January 1, 2014 Briefly this is how we think of Innovation, a Point-of-View that informs our work. The enterprise is a system embedded in a context whose purpose is to sustainably create value and a positive surplus for its stakeholders. The enterprise system comprises of the following key elements: – Value-Creating and Capturing entities (aka Read more
November 7, 2013 All enterprises naturally desire and intend to be masters of their destiny, which implies not only survival but having an enduring and positive impact within their ecosystem of operation. In addition to delivering value to their targeted constituents, while that certainly constitutes making a positive impact, enterprises also want to grow, generating Read more
October, 30, 2013 I came across a nice blog post by Peter Vander Auwera about disruptive change and how it points to a new humanism in Banking. Disruption is on everyone’s mind and in this case the reference is to the accelerating change in the industry along many dimensions. Clearly people are challenged to figure Read more
October 30, 2013 Often when we think of advertising, we think of it in terms of the conventional purpose it serves – to inform and influence a target audience. In the context of branding the discussion does become broader and starts looking at the whole business model, the value proposition, the reputation of the enterprise Read more
2014 As we continuously seek to make sense of the world around us, seeking patterns that might indicate something, the one most frequent source we rely on is trends. In the world of technology, not a day goes by without some article or post on trends. I came across this interesting post on the trends Read more
2014 It is common knowledge that the horizon beyond which the fundamentals of the context in which any entity, business or otherwise, operates is shrinking in an accelerated manner. The Future, the one that you did not design the organization for, comes closer every day. Note how I define the future here – it is Read more
2014 The urgency and necessity of Innovation is now common knowledge. We are hearing the term on many fronts – even President Obama finally mentioned it in his speech on election night. Just as Total Quality Management (TQM), several years ago, managed to create a pervasive awareness and discipline, that enterprises now practice as a Read more
2014 This is the second part of my reflection on the 10 Rules for Strategic Innovators book. The fundamental argument of the book as I had said earlier was that the complexity of strategic innovation, the fact that there is no experience to draw upon, makes it necessary to use an experimentation-oriented approach. This would Read more
2014 I am in the midst of reading “10 Rules for Strategic Innovators” by Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble. As I reflect on what I am reading I will write a series of posts – not so much as a review of the book, but the thoughts it triggers. Before I picked up this book, Read more
2014 As I think more about Enterprise Innovation, I am of the opinion that the place to start is the Architecture of Value. I was researching what others might have said about the topic, when I came across this post – Value Architecture – Building an Innovative Organization. The article gets close to my thinking Read more