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...
by Tendayi Viki | Nov 18, 2018 | Featured
Digital transformation is an imperative in today’s business market. With the rapid pace of technological change and disruption that is taking place, no industry will remain untouched. It is in this context, that many companies across the world are launching and...
by Tendayi Viki | Nov 11, 2018 | Featured
Inspired by the other companies that have done the same and fearful of being disrupted by startups, several companies have opened innovation labs and startup accelerators. Examples of this include Telefonica’s Wayra, Jaguar Land Rover’s InMotion Ventures, EDF Energy’s...
by Tendayi Viki | Nov 4, 2018 | Featured
Can the healthcare industry be disrupted? Warby Parker is one of the companies that is certainly trying. It has created a platform on which customers can take an online vision test and get prescription glasses ordered and delivered. Founded in 2010 by four classmates...
by Tendayi Viki | Oct 29, 2018 | Featured
As the importance of innovation is starting to become clear for corporate leaders, there are a few myths and bad practices that are also taking hold. For example, I have heard several innovation leaders talk about letting a thousand flowers bloom and espouse the...
by Tendayi Viki | Oct 3, 2018 | Featured
In a previous article, I wrote about the myth of the innovation lab and how intrapreneurs need to focus a good proportion of their time on stakeholder management. A reality that we cannot deny is that innovators who work in established companies face immense...
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