by Tendayi Viki | Jul 6, 2020 | Featured
Leaders in established organizations have now moved beyond debating whether innovation is necessary. The conversation has now shifted to finding the right ways to innovate. As a result of this, companies are launching a lot of innovation programs. I am consistently...
by Tendayi Viki | Jun 30, 2020 | Featured
On April 7 2020, CB Insights published a list of 160 biggest product failures of all time. The list is a good illustration of what happens when corporate innovation goes wrong. I was not at all surprised that innovative ideas sometimes fail. This is after...
by Tendayi Viki | Jun 22, 2020 | Featured
As the pace of change increases, the great companies will be the ones who can explore new opportunities, while running their current business. This ability to live in the two worlds of explore and exploit will be the true test of corporate...
by Tendayi Viki | Jun 14, 2020 | Featured
In a previous article, I wrote about innovation theater. This happens in organizations that have teams engaged in various disconnected innovation activities, none of which are creating value for the organization. Some of these activities have really cool names like...
by Tendayi Viki | Jun 8, 2020 | Featured
Coined by Steve Blank, the term innovation theater has been gaining traction lately. As with all popular terms, we may be reaching the peak of inflated expectations on the hype cycle, with a lot more people using the term without fully understanding...
by Tendayi Viki | May 29, 2020 | Featured
Nowadays entrepreneurs have become celebrities. Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are treated like rockstars. But even as we celebrate their individual accomplishments, we must not forget that innovation is never a solo pursuit. Successful innovation results...
by Tendayi Viki | May 24, 2020 | Featured
As governments across the world have imposed strict lockdown rules due to Covid-19, company leaders have had to figure out how to manage employees that are working remotely from home. Companies have been using various technologies for video-conferencing, whiteboards...
by Tendayi Viki | May 17, 2020 | Featured
Post Covid-19, company leaders are going to be dealing with a lot of challenges. In addition to stabilizing their core business, leaders will also be thinking about how they can use innovation to drive new growth. The challenge for most organizations will be that they...
by Tendayi Viki | Apr 27, 2020 | Featured
When Steve Jobs said that it was “more fun to be a pirate than to join the navy”, he was reflecting the reality that large companies are much slower to respond to change than startups. This is the speed boat versus oil tanker conundrum. The bureaucracy that runs many...
by Tendayi Viki | Mar 9, 2020 | Featured
Corporate innovation is slowly becoming a profession. Becoming an intrapreneur is increasingly a realistic career option for a number of people. But this does not mean that life as a corporate innovator has become easier. The challenges of innovating within a large...
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