Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 8, 2014

The value of failure has become a mantra in Silicon Valley, with the rise of events like FailCon , a conference “for startup founders to study their own and others’ failures and prepare for success.” Recognize that innovation requires failure. But innovation of any sort entails risk and trying new things – and that mandates failure.

Ries 14

Ries Open-book Competitive Advantage Education 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2017

In his Harvard Business Review article summing up his tenure, Immelt recalls that the two things that influenced him most were Marc Andreessen’s 2011 Wall Street Journal article “ Why Software Is Eating the World ” and Eric Ries’s book The Lean Startup. Innovation at GE was on a roll. Then it wasn’t.

Ries 8

Ries Long-term Short-term Price 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

Can you think of any business topic that’s been hotter for longer than innovation? In a McKinsey poll , 94% of the managers surveyed said they were dissatisfied with their company’s innovation performance. And yet when it comes to innovation, the gap between aspiration and accomplishment seems as big as ever.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Engineering Supply Chain 8