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Imagining the Hybrid College Campus
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleHow higher ed can reach a more diverse student population, meet the needs of a changing workforce, and provide lifelong learning opportunities. -
Eureka Myth
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleIn business lore, the eureka moment overshadows the more important matter of how an invention reaches the marketplace, says author Sir Harold Evans. -
The Reality of What Makes Silicon Valley Tick
Creativity Digital ArticleThe secret sauce is “socialstructing.” -
What Motivates Lifelong Learners
Organizational Development Digital ArticleMany leaders think it's the fear of losing your job. They're wrong. -
How Higher Ed Can Prepare Students for Today's Digital Jobs
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleTwo promising new models blend skills training and work experience. -
What the edX Acquisition Means for the Future of Higher Education
Communication Digital ArticleTraditional universities and colleges need to commit to one of three strategies. -
Visualizing Hip-Hop Lyrics as Cultural Indicator
Design thinking Digital ArticleGraphics aren’t just an alternative to representation in words. -
Solve America’s Employment Crisis With a Netflix Prize
Innovation Digital ArticleAn entire generation’s prosperity vanishing, food stamp use exploding. Welcome to the jobless future. This month’s jobs numbers drive home the point. The unemployment rate fell at the fastest rate for years — great news, right? Wrong. The lion’s share of the gains came from (wait for it) “temporary help services.” See what just happened? […] -
China's New Innovation Advantage
Global Business SpotlightEight of the 10 fastest companies ever to reach a $1 billion valuation are Chinese, and six of them were founded in 2014 alone. Whatever has propelled... -
The Risky Business of Diversification
Innovation Magazine ArticleOn the basis of a sample from the top 200 of the Fortune “500” and data from the PIMS (Profit Impact of Market Strategies) project, this author gives some guidelines for established companies on what to expect from new ventures. He points out that it takes an average of 10 to 12 years before the […] -
A Leap Year Lesson on Correcting Leadership Drift
Managing yourself Digital ArticleWe all know why leap years exist, right? Our calendars get out of synch with the solar system so we must periodically get our human calendars back on track with the celestial ones. In other words, February 29th is all about correcting drift. Without those corrections, things become more and more out of synch. Not […] -
Make Your Competition Irrelevant
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleWhen a brand sallies forth into the marketplace, there are essentially two bases on which it can compete. The first is competing on brand preference by... -
Polycentric Innovation: The New Global Innovation Agenda for MNCs
International business Digital ArticleRecently I delivered a talk a the Council on Foreign Relations titled “Managing the New Trajectory of Global Innovation” explaining why and how multinationals must revamp their Western-centric innovation strategy in order to effectively leverage global ideas, talent, and markets. In our increasingly multi-polar world characterized by the inexorable rise of emerging markets like Brazil, […] -
A Subordinate's Criticism Makes You More Creative
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How Smart, Connected Products Are Transforming Competition
Technology and analytics Magazine ArticleInformation technology is revolutionizing products. Once composed solely of mechanical and electrical parts, products have become complex systems that combine hardware, sensors, data storage, microprocessors, software, and connectivity in myriad ways. These “smart, connected products”—made possible by vast improvements in processing power and device miniaturization and by the network benefits of ubiquitous wireless connectivity—have unleashed […] -
A/B Testing and the Benefits of an Experimentation Culture
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Chart a Middle Course in Strategy and Innovation Conflicts
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleWith two older sisters and two younger brothers, I am a true middle child. Like many middle children, my natural tendency is to be a peace maker. I seek... -
The Science of What We Do (and Don’t) Know About Data Visualization
Design thinking Digital ArticleThere are still open questions, but the research can provide some answers about what works. -
Research: Which Firms Are Allowed to Be Disruptors?
Change management Digital ArticleNewcomers may have the will, but industry insiders have the way. -
Afraid to Innovate? Create an Airlock
Innovation Digital ArticleI gave a talk at the Canadian Marketing Association in Toronto last week. Leaving the hall, I fell into step with a young marketer. She seemed stressed. “How are you doing?” I asked. “I liked your talk,” she said, “but it’s hard. Everyone wants to be innovative but no one wants to make a mistake.” […]
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Can AI Help Your Company Innovate? It Depends
AI and machine learning Digital ArticleCompanies that use it for recombination see better results than those that use it for incremental improvements and radical innovation efforts. -
Should Your Company Build an Open or Closed Ecosystem?
Innovation Digital ArticleFour research-backed principles to help you determine what’s right for your company. - SPONSORED CONTENT FROM CANVA
The Creative Edge: Transforming Ideas into Impact
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3 Steps to Cultivate an Innovator’s Mindset
Managing yourself Digital ArticleEmbracing curiosity, engaging in continuous learning, and fostering collaboration can help fast-track your career. -
Why Entrepreneurs Should Think Like Scientists
Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleFounders of start-ups who question and test their theories are more successful than their overly confident peers. -
The Middle Path to Innovation
Innovation Magazine ArticleForget disruption and incrementalism. Here’s how to develop high-growth products in slow-growth companies. -
Firms Led by CEOs from Former U.S. Frontier Areas Are Awarded More Patents
Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleThe qualities that were needed to succeed on the frontier are the same ones needed to drive corporate innovation. -
Why Cross-Functional Collaboration Stalls, and How to Fix It
Collaboration and teams Digital ArticleResearch shows that 78% of leaders report “collaboration drag” — too many meetings, too much peer feedback, and too much time spent getting buy-in from stakeholders. - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM NVIDIA
Video Quick Take: Balancing AI-Driven Innovation With Data Responsibility
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How Technology Can Help Drive DEI Success
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Should Your Brand Hire a Virtual Influencer?
Marketing SpotlightRelying on AI-generated personalities can be a low-risk, high-engagement strategy. -
Make Decisions with a VC Mindset
Organizational decision making Magazine ArticleThe key is to embrace risk, disagreement, and agility. -
Winning at Influencer Marketing
Management Digital ArticleOver the past 20 years the social media influencer industry has completely rearranged the way information and culture are conceived, produced, marketed,... -
Your Teams Should Drive AI Adoption — Not Senior Leadership
Innovation Digital ArticleMany companies appoint a designated senior leader to find ways to integrate new tech — and that’s a mistake. -
The 3-Stage Process That Makes Universities Prime Innovators
Business and society Digital ArticleHow these institutions carefully curate connections and relationships to take ideas from the drawing board into the marketplace. -
Corporate Learning Is Boring — But It Doesn’t Have to Be
Creativity Digital ArticleFour lessons from Disney on infusing creativity into employee training. -
A Growth Strategy that Creates and Protects Value
Innovation Digital ArticleFour steps to build a continuous value creation cycle. -
Why Playing It Safe Is the Riskiest Strategic Choice
Strategy Digital Article“Timid transformation” doomed certain retailers. There’s a better approach. -
The Challenges of Becoming a Less Hierarchical Company
Organizational change Digital ArticleLessons from one company on how to navigate the ups and downs of going flat. -
Why Has the EV Market Stalled?
Marketing Digital ArticleIf automakers want to boost sales, they must cater to a different set of interests and concerns.
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Globe Telecom: Redefining Telecommunication in the Philippines
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Globe Telecom, a leading telecommunications service provider in the Philippines, had a long history in the communications business. The company was incorporated... -
Hongxuan Agriculture: Innovations in the Value Chain
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details In June 2018, the president of Hongxuan Agriculture Group (Hongxuan), which operated in the Chinese egg industry, was aware that an ongoing trade dispute... -
The Balanced Scorecard: Translating Strategy into Action
Finance & Accounting Book45.00View Details The Balanced Scorecard translates a company's vision and strategy into a coherent set of performance measures. The four perspectives of the scorecard--financial... -
Supply Chain Close-Up: The Video Vault
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details The owners of the Video Vault struggle to determine the optimal stocking levels of home videos in an industry fraught with new technology, new pricing... -
Zensar: The Future of Vision Communities (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Zensar is a rapidly growing, mid-sized Indian IT services company with a collaborative management philosophy and innovative HR policies. One of its practices,... -
ProsFit: A Fitting Solution
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details This case study features ProsFit, a European start-up company founded in 2013 that used breakthrough technology - Computer Aided Design (CAD) and 3D printing... -
Doctor On Demand
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details This case considers the state of telehealth, or the remote delivery of healthcare services via telecommunications technology, in 2019. Doctor On Demand,... -
Portillo's: How to Deliver?
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Sheng Siong - Mirror, Mirror... Whereto We Go?
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Sheng Siong, one of the latest arrival of traditional grocers in the Singapore market, had been delivering better than average earnings. Why is this so?... -
Carlypso: Overcoming Bumps in the Road in the Used Car Industry
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details "Carlypso: Overcoming Bumps in the Road in the Used Car Industry" explores various challenges associated with scaling a start-up. In 2013, Christopher... -
ApproTEC Kenya: Technologies to Fight Poverty and Create Wealth
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details ApproTEC markets a range of technologies to improve the income of subsistence farmers and other small-scale entrepreneurs in East Africa. Having achieved... -
Marissa Mayer at Google
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Marissa Mayer has been asked to think about factors that were impacting Google's ability to innovate and adjust its strategy so that the organization... -
Fighting the Battle of the Bulge - Evaluating Do Good/Do Well Innovations in Morbid Obesity Treatment
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details What can Dr. Dean Ornish learn from the successes and failures of his competitors in ameliorating morbid obesity to create a business model that will... -
Palforzia: Valuing a Treatment for Peanut Allergy
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Innovation is critical for success in the healthcare industry. A key step to that success is the evaluation of new therapies. Managers need to understand... -
How Apple's Corporate Strategy Drove High Growth
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details This case introduces the application of blue ocean strategy in the context of managing a business portfolio at the corporate level. Apple created future... -
Starbucks China: Facing Luckin, The Local Disruptor
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Set in 2019, the case describes the challenge Starbucks faces from Luckin coffee, a local start up in China. Having entered China in 1999, Starbucks was... -
Khedut Feeds & Foods Private Limited: Implications of Country of Origin
Management Case Study11.95View Details Kamal Patel and Tushar Thumar, co-founders of Khedut Feeds & Foods Private Limited (KFFPL), were contemplating whether to accept the proposal from Royal... -
Successes and Failures of Amazon's Growth Strategies: Causes and Consequences
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details On 30 May 2017, Amazon shares traded at a record high - above $1,000 - surpassing the share price of Google parent Alphabet. Started as an online bookstore... -
Akira Fukabori and Kevin Kajitani at avatarin (A) (Abridged)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In 2016, Akira Fukabori and Kevin Kajitani, aeronautical engineers at All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd., began to wonder why, in a world of accelerating globalization... -
Nivea (A)
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details The case describes the efforts of Beiersdorf, a worldwide leader in the cosmetics and skin care industries, to generate and commercialize new R&D through...
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Imagining the Hybrid College Campus
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleHow higher ed can reach a more diverse student population, meet the needs of a changing workforce, and provide lifelong learning opportunities. -
Eureka Myth
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleIn business lore, the eureka moment overshadows the more important matter of how an invention reaches the marketplace, says author Sir Harold Evans. -
The Reality of What Makes Silicon Valley Tick
Creativity Digital ArticleThe secret sauce is “socialstructing.” -
Globe Telecom: Redefining Telecommunication in the Philippines
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Globe Telecom, a leading telecommunications service provider in the Philippines, had a long history in the communications business. The company was incorporated... -
What Motivates Lifelong Learners
Organizational Development Digital ArticleMany leaders think it's the fear of losing your job. They're wrong. -
How Higher Ed Can Prepare Students for Today's Digital Jobs
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleTwo promising new models blend skills training and work experience. -
What the edX Acquisition Means for the Future of Higher Education
Communication Digital ArticleTraditional universities and colleges need to commit to one of three strategies. -
Visualizing Hip-Hop Lyrics as Cultural Indicator
Design thinking Digital ArticleGraphics aren’t just an alternative to representation in words. -
Solve America’s Employment Crisis With a Netflix Prize
Innovation Digital ArticleAn entire generation’s prosperity vanishing, food stamp use exploding. Welcome to the jobless future. This month’s jobs numbers drive home the point. The unemployment rate fell at the fastest rate for years — great news, right? Wrong. The lion’s share of the gains came from (wait for it) “temporary help services.” See what just happened? […] -
Hongxuan Agriculture: Innovations in the Value Chain
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details In June 2018, the president of Hongxuan Agriculture Group (Hongxuan), which operated in the Chinese egg industry, was aware that an ongoing trade dispute...