Does Every Company Need a Robert Scoble? (infographic)
What I learned in 2010 can be summed up in one individual Except for reading the occasional year end articles (notables include Kotadia, Maggie Fox, McAfee) I typically skip the tradition of trying to summarize an entire year in 10 bullet points. The Enterprise 2.0/Social Business space is just too dynamic with many starts, stops [...]
Lowering Risk at Decision Points
I’ve actually got the chance to catch up on a little blog reading this morning, and I just got to digest Sameer Patel’s wonderful post entitled, “Innovation 1.0, served here.” The bit that really hit home was this (emphasis mine): “By organizations embracing and encouraging innovation, that really doesn’t equate to every factory worker walking [...]
The Ultimate Competitive Advantage
Why did it take until 1946 for the first computer to be invented? All of the elements were in place by 1918. It’s not because there weren’t companies capable of creating the computer. In fact in the late 1800’s over 1000 electrical apparatus companies were formed to build electric devices. 6 elements of knowledge need [...]
Hutch Carpenter on the Innovation X Factor
An idea can create cities, billion dollar companies and new futures. But most great ideas never get off the ground because the right talent and resources are not assembled to act on them. Despite the common wisdom, most of the truly great ideas I have seen in the past 20 years have not come out [...]
