Balancing Innovation and Practicality: Technology Leadership Insights from the (Off)Road

16 January, 2024
IT Operations, Tech Management, Digital Leadership
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How do you connect Technical Debt with a Range Rover? A lesson in technology leadership; discover how balancing innovation with practicality in technology can lead to effective leadership and agile business solutions.

Corporate Innovation - not always the fastest mover

Navigating the Paradox of Corporate Innovation

6 July, 2023
Purposeful Innovation, Change Management
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An exploration of the paradox of corporate innovation environments, discussing how organizations need to break through cynicism, embrace change and encourage innovative thinking for both bottom-line efficiency and top-line growth.

Unleashing Corporate Innovation: Identifying the Constraints

23 June, 2023
Knowledge Management, Purposeful Innovation
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Corporate innovation struggles, and not from a lack of ideas or capital. More often, the constraints are time and attention.

Navigating Buzzword Overload: Sustainability

Sustainability is the newest and hottest buzzword – and still people ask what it all means. It’s a big topic, but we can break it into manageable pieces. As a first step, it is enough to understand the three broad concepts of Environment, Economics, and Community, and how this bigger picture will fit into your strategic plans and tactical actions.

Digital Business Continuity – Resilience and the Strategic Pivot

8 April, 2020
Change Management, Purposeful Innovation
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The COVID-19 pandemic has forced businesses to change. Some are still in react mode, while others are being more proactive. Might this disruption be an opportunity to change their business model? One in a series of articles about Digital Business Continuity; real-time lessons learned, improvements we can make now and in the future.

Digital Business Continuity – Finding New Strength

3 April, 2020
Change Management, Purposeful Innovation
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Stories about Business Continuity during the coronavirus pandemic are all about flexibility - and adapting for the long haul. Third in a series of articles about Digital Business Continuity – real-time lessons learned, improvements we can make now and in the future.

IoT Field Notes: The Seed Fund

26 October, 2015
Internet of Things, Purposeful Innovation
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A practical process to carve out some of your budget to seed innovation projects for the product development folks, looking to experiment with the Internet of Things.

The Digital Imperative: Run to the Toughest Problems

The best time to address the toughest challenges for your Digital Transformation is now - right away!

Four Required Behavior Changes for Enterprise Social Media

18 September, 2012
Popular, Change Management, Social Media
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Can Social Media technologies and practices translate well into your organization? Think differently about these four behaviors inside your teams - the right changes will drive the benefits.

Change and the Crop Duster

Drive south through the state of Indiana on I-65, and before you hit Indianapolis you will come across an impressively large array of wind turbines, the new vertical symbols of energy self-reliance and innovation. I remember not so long ago, when this section of the road was just miles of cornfields, as far as the eye could see. The tallest things out here were telephone poles and the occasional power line - but that was then, and this scene is…