Do Innovation and Entrepreneurship Have to Be Incompatible with Organization Size?
On the day two weeks ago when I put this piece together, several pieces of news reminded me of the importance of this question. It was reported that Saturn dealerships were closing in anticipation of the announcement by General Motors that Saturn was one of three brands that it would drop. Saturn, arguably the most innovative undertaking by the company in several decades, is on the auction block. Consumers apparently loved the car more than GM executives, who couldn't figure out how to make much money with it.
Three Rules For New Product Launch
Most of the technology driven new product / service ideas have one thing in common when compared to the rest of the product/service world. They tend to be driven more by the technology innovation rather than market innovation. Proctor and Gamble spends incredible resources before a product is launched by simply trying to ensure that they are leading with marketing. PT Cruiser, the car, was developed by Yale anthropologists - digging up people's minds to come up with a concept that would resonate with the hearts of people. While, for some product
Google’s View On The Future Of Business: An Interview With CEO Eric Schmidt
Few would dispute that Google sits at the center of the Internet. As the leader in search, Google is now the Internet’s premier brand and the planet’s most potent free service. Managing that commanding position falls largely to seasoned technology executive Eric Schmidt, who in 2001 was tapped for the CEO post by Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page.
Mistaken Assumptions of Business Leaders
Are your company's leaders know-it-alls? It's a common trait of executives to think they've heard it all, and know it all, but that's a dangerous assumption.
Have you ever seen a magnified picture of a fly's eyes? The common housefly has a compound eye, enabling it to perceive dozens of images at the same time.
Everybody Loves Raymond – Lessons from an Entrepreneur
Flying back from San Diego, I sat next to a very engaging entrepreneur, Raymond Mendoza. Thirteen years ago he founded Short Circuit Car Audio Repair, a small business that fixes car stereos on behalf of car dealership service departments. He’s got 1200 dealership customers and a staff of audio electronics experts who work right here in San Jose (rather than the Philippines, his home country, but that’s a different story on the downsides of offshoring).
What Makes GREAT Entrepreneurs and CEOs?
What separates the average entrepreneur/CEO from the Truly Great? Why do we know the names Jack Welch, Bill Gates, Desh Deshpande and Jeff Bezos but not many more? There are definite lessons one can learn from dissecting the actions and attitudes of fabulously successful leaders, even if many of them will not be apparent at first glance.
Acheiving High Performance In A Multi-Polar World by Accenture 