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  • Help, I failed !

    We have all been reading the books and hearing the innovation experts and gurus speak and preach about the need for experimentation and failing wisely in innovation environments. All that is good in theory. What about the real life? What happens in your organization when you fail? How does your leadership assist you in this transition?… Read more

  • Who Am I, Really?

    This post is an extract from my first guest post on WE THE DATA http://wethedata.org/2013/01/08/who-am-i-really/ I have always been intrigued by identity. Physical-world-Identity or Digital-Identity. But “digital” is an outdated adjective, used my pre-millennial friend to make the distinction with the world as they used to know it. Today, it is ONE environment, blurring the… Read more

  • Innotribe: a tribe of innovators in the financial industry

    Just a couple of days ago, I submitted our entry for the MIX (Management Innovation eXchange) HBR/McKinsey M-Prize Challenge. This challenge is about Innovating Innovation and will be judged by some of the greatest thinkers in innovation Please find below our submission. It is taking stock of a number of innovation evolutions we went through… Read more

  • The End of Leadership

    I am coming to a stage in my life where I discover that most if not all of the knowledge, models, methods, and principles I learned at school and the last 30 years of my career are completely outdated and irrelevant for the new reality we live in. That also applies to the concept of… Read more

  • Seven Ways Organizations Can Survive Until 2100

    Last week, I was attending my third Techonomy conference. Techonomy explores “the role of technology in business and social progress.” I love the word “progress.” It has that gentle flavor of positivism; in the direction of better. I am more and more convinced that we don’t need innovation; we need progress. How is progress reflected… Read more

  • Innotribe at Sibos Osaka: Innotribe Health Index

    This blog post shares some more details about the Innotribe Health Index. This session will take place on Monday 29 Oct 2012 from 11:00 till 12:15 in the Innotribe Space. The overall Innotribe Program at Sibos is here, and I try to keep that post up-to-date with the very latest speaker and program announcements. Whereas… Read more