by Jim Euchner | Apr 23, 2020 | Conversations
Paul Polak has dedicated himself to the proposition that corporations can help the 2.6 billion people in the world living on less than $2 a day—and make a profit doing so. His various ventures are all dedicated to finding practical solutions to attack poverty at its...
by Jim Euchner | Apr 23, 2020 | Conversations
Clay Christensen defined the term disruptive innovation after studying why companies fail while listening to their best customers and making what seem like good business decisions. In this interview, he discusses how to identify, think about, and manage disruptive...
by Jim Euchner | Apr 23, 2020 | Conversations
John Seely Brown has been at the center of many of the most profound shifts in R&D management over the past three decades. As Chief Scientist at Xerox Corporation and director of PARC, co-chair of the Center for the Edge, Silicon Valley board member, and prolific...
by Jim Euchner | Apr 23, 2020 | Conversations
Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble have studied why established firms succeed and fail in delivering innovation inside what they call a company’s performance engine. In this interview, Govindarajan emphasizes three concepts: forgetting lessons from the past that may...
by Jim Euchner | Apr 23, 2020 | Conversations
Digital technology is clearly changing the products and services that we use every day, but Youngjin Yoo sees a much more fundamental change. He believes the rise of digital technology is changing the very essence of products, making them generative. Increasingly,...
by Jim Euchner | Apr 23, 2020 | Conversations, Management Matters
During the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, many people proposed crowdsourcing the solution. In this column, I discuss the naive expectations of some crowdsourcing initiatives and the erosion of trust in experts. I identify five criteria that may be prerequisites for...
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