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How Thomson Reuters Is Creating a Culture of Innovation

Harvard Business Review

As Steve Blank, Clay Christensen, and many others have pointed out, once firms reach a certain size, most of their resources (and investment dollars) are rightly devoted to executing and defending their existing business model. product vs. operational) and referenced the same stages (e.g. It’s not easy for big companies to innovate.

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Keeping Work Organized when Your Team Is Fragmented

Harvard Business Review

And Indian mobile phone provider Bharti Airtel uses IBM to manage its computer systems and Ericsson to operate its cell tower infrastructure. After the workshop, everyone will have a common vision of what they are trying to jointly achieve. Forbes.com uses external bloggers (not just internal staff) to write articles.