by Tendayi Viki | Dec 23, 2020 | Featured
Alex Osterwalder, best-selling author and inventor of the Business Model Canvas, hates it when innovators refer to themselves as pirates. This is because pirates originally operated outside the law and if they were ever caught they were killed. In one sense he is...
by Tendayi Viki | Dec 23, 2020 | Featured
In a previous article, I wrote about how companies can stop relying on consultants and build their own innovation capabilities. It is difficult to scale innovation as a repeatable process if companies continue to rely on external coaching and training for...
by Tendayi Viki | Dec 23, 2020 | Featured
A few years ago I was working with an innovation team at a global financial firm based in Europe. I was helping the team to prepare for their pitch to the innovation board. In the weeks leading up to the board meeting, the team had worked intently on preparing...
by Tendayi Viki | Dec 23, 2020 | Featured
Successful innovation results from the combination of great ideas with sustainably profitable business models. At the heart of a sustainable business model is delivering value to customers. Without happy customers, you might make money for a little while, but this...
by Tendayi Viki | Dec 23, 2020 | Featured
Being an innovation leader in a large company is difficult at the best of times. However, it gets even harder when the leader is not clear on what their job is. The other day I was having a conversation with an innovation leader from a large retail company that has...
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