Stop talking, start innovating Achieving Success Silicon Valley Style Talk about innovation is everywhere – in board rooms, conferences, employee meetings and university classes. In 2019, it is estimated that billions of dollars will be spent developing innovation competency in corporations, ministries and society. However, to gain real returns, business leaders [...]
Corporate innovation initiatives are top of mind for executives – but often slowed due to long decision processes and planning. Innovation is about trying something and being willing to suffer the string of failed experiments necessary to get to success. Silicon Valley style mindset is about action but for a large [...]
There are 309 private companies around the world valued at $1B+ as of 1/18/2019. Collectively these companies are worth as much as $1,085B and have raised a combined total of nearly $261B. Last year, 111 new companies joined the global unicorn club — a 56% increase from the 71 new unicorns in 2017. The unicorns are [...]
Innovation is all about anticipating future needs then designing, piloting and scaling new solutions to address the tomorrow’s challenges. Successful business leaders and entrepreneurs require foresight into the minds, concerns and opportunities of their customers and markets. Through this they are able to build and offer solutions to needs that customers [...]
New year is time to embrace change. Todays rapid growth in AI, compute power, ubiquity of IOT combined with changing customer behavior will disrupt all traditional businesses. Now is the time to ask HOW to begin the change. Exec Growth Alliance members gain insight and best practices to effectively drive change [...]
Successful innovation requires agility to address changing customer needs and competitive threats; Creativity to design new solutions to future problems and empowerment of team members – to adapt, fail and take a different approach. In fact corporate innovation is an art and a science. Executed well it is beautiful. In fulfilling [...]
Super Hero’s are engaged, empowered and ready to make an impact this year. However, recent studies show that over 70% of people feel - little or no involvement or engagement in work and feel their jobs are simply a way to earn a wage’. For leaders, employee’s lack of engagement can [...]
The Robots are Here: Good news - for employees? While robots which vacuum the carpet, mow the lawn or deliver lunch are cute time savers, their possible entry into the workplace can be scary. Employees who have spent years performing a routine task can be threatened by the idea of technology [...]