READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION A spirit of invention and a fresh approach to collaboration have underpinned the fight against Covid, as Medtronic’s story shows Of all the changes sparked by Covid-19 throughout 2020, no sector has been impacted more than health care and health technology. For many organizations, the crisis has brought to the … Read more
READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION “The best laid schemes of mice and men often go awry,” as 18th-century Scottish poet Robert Burns wrote. The perils of a VUCA world, it’s safe to say, were not on Burns’ mind: but if that truth could be observed in 1785, what are the perils of planning in our … Read more
The world’s most innovative cultures are built on a combination of leadership support, organizational design and great practices READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION What makes a business world-class at innovation? The companies we work with all invest a substantial amount of resources in innovation – yet they are almost always frustrated by the progress of … Read more
Invention emerges from failure, wrong turns and collaboration READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION If we want to live in a world that can feed its growing population and lift everybody out of poverty, we must do more with less. In short, we must innovate – yet, all too often, ‘innovation’ is used as a marketing … Read more
READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION This pandemic was a mistake. The next might not be The English have a neat take on Hanlon’s razor. “Never attribute to conspiracy,” they say in London, “what can be adequately explained by cock-up.” This is useful to have in mind when analysing world events, the pandemic among them. A … Read more
READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION Take a leap Too much so-called innovation is dressed-up incrementalism: a series of entirely predictable changes that are minimalist, gradualist and build on what is already there. I prefer to use a word beloved of Charles Darwin. When discussing trends in biological evolution, he talked about the opposite of incrementalism … Read more
READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION Growing your company in the 21st century requires you to look outward, not upward The growth of established companies has slowed. Like old oak trees reaching their maximum height, large organizations struggle to expand, losing ground to the competition as they grapple with changes in user behaviour and watch their … Read more
READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION Innovation must have purpose, writes Sanyin Siang Google the words ‘innovation and business’ and you’ll get nearly a billion results, showing just how far innovation occupies the minds of business leaders today. And why not? In a volatile, uncertain, chaotic and ambiguous (VUCA) world, the rules that our predecessors operated … Read more
READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION Covid-19 has broken the mould of the way we live our lives You might think we’d gone backwards. The pandemic triggered ugly scenes: neighbours spying on each other; militias raiding US state capitols; conspiracy theorists hiding blades behind 5G propaganda posters to deter their removal. Yet the consequences of coronavirus … Read more
Master the art of reframing to make sure you’re focusing on the right things. Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg shows how How much do we waste – time, money, energy, even lives – by solving the wrong problems?Many people, especially leaders, are good at solving problems. What we tend to be less adept at, as individuals and … Read more