The E3 trade show for computer,video games and related products has got underway at Los Angeles. And there is excitement around developing mobile and social gaming applications amidst the monetizing challenge of these apps. The buzz around mobile and social apps tie in to the changing behavior of gamers who are moving out of controllers,Continue reading “Innovation in video gaming to go mobile and social: the monetizing challenge”
Category Archives: Change Strategy
What CEOs’ can learn from the sixty years reign of Queen Elizabeth II
Sixty years of reign by Queen Elizabeth II with 12 Prime Ministers must make all CEO's wonder. Given that CEO's are barely able to last 7 years at the helm of companies. OK CEO's are not monarchs but you have to to wonder at the enduring success of the British monarchy in an ever-changing world. Continue reading “What CEOs’ can learn from the sixty years reign of Queen Elizabeth II”
May Jobs Report: What can college students do?
The May jobs report is devastating. It's estimated that over half the graduating class of 2012 will not have jobs. Yes the economy is slow, it's slowing in emerging markets as well besides Europe that seems very bad. However, those US students who are entering college in the fall need to consider the following things:Continue reading “May Jobs Report: What can college students do?”
Why is execution so difficult and strategy so easy?
Why is execution so difficult and strategy formulation so easy? This is one of those perennial management and leadership questions. A question that legendary managers like Jack Welch emphasizes and thought leaders like Ram Charan have been writing about. Somehow execution is equated with “tactics” and numerous budding managers and leaders are constantly told about being more strategic- as if great strategy alone will get things done. Here are some thoughts on bridging the strategy to execution challenge:
B2B Innovation market success needs credibility,opportunity and competitive advantage says Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel Lucent is about to make the Internet 5 times faster with its new core router 7950 XRS. According to CNN that is 16 Terabits of data per second or 2.5 Million HD videos streamed per second! But Alcatel had tried to break into the CISCO-Juniper stronghold of this market that consists of all mannerContinue reading “B2B Innovation market success needs credibility,opportunity and competitive advantage says Alcatel-Lucent”
Understanding the Supply Chain in the knowledge age of search and social media
Thinking of the supply chain in a manufacturing setting is easy but understanding the supply chain in the knowledge economy of search and social media is more difficult. For example, if you make cars, you need to either make or buy its components. The sourcing of tires by an auto manufacturer is the classic B2BContinue reading “Understanding the Supply Chain in the knowledge age of search and social media”
Innovation in tracking marketing results: GM dares to withdraw Facebook and Superbowl advertising
GM marketing folks seem to be innovatively tracking marketing results- and doing so really well. You would recall that on the eve of the Facebook IPO the marketing folks at GM committed at least a minor transgression by declaring that advertising on Facebook was not working for them and they were going to stop advertisingContinue reading “Innovation in tracking marketing results: GM dares to withdraw Facebook and Superbowl advertising”
Connecting passion : the Google Knowledge Graph Innovation
If you are passionate about a topic, cause or effort and your organization puts out some digital content on the web Google Knowledge Graph is an innovation that is about to connect you to people interested in what you have to offer. As pointed out in an earlier post, Google is interested in serving theContinue reading “Connecting passion : the Google Knowledge Graph Innovation”
2012 Yale Consumer Insights Conference gets better as Practitioners and Academics engage
The 2012 Yale Center for Consumer Insights Conference was the 7th one and reached a new level of excellence over the last weekend. This blog has covered past YCCI conferences but this year both Academics and Practitioners seemed really wanting to engage. Perhaps both groups feel overwhelmed with rapid technology changes,globalization, uncertain economies and aContinue reading “2012 Yale Consumer Insights Conference gets better as Practitioners and Academics engage”
No change in the ecosystem : why losers win in contested corporate mergers
When corporate mergers are contested i.e. there are two competing suitors for a target company and there is a bidding war, the loser actually wins says recent research according to Stephen Gandel in CNN Money. That's because the bidder organization that lost did not have to deal with making the merger work, the execution challengeContinue reading “No change in the ecosystem : why losers win in contested corporate mergers”