action Against Hunger) and focused on the role of the market in delivering social goals and contributing to a fairer and sustainable society. The data presented...
The rate of innovation increases everyday while disruption can come from anywhere. Around 40% of today's largest Fortune 500 companies are expected to no longer exist within a decade. In this context, companies can't solely depend upon the innovation from the inside hence collaboration becomes...
The rate of innovation increases everyday while disruption can come from anywhere. Around 40% of today's largest Fortune 500 companies are expected to no longer exist within a decade. In this context, companies can't solely depend upon the innovation from the inside hence collaboration becomes...