A consultant’s access to a mix of industries, companies and experiences creates a rich knowledge of how the world works. Executives, often isolated within their organizations, come to crave these expansive views of the outside world. Authored with Kevin McDermott. Not…
As professionals we’re constantly reminded not to get emotional. But in all of our decisions emotion is among our inputs. It needn’t be a problem if we don’t forget our strategic intent. Authored with Kevin McDermott. As professionals we’re constantly reminded not…
What matters to the success of a team is not the formal title of leader but the assertion of leadership—which is to say, authority derived not from hierarchy but from the way we behave. Published in The Huffington Post, July 27,…
There was a time when Lehman Brothers, Woolworth, PanAm and Kodak were among the colossi of their industries. They were going to live forever. Then they died. So what went wrong? Why do some organizations continue to grow even as…
Companies regularly measure diversity in terms of gender, race or age, implying that demographic mix translates into high performance. But at the same time, companies make deliberate efforts to iron out differences. Hiring managers and recruiters explicitly look for “fit”.…
Tesla has moved test and learn into the R&D phase. Within the first month of unveiling the Model 3 concept, nearly 400,000 people have placed orders. The launch, if one may call it that, was a gigantic concept test for…
The "gig" in gigonomics can be understood in two ways -- as a short-term project and as the foundational measure of storage in information technologies. The project gig is enabled by the digital gig. Because of both, the barriers to…
How does an innovator keep a robust idea pipeline? Here are some concrete ways of doing it. Published in The Huffington Post, October 16, 2014 by Kevin McDermott, Amy Radin, Daryl Twitchell One day last month The Huffington Post announced that…
How does an innovator build a network of support for an idea? By managing up, and down - but also sideways, building support among her peers. Here's how. Published in The Huffington Post, September 8, 2014 by Amy Radin, Kevin McDermott and…
What sort of person is it who can shape new ideas and bring them to life as businesses? Put another way, is an innovator's temperament born or is it built? We say it's built. Published in The Huffington Post, July 11,…