Maybe was it synchronicity? A dramatic article and a book, both having the theme of bullying in the background, were offered to me recently. In a November 2014 “The New-Yorker” article, Allen Kurzweil recalls the traumatic experience he lived as ten years old, in a...
Now, if even the “usual suspects” in strategy consultancies (who still hire people mainly on quantitative tests as far as they are concerned) are getting into the arena of Leadership Development and telling others how they should do it differently, this...
I am just walking out of the office of a young and successful C.E.O. in France. He spoke at length about his organization and was surprised, almost disappointed, that, by the end of the 90’ meeting, I hadn’t taken many notes of what he had explained, with pride and...
I understand that, if you are London based, you may have come across this type of surprising advertising (I suggest you switch the sound off as the comment is in French and unnecessarily disruptive). The first three extracts made me reflect: Rather than requesting a...
Those of you regularly working with us, know the VC2 matrix (Value Creation vs Value Capture) created by Nick van Heck (www.elpnetwork.com) and Paul Verdin. Rapidly explained, Value Creation (vertical axis) is the perception of value that your company creates in the...
Following-up on last week’s provocative title (“If you wish to kill innovation, hand it over to R&D!”), here is another short clip from Jay Rao, who teaches innovation at Babson College. His logic should strike a chord with us all. Jay compares large corporations,...
