Idea posted: September 2016

Institutions: IE Business School   

Behind all human progress is the question: What’s Next? Asking “What’s Next?” led humankind from the invention of the wheel to the building of the pyramids, the establishment of common…

Idea posted: May 2016

Institutions: IESE Business School   

Implementing change is never easy, but for a newly hired executive working with new people in a new culture, the challenge is even greater. Understanding the current culture of the…

Idea posted: April 2016

Institutions: Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University    Queensland University of Technology Business School    Cranfield University School of Management   

The best companies are expected to model, if not to develop themselves, innovative new management practices. This expectation is known as the ‘institutional norm of progress’, and companies that use…

Idea posted: February 2016

Institutions: Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®)   

To foster innovation, the first step is to recognize the difference between business thinking and innovative thinking. Business thinking is logical, builds on past precedents and pursues certainty. Innovation thinking…

Idea posted: February 2016

Institutions: Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®)   

Whether developing new products or services, refining internal processes, or creating disruptive business models, innovation is the key to sustained competitive advantage. Many companies, however, are unable to meet their…

Idea posted: January 2016

Institutions: ESMT European School of Management and Technology   

The digital age creates a wide range of new opportunities for innovation. Examples include new marketing outlets through social media; ‘big data’ information on customers and the market; mobile devices…

Idea posted: October 2015

Institutions: Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University    Hanken School of Economics    Aalto University School of Business    EMLYON Business School   

To make decisions, leaders must understand, to use the vernacular, ‘what is happening’. They must make sense of the events and situations that impact their areas of responsibility; this sense-making…

Idea posted: October 2015

Institutions: University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School   

According to Jim Johnson of University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School, the major demographic trends transforming America today are unprecedented — so unprecedented that he calls these trends “disruptive…

Idea posted: July 2015

Institutions: University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business   

Uncertainty — such as a coming organizational restructuring, a new CEO brought in to turn around the company, a competitor’s new product or new technology that could derail the company’s…