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The innovation (portfolio) rule of 120
Innovation Strategy

The innovation (portfolio) rule of 120

To properly manage a corporate innovation portfolio, I often refer to the
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Philippe MEDA
Nicolas Cage and your swimming pool
Weak Signals

Nicolas Cage and your swimming pool

In our age of data supposedly reigning supreme, our data culture is
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Philippe MEDA
🟢 Preparing your innovation department for an economic nuclear winter
Newsletter

🟢 Preparing your innovation department for an economic nuclear winter

Many budget cuts may be underway for innovation departments in the following months. Blame poor visibility of your actions, the abrupt end of a golden age, or the poor example that major tech companies have been lately. The question is, what could you do about it?
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Philippe MEDA
The day I realized you couldn't be an innovation theorist 📺
Weak Signals

The day I realized you couldn't be an innovation theorist 📺

In 2016, Clayton Christensen (father of the Innovator's Dilemma and
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Philippe MEDA
How to make biking a success in Europe
Hot Takes

How to make biking a success in Europe

A few weeks ago, I gave a webinar for one of France&
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Philippe MEDA
What is a platform? Map edition
Weak Signals

What is a platform? Map edition

Last June, I was pointing out how being able to seamlessly use
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Philippe MEDA
Google kills Stadia; speaks about how incumbent it is, and maybe not a platform anymore
Hot Takes

Google kills Stadia; speaks about how incumbent it is, and maybe not a platform anymore

Yesterday, Google killed Stadia, their game streaming project. A message about Stadia
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Philippe MEDA
🟢 What is a canary in the coal mine?
Toolbox

🟢 What is a canary in the coal mine?

One innovation tool we often use is the "canary in the coal mine." I've been illustrating and writing about quite a few in different contexts these last few years but never really explained the tool and how to use it. So, here goes...
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Philippe MEDA
What is the age of the captain?
Weak Signals

What is the age of the captain?

In 2018, a 5th grader mathematics problem given in a school in
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Philippe MEDA
Wide vs Deep, the margin strategy of innovators
Innovation Strategy

Wide vs Deep, the margin strategy of innovators

For years, Apple has been vastly underrated in many sectors, such as
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Philippe MEDA
Siemens is digesting, rebranding, and moving in, to a no-nonsense Industrial Metaverse
Hot Takes

Siemens is digesting, rebranding, and moving in, to a no-nonsense Industrial Metaverse

Last July, Siemens unveiled their new business accelerator dedicated to the metaverse.
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Philippe MEDA
Digital? It's not only pizza-delivery!
Hot Takes

Digital? It's not only pizza-delivery!

Most of the tech and digital news this year has been depressing,
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Philippe MEDA
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