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Gjis van Wulfen: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

He worked as a marketer in the fast moving consumer goods sector and switched to consulting at Ernst & Young Consulting and Boer & Croon Strategy & Management Group. At the end of 2002 he started his own innovation organization to spread, train and facilitate the FORTH innovation […].

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The Transformative CEO

Strategy Driven

Innovating and making everything better. While the book does provide some overarching characteristics and approaches of successful chief executives, we found many of these items to be common sense truisms, philosophies most junior managers and graduate level business students would stipulate. Copyright 2007-2012 by StrategyDriven, Inc.

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A Few Unicorns Are No Substitute for a Competitive, Innovative Economy

Harvard Business Review

Airbnb has nearly doubled its user base every year since 2012 and is now worth $30 billion — nearly as much as Marriott International, the world’s largest hotel chain. Entrepreneurship aids economic vitality by getting rid of complacent incumbents, accelerating innovation, and creating jobs. Considering the following.

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Are CEOs Overhyped and Overpaid?

Harvard Business Review

For example, Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk enjoy cult-like status and are widely regarded as modern tycoons of innovation. For instance, midlevel managers may primarily affect their teams, but C-suite leaders can be expected to influence the majority of the organization. million in severance.

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Income Inequality Is a Sustainability Issue

Harvard Business Review

Peter Drucker wrote : “One is responsible for one’s impacts, whether they are intended or not. There is no doubt regarding management’s responsibility for the social impacts of its organization.” Between 1976 and 2012 the share of US income earned by the top 1% almost tripled, rising from 9% to 24%. according to Bloomberg.com.