by Tendayi Viki | Nov 19, 2019 | Featured
“Success is a lousy teacher,” says Bill Gates. “It seduces smart people into thinking that they can’t lose”. This is the common narrative when it comes to innovation. The typical story of disruption is that it happens because successful companies and leaders...
by Tendayi Viki | Nov 18, 2019 | Featured
Working in large companies nowadays is interesting. On the one hand, leaders now understand that they need to innovate. On the other hand, they are struggling to balance the demands of running their core business, with the exploration of new opportunities. In publicly...
by Tendayi Viki | Jun 3, 2019 | Featured
Most large corporations have entrepreneurial employees who are constantly trying to innovate. As far as I am concerned, these are crazy people! They wake up every morning and go to work to swim against the tide. This is insane! And yet, these people exist. Passionate...
by Tendayi Viki | Apr 18, 2019 | Featured
When intrapreneurs are given the chance to work on a new innovation program, they can’t wait to get started. They can’t wait to open their new innovation lab, corporate accelerator or run an innovation sprint. This is the energy of the entrepreneur and comes with the...
by Tendayi Viki | Apr 3, 2019 | Featured
A lot of innovators that I have met are impatient people. By the time we start working together, they are already fed up with their company. They know something needs to be done and they just want to jump in and get started. So they will take whatever opportunity they...
by Tendayi Viki | Mar 10, 2019 | Featured
Most innovators are obsessed with the products and services they are working on – far more obsessed than they should be. I have met software programmers who get so excited about the technical aspects of the application they are creating, they forget the users of...
by Tendayi Viki | Mar 3, 2019 | Featured
Established companies have to innovate for the future while running their core business. This is a reality that is now accepted by the majority of corporate leaders. A report by McKinsey notes that 70% of senior leaders view innovation as one of the top three drivers...
by Tendayi Viki | Feb 11, 2019 | Featured
According to the Financial Times, 2019 is set to be a turbulent year for the world’s biggest companies. A perfect storm of political, social and economic upheavals seem to be brewing at the very moment when companies need to be investing in technologies to respond...
by Tendayi Viki | Dec 9, 2018 | Featured
Xerox invented most of the technologies that we use in personal computing today. But Xerox is not one of the largest computing companies in the world today. Kodak invented the digital camera and still filed for bankruptcy in 2012. Nokia was one of the pioneers of the...
by Tendayi Viki | Dec 2, 2018 | Featured
On October 22, toy maker Hasbro missed analysts estimates for quarterly revenue and profit. The sudden collapse of Toys ‘R’ Us appears to have had a significant impact on Hasbro, with sales down 12% in the third quarter. Toys ‘R’ Us represented a global sales channel...
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