37signals, the mother of small-giant companies 📚
37signals is a software company founded 23 years ago in Chicago. It
Proper innovation KPIs
I've been heavily involved in defining an innovation KPI strategy
🟢 Omega and Swatch, a model for exploring market innovation
Omega and Swatch recently partnered to create a limited edition "cheap" version of the iconic Speedmaster. We'll discuss why it's probably a wickedly smart move for Omega's innovation strategy.
Astro, the useless little domestic robot
Domestic robots are a novelty that Amazon is trying out with a
What is the problem that MaaS solves?
Mobility as a service (MaaS) is one of those fabled sea serpents
🟢 Building a proper innovation portfolio - Part 2
In this second part of our series on how to build a proper corporate innovation portfolio, we are talking numbers, critical mass of projects, and optionality over serendipity!
Feminine innovation culture
On 6th of May 2022, Meaningful Design Agency [https://www.meaningful.fr/
The BS narrative of 'startups can't scale in Europe'
Whether in France, Germany, Spain, or the Netherlands, we all have this
Etsy and the prisoner's dilemma
Launched in 2005, Etsy is one of the less-known U.S.
The new normal of tech at war
From Starlink deploying in Ukraine
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🟢 Is luxury soluble in technology?
In 2015 I discussed to which extent technology could be leveraged by luxury brands and if tech brands could ever invade the luxury space. Let's see where we are in 2022.
There's a (giant) canary in the self-driving coalmine
With around 26 million inhabitants, Shanghai is the third-largest city in