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When discussing digital innovation, it isn't easy to top the level of sheer magical thinking that the term platform amassed for more than a decade. The simplest definition of a digital platform might be to explain that it's a proprietary system that connects customers online, enabling
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I often refer to Disney as a critical, albeit underrated, innovator. Among the many strategic things they have done for decades is creating a market around very focused brand values. As a global brand that reinvented from scratch and "premiumized" the entertainment park experience, one of the amazing
Weak Signals
A new innovation prompt this week using the concept of bisociation. Never heard of the term? Exactly!
Strategy
I've been discussing seasonal businesses with a few customers recently. Whether there are B2C or B2B, dealing with a peak and a low season completely changes how you can approach innovation. There are many reasons for that, but one that always strikes me as spectacularly missed: managers of
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For the first back-to-school newsletter after the summer vacation, I'm trying to concentrate on a shorter format using a recent key market or tech event to prompt you on your innovation process.
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As a follow-up to the Consulting Kickstart program I announced this week-end and that will start October 9, here's a quick teaser of the different steps we'll go through: 1. Understanding the 5 different types of expertise (and finding your super-power) 2. Getting your first mission
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Musk had shown with solid consistency that he was not afraid to not pay his debts, office rent, or employee severance package. He has also been quite consistent at driving Twitter business in the ground. From pushing away advertisers by breaking all forms of moderation, to more recently killing the
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There's an organizational chart from the sixties that has been floating around for a long time. It describes how Disney was thinking about its business more than fifty years ago, and it's striking. Where you might see a consulted mess, it's anything but. The
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A quick announcement about Innovation Copilots' next chapter!
Weak Signals
In 1978, Dr. James Austin published an odd book called Chase, Chance, & Creativity: The Lucky Art of Novelty. The book was all about making scientific sense of... luck. This is a specially interesting endeavor for startups or corporations as luck is probably the essential asset for anyone in the
Strategy
A more personal article for the end of July on China and its changes, the end of an era for me, and maybe some geopolitical and business considerations if you want to read too much in this story ; )
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There's a concept that is starting to take hold as a central narrative for how the web will evolve very rapidly: AI has started an irreversible transformation of the web as we knew it, and before we even realize it, 99% of the content produced and shared will