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 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 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
READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION Be thankful that due process is still observed in global healthcare. It won’t be forever First up, an advance apology. The risk with writing for a quarterly column amid a rapidly moving crisis is that your words can be quickly superseded by events. When I sat down to pen these … Read more
READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION AI and automation may hold the key to a human future, write Rohit Talwar, Steve Wells and Alexandra Whittington Exponential change is the new reality. Our analogue, physical-world perspective is constantly being challenged by an emerging digital-world mindset. But while dystopian perspectives often dominate discourse around the potential impacts of … Read more
READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION Joe Manausa encourages you to push innovation during pandemic downtime Whether your employees are back in the swing of things or still sitting at home due to the Covid-19 pandemic, leaders should be pushing for innovation right now. Many organizations are likely to have under-utilized personnel, who can be redeployed … Read more
READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION Tim Jones and Jonathan Besser report on the technology and talent challenges facing healthcare leaders around the world Propelled by innovation in technology, the healthcare sector is undergoing major changes. In the US, Amazon is embedding itself in the prescribed-drug supply chain, while in the UK, Alexa is answering patient … Read more
READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION Innovation is essential if leadership development is to keep pace with the needs of business Never has it been more important for leaders to be learners. The challenges presented by today’s fast-moving environment mean that organizations must have agile leaders at all levels, or they face significant strategic and operational … Read more