Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2015

What they don’t do well enough is reinvent and innovate. Sure, there are exceptions who are both visionary CEOs and innovators — Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos, for example — but there are very few companies that can stomach that sort of leadership. So if the CEO isn’t someone who can innovate, then who should?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2013

As many companies move from exclusively internal focused R&D to distributed-innovation systems (e.g., A new component of the IT function must be developed to support this category of work: the Distributed Innovation Group (DIG). online idea markets), the center of expertise for innovation support, and analysis across the enterprise.

Enterprise Architecture 8

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2013

Similar waves of innovative applications of technology (e.g., My friend Craig Bickel , Principal at IT strategy consultancy WGroup told me that: "While functional responsibilities will remain specialized, innovation, implementation, and value realization must be shared between the business and IT." IT Doesn''t Matter (to CEOs).

Competitive Advantage 8

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2015

This seems to be a key question on the minds of not just marketers, but company strategists these days. This intensive customer focus has increased as technology-enabled transparency and online social media accelerate an inexorable flow of market power downstream from suppliers to customers. How well do you know your customers?

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