Why are scenarios and bets important?
- Posted By: Viren Lall
- Posted In: Innovation
- May 28, 2018
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In a recent issue of Fortune magazine, Elon Musk of Tesla was voted one of the most overrated CEOs. In the same issue, Musk was voted one of the most underrated CEOs! How is that possible? The survey consisted...
Read MoreScenarios and bets, big companies and small
- Posted By: Viren Lall
- Posted In: Innovation
- May 10, 2018
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In a previous blog on scenarios and bets, we described why strategic experimentation is critical to big companies. Experimentation involves placing controlled bets on the future and leveraging all forces and influences to create a reality that works in...
Read MoreLessons in innovation and adoption from Google Translate
- Posted By: Viren Lall
- Posted In: Innovation
- March 08, 2018
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Why won’t Google eat you? Lessons in innovation from Google Translate I love Google Translate. It was in August 2016, in Rio de Janiero, when our eyes first truly met. I picked up Google Translate on my iPhone at...
Read MoreDid you know about agile and MVP approaches for London’s Eiffel Tower!
- Posted By: Viren Lall
- Posted In: Agile, Innovation
- February 02, 2018
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This article was written by John McIntyre of HotPMO.com for ChangeSchool I ran a session at PMI’s PMO Symposium called Agile in Practice for PMO Professionals. During the session, an attendee asked about using Agile in the construction industry. I’ve delivered projects...
Read MoreThe multi horizon innovation discipline
- Posted By: Viren Lall
- Posted In: Education, Innovation, Leadership
- September 28, 2017
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Future proofing your organisation When people think of innovation, they tend to think of a new product, like the iPhone, or the driverless car. Think a little harder, and a company might think of making a process more efficient,...
Read MoreNorthern Rock and Brexit. Connected.
- Posted By: Viren Lall
- Posted In: Conversations with experts..., Education, Innovation, Leadership
- September 25, 2017
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I was at Alistair Darling’s #10yearsafter event organised by RSA (@RSA_events) last week. Alistair provided amusing anecdotes and a behind the scenes look. On how he got a call from the Chairman of the world biggest bank (RBS at...
Read MoreHow to take on the big boys? The role innovation plays…
- Posted By: Viren Lall
- Posted In: Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship2, Innovation
- May 08, 2017
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Ever wondered how a small start-up can take on a big, established company and come out a winner? Wonder no more. Gerard J. Tellis Marshall School of Business, California, and Peter N. Golder, from the Amos Tuck School of...
Read MoreSchumpeter on ‘The Great Disruption’ at London’s Institute of Directors
- Posted By: Neil Marshall
- Posted In: Conversations with experts..., Innovation, Strategy, Transformation
- September 16, 2015
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ChangeSchool had the privilege of hearing Economist Management Editor Adrian Wooldridge, the man behind the famous Schumpeter column, speak this morning at the Institute of Directors on London’s Pall Mall. His topic was that of his new book, ‘The...
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