LDRLB

APRIL 23, 2012

This is a guest post form Soren Kaplan. This one little question lies at the intersection of two big fields – leadership and innovation. Innovation today is as much about how you deliver value as it is about what it is you offer to the market. The other domain is leadership.

Innovation 114

Innovation Kaplan Short-term Long-term 114

LDRLB

APRIL 23, 2012

This is a guest post form Soren Kaplan. This one little question lies at the intersection of two big fields – leadership and innovation. Whereas innovation used to be all about research & development, technology, and product or service innovation, what’s required for innovation today goes far beyond the traditional nuts and bolts.

Innovation 113

Innovation Kaplan Short-term Long-term 113

Mills Scofield

APRIL 27, 2014

You know how much I believe in serendipity & random collisions (a la Saul Kaplan !). “ Innovation is serendipity, so you don''t know what people will make. SAMIR RATH is a financial technology entrepreneur and angel investor working with technology startups globally from over 20 countries. She is so lucky.

Wiseman 155

Wiseman Kaplan Open-book Engineering 155

Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

Operating-cost productivity metrics might include the component costs for building an automobile or delivering a package, the rates of rework, and so forth. Some examples include new technologies, changes in customer preferences, new ways of serving customers, and disruptive threats. One dimension of this is the needed flows of talent.

ROIC 62

ROIC Balanced Scorecard Metrics McKinsey 62

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2017

A company has an innovative idea, which for a while provides competitive advantage. Later on, a new innovator comes along and pushes it aside. Firms are failing faster than they used to , for instance, and there is substantial evidence that the gap between winning and losing firms is partly driven by technology adoption.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Kaplan Innovation Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2013

Over the last few years, Dirk began to realize that the business model for wholesale distribution was dramatically changing as manufacturers increasingly sell direct to consumers, and large firms like Amazon and Grainger use their technology and scale to squeeze out the traditional middlemen. As he says, "It's the right thing to do.".

Storytelling 8

Storytelling Kaplan Taylorism Taylor 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2014

The web did not invent community-driven brands – just think of Harley Davidson — but technology has surely made the strategy more popular. Pepsi Refresh failed because it had no relevance to the brand’s operations or heritage. Its founder, Saul Kaplan , is a self-professed innovation junkie. Let me explain.

Media 8

Media Marketing Strategy Groupthink Kaplan 8