Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

The other, smaller and rarer, is decentralized, horizontal, and inclusive. With the advent of the Information Age and increasingly rapid waves of technological change, the Alpha model – which Ardi likens to an army, led by a commander-in-chief in which information flows in only one direction – is on its way out, explains Ardi.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 22, 2014

The other, smaller and rarer, is decentralized, horizontal, and inclusive. With the advent of the Information Age and increasingly rapid waves of technological change, the Alpha model – which Ardi likens to an army, led by a commander-in-chief in which information flows in only one direction – is on its way out, explains Ardi.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 21, 2014

The other, smaller and rarer, is decentralized, horizontal, and inclusive. With the advent of the Information Age and increasingly rapid waves of technological change, the Alpha model – which Ardi likens to an army, led by a commander-in-chief in which information flows in only one direction – is on its way out, explains Ardi.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2018

The seven roles for CIUs are: designing shelter for innovation; supporting best practices and methods; developing skills; supporting business unit initiatives; identifying new market spaces; facilitating ideas generation; and directing seed funding. One remarkable example is Johnson & Johnson’s Innovation Unit.

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