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Nurturing and scaling a purposeful innovation culture while building effective leadership.

Innovation groundhog day: Why corporations keep forgetting what they learn

Innovation groundhog day: Why corporations keep forgetting what they learn

Too many corporations treat innovation like a Groundhog Day loop—rotating junior teams every two years, erasing hard-earned insights, and wondering why nothing sticks. Unlike finance or R&D, innovation is rarely given the strategic continuity it needs to deliver real impact.

A talk about Kodak...

A talk about Kodak...

Yesterday, I was interviewed by André, a Master’s student in Lisbon, about Kodak vs. Fujifilm as a lens to explore why some companies survive strategic shifts while others don’t. His sharp questions led to a focused discussion. Here’s a condensed transcript of the key points.

How many times can you say 'mistake' to your board?

How many times can you say 'mistake' to your board?

A powerful statement from Warren Buffett, writing Berkshire Hathaway's annual letter last February: Sometimes I’ve made mistakes in assessing the future economics of a business I’ve purchased for Berkshire — each a case of capital allocation gone wrong. That happens with both judgments about marketable equities — we

Et une bonne année?

Et une bonne année?

When discussing the tools of value creation and positioning for innovative ventures, I often explain that in Europe, France is one of the most risk-averse national cultures worldwide, just slightly more optimistic than Japan. For reference, Hofstede's Uncertainty Avoidance Index (UAI) gives the top countries risk-averse (very high