The sort of blind obedience required in traditional command and control hierarchies no longer protects organizations from disastrous decisions. When industries adopted this model of governance and management, only a very few were educated and networked enough to make decisions…
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The Dinosaur of Industry – Command and Control
Tagged with: command and control, corporate, culture, empowerment, innovation management, leadership
Posted in Technology Management
Posted in Technology Management
How Mandates Create Fear not Tiger Teams
Tell me if this is the typical scenario when some cross-functional mandate is prepared for release into the “wilds” of your business jungle. Rumors of the change raise the hackles on necks of each department like the distant roar of…
Tagged with: collaborative innovation, innovation management, innovation practice, innovation strategy, self-select
Posted in Innovation Management
Posted in Innovation Management
I was a Witness to the Slaughter of Innovation
Being a frequent eye witness to status quo bias, I can attest to its artful hypocrisy. True status quo champions allude that an idea gained their acceptance. Tread carefully! Soon enough the scope and impact begins to shrink and shrink, sometimes…
Tagged with: empathy, implementation, innovation management, status quo, tech
Posted in Innovation Management
Posted in Innovation Management
Implementation is your strongest innovation ally in resetting the status quo
Thinking of new ways to solve problems using tools that are already available is not an unusual ability. But the new means change which we are all wired to reject. But don’t despair of the human condition. There is a…
Securing your infrastructure becoming a strategic priority? Well, what took you so long?
It’s been quite some time since I received my undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering. Guess what was on the mind of every professor at the time. Securing IT from internal and external exploits and breaches. Over the following…
Tagged with: BYOD, cyber security, cybersecurity, innovation management, MAM, MDM, mobile application management, mobile device management, mobile security management, MSM, risk management
Posted in Technology Management
Posted in Technology Management
Innovation leaders need an eye to the long view but an ear to the ground
There is a perfect mix of archetypes to lead a collaborative innovation effort: focus as in the market mindfulness of a entrepreneur and drive as in the motivation of a technical pioneer. Mr. Bathiche exemplifies this rare personality as discussed in the…
Tagged with: innovation leadership, innovation management, project management
Posted in Innovation Management
Posted in Innovation Management
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