Archive of Culture of innovation Archives – The Strategy Group
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Should we all model ourselves on Steve Jobs?
Posted on April 27, 2012 by Jeffrey Tobias in Culture of innovation, InnovationDo we all want to be like Steve Jobs? Well, yes I do. Steve was a visionary, a driver, a huge intellect, a successful entrepreneur and implementor. And he built an empire that not only innovated, but delivered. When the...
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Gary Hamel on How Social Media Will Change Organisations and Their Workforce
Posted on January 12, 2012 by Jeffrey Tobias in Culture of innovation, InnovationExcellent piece from Gary Hamel - not only relating to the changing nature of the workforce, but also on how technology is being used to level the playing field in the way ideas are captured and filtered. Just excellent. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVMkkModUXM&feature=player_detailpage
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Innovation – In the Core – or a Separate Business?
Posted on October 12, 2011 by Jeffrey Tobias in Culture of innovation, InnovationOne of the challenges I continually hear from executives is: "How do I reconcile the conflict between wanting to fund innovation as a separate entity, and the drive for performance out of the core? Do I build innovation in the...
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P&G – Extraordinary Results from Innovation Acceleration
Posted on May 26, 2011 by Jeffrey Tobias in Collaboration, Culture of innovation, InnovationMany of you will know that Procter & Gamble is one of my favourite companies when discussing innovation acceleration. The latest Harvard Business Review (June 2011) contains an extremely important article on the impact that innovation has had on P&G...
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The Rise of Generation C: Implications for Innovation Acceleration
Posted on March 2, 2011 by Jeffrey Tobias in Collaboration, Culture of innovation, InnovationExcellent report by Booze&co. on what they call Generation C: People born after 1990, digital natives, highly connected, living online, using social networking as second nature, being able to consume vast amounts of information, and living in what Booze calls...
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Are you one of the 250 Million in early stage entrepreneurship?
Posted on January 19, 2011 by Jeffrey Tobias in Culture of innovation, Entrepreneurship, InnovationTwo hundred million people between 18-64 years old are actively engaged in starting or running new businesses in 59 economies as the study released by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) reports. GEM is the largest and most comprehensive worldwide research...
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What Conventional Wisdom about Innovation No Longer Applies?
Posted on January 12, 2011 by Jeffrey Tobias in Culture of innovation, Innovation, Open InnovationInteresting article in the latest MITSloan Management Review. It addresses the question: What conventional wisdom about innovation no longer applies? It comes up with 5 Takeaways: Most innovation efforts fail not because of a lack of bright ideas, but because of a lack...
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Why does Israeli Innovation Contribute $2.4 Billion To The Massachusetts Economy?
Posted on October 24, 2010 by Jeffrey Tobias in Culture of innovation, InnovationA study has been released released at the New England-Israel Business Council’s 2010 Life Sciences Summit at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts revealed the scope and impact of Israeli related businesses on the Massachusetts economy. This is an astounding amount...
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The Strategy Group
Posted on September 26, 2010 by Jeffrey Tobias in Collaboration, crowdsourcing, Culture of innovation, Entrepreneurship, Globalization, ideation, Innovation, Open Innovation, Patents, Public sector, Social InnovationThe Strategy Group delivers real value in the areas of business and organisational strategy development and implementation, innovation acceleration, business model collaboration and globalisation. We provide business impact to you and to all our clients. The Strategy Group team has...
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Bosses should definitely NOT kill ideas
Posted on August 29, 2010 by Jeffrey Tobias in Culture of innovationBob Sutton, Professor of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University, posted a blog on Harvard Business Review entitled: If you are the Boss, start killing more ideas. His point is that in order for some ideas to flourish...
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