There's nothing like a conference to breed and spread fresh jargon. At the Skoll World Forum for Social Entrepreneurship, they've included "impact," "accountability," "social business," that old ...READ»
On Monday evening, in a hotel room in London, Kjerstin Erickson made her hit list. Laid out in Excel, it is meticulous: name, organization, responsibility--65 names in all. The next day, Erickson boarded a train and made her way ...READ»
Our innovation seminar in New York City last week was stocked with a fascinating and diverse group of innovators. From entrepreneurs to Fortune 100 corporate executives, and from retail to banking to technology to services, ...READ»
Roger Martin has come clean: Barack Obama made him cry. In his remarks during the plenary opening of the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship at Oxford University, the dean of the University of Toronto's Rotman School of ...READ»
One of my least favorite activities of all time is the icebreaker. You know how it goes: Throw together a bunch of people--six, eight, more than two is too many--and force them to tell each other something silly, secret, anything that ...READ»
What struck me most about my interview with Taneli Ruda is how clearly Nokia appears to understand the source of its advantage.
Nokia knows what it can do and what its competitors can’t do, and it works to leverage and build ...READ»
Last week I
wrote about how Nokia is applying what I call pattern #7 – force your
competitors onto a multi-front battle. Nokia uses this strategy so
perfectly that I decided to continue with that focus in today’s ...READ»
Earlier this
week, I started my review of Nokia. The company markets phones in the U.S., Europe
and beyond that are easy to use but also have some unique functions. These
phones allow users to switch between home and work ...READ»
Nokia's strategies have unlocked breakneck innovation that has driven huge success and growth. Even while Nokia was making billions in revenue, they continued to grow organically without major acquisitions.READ»
