tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20118263117421962982023-11-15T22:53:36.347-08:00Innovation: Strategy, Business Model, Operating Model and LeadershipBusiness Innovation: passion of a new generation Free-Thinkers!
Business Innovation and the effect on business & society.Founder of Business Innovation & Entrepreneurshiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05891668133556286821noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2011826311742196298.post-37861953935321144502015-02-17T11:29:00.000-08:002015-02-17T11:30:23.618-08:00Assumptions for Enterpreneurship is often defined by non-enterpreneurs
Many people start talking about entreprenuership without any own experiences. That's interstesting. How do they get these ideas about enterpreneurship and how do they become so sure about what makes an enterpreneur so succesfully? It seems so that the more you talk about it the more you have a good reason not to start at all. Many myths are created around the topic of enterpreneurship.&Founder of Business Innovation & Entrepreneurshiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05891668133556286821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2011826311742196298.post-76060047752227634712014-01-31T08:09:00.000-08:002014-01-31T08:12:07.232-08:00Entrepreneurship: is a full time job with 100% motivation
Starting up a new business is hard to do and even more difficult to be a successful new business. Why is it that many people starting of? What makes the difference between a Winner and a Laggard?
Oké, one logic explanation to start is that I got fired and nobody wants to hire me and the only thing I can (not wanted to) do is put a sign in my front yard with my name and twitter account on it Founder of Business Innovation & Entrepreneurshiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05891668133556286821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2011826311742196298.post-29903564871328802352013-12-23T13:23:00.000-08:002013-12-23T13:23:33.469-08:00Season's GreetingsFounder of Business Innovation & Entrepreneurshiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05891668133556286821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2011826311742196298.post-8679468320292570362013-11-25T11:12:00.000-08:002013-11-25T11:13:53.113-08:00Entrepreneurship in Corporate Organizations
Entrepreneurship
means acting in a special modus: experimental, connected to the outside, being
authentic and looking for mastery. How does this fit into the typical corporate
culture of global organization?
The drive for Innovations in often described in strong marketing
language in order to invite employees to come with new business opportunities.
But what will happen if you really want to goFounder of Business Innovation & Entrepreneurshiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05891668133556286821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2011826311742196298.post-54333184620817634792013-11-10T09:11:00.002-08:002013-11-10T13:52:16.825-08:00Increase the entrepreneurial capabilities in your organization
The idea that just a business owner is an Entrepreneur is long passé. In the fast changing business environment every owner, executive and employee needs to develop entrepreneurial capabilities. Nobody can avoid taking risks, adapting to changes and make severe pivots when necessary. Entrepreneurship is a Mastery what can be trained and developed. Internal as well as external stakeholders will Founder of Business Innovation & Entrepreneurshiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05891668133556286821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2011826311742196298.post-92159101845422572342013-03-30T07:14:00.000-07:002013-03-30T07:14:00.381-07:00Again, a fantastic new book has seen the light “Innovation as Usual”.
Innovation as Usual: How to Help Your People Bring Great Ideas to Life, written by Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg and Paddy Miller.
In the Sunday Times, Hannah Prevett Published (24 March 2013) a strong article based on the outcome of the book. She summarized the book with the key message that is that focus beats freedom. See the following parts of the article:
When organisations urge their teams Founder of Business Innovation & Entrepreneurshiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05891668133556286821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2011826311742196298.post-4334612492883408072013-01-05T04:55:00.000-08:002013-01-05T04:55:15.459-08:00Evolution of Innovation management will be published on the 15th of February 2013A new book of Evolution of Innovation management will be published on the 15th of February 2013, edited by Alexander Brem and Eric Viardot. The book is about the fact that Innovation is seen as a key driver for performance and growth in business. It provides a strong competitive advantage and is one of the best ways to speed up the rate of change and adaptation to the global environment. Founder of Business Innovation & Entrepreneurshiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05891668133556286821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2011826311742196298.post-59726703534930240392012-10-26T06:25:00.002-07:002012-10-26T06:25:26.259-07:00Co-Creation: a new profession becomes matureIn 2010 Capgemini Consulting together with several co-creation promoters, started the Co-Creation Association.
‘It aims to further develop and enrich the knowledge on co-creation, in order to boost the development and professionalization of the discipline, both in business as in scientific research. It has recently become a Special Interest Group of the PDMA. Co-creation is defined as the act Founder of Business Innovation & Entrepreneurshiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05891668133556286821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2011826311742196298.post-63432877199109745402012-09-25T07:39:00.002-07:002012-09-25T07:39:30.009-07:00Digital Transformation: a new Industrial Revolution will boost InnovationCapgemini Consulting, the global strategy and transformation consulting brand of the Capgemini Group, has announced that its study conducted with the MIT Center for Digital Business -- ‘Digital Transformation: A road-map for billion-dollar organizations’ -- was ranked among the top 5 thought leadership publications of the last decade by Source*, following a thorough analysis of some 22,000 Founder of Business Innovation & Entrepreneurshiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05891668133556286821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2011826311742196298.post-36069064209584769972012-04-07T08:23:00.000-07:002012-04-07T08:23:21.081-07:00Innovation leadership study. Managing innovation: an insider perspectiveCapgemini Consulting, the global strategy and transformation consulting brand of the Capgemini Group, in partnership with IESE Business School, the top ranked business school of the University of Navarra, today announced the findings of its annual global Innovation Leadership Study, examining innovation management strategies at organizations around the world. The study reveals that innovation Founder of Business Innovation & Entrepreneurshiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05891668133556286821noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2011826311742196298.post-60490443500222567312011-10-04T08:01:00.000-07:002011-10-04T08:01:09.295-07:00Innovation Leadership Study 2011, Managing Innovation: An Insider PerspectiveDear Innovator,
We like to invite you to participate in a survey on how those leading and managing innovation in their organizations think about the innovation function.
We recognize that your time is precious, but please note that the survey will take less than 10 minutes to complete and that your opinions are very valuable to us.
To thank you for completing the survey, we will share with you Founder of Business Innovation & Entrepreneurshiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05891668133556286821noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2011826311742196298.post-34937646456132787082011-02-28T12:07:00.000-08:002011-03-02T01:59:18.606-08:00Future Trends in the Value Chain shows Innovative Strategies for the New DecadeEvery two years a collaborative platform of The Consumer Goods Forum, Capgemini, HP and Microsoft formulate key trends for the Value Chain. Together with top Executives from the Retail and Manufacturers Industry the third version is submitted.
In 2006 the first report 2016: A Vision of the Future Value Chain came out. The platform worked with 80 Executives of Global Founder of Business Innovation & Entrepreneurshiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05891668133556286821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2011826311742196298.post-68171318328420129022011-02-15T11:34:00.000-08:002011-02-15T11:34:44.308-08:00Co-creation beyond the hype"When a word is used too many times a year and the context in which the word is used broadens in every article, it is very likely that the management community develops a sort of immunity. There are multiple examples of management terminology being coined as fast as falling out of favor.
Co-creation, as a phenomenon, was destined to have a similar lifecycle. The question that arises in such Founder of Business Innovation & Entrepreneurshiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05891668133556286821noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2011826311742196298.post-43098999066965736432011-01-23T05:54:00.000-08:002011-01-23T06:24:00.551-08:00What makes a company an Innovation Winner?As the knowledge partner of the World Innovation Forum, Capgemini Consulting has recently completed its global innovation survey on the current state of innovation. The study offers a unique perspective by looking at the differences in behavior of 375 innovation leaders vis-à-vis laggards across five key areas (Innovation Strategic Outlook, Innovation Capabilities, Innovation Technology, Founder of Business Innovation & Entrepreneurshiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05891668133556286821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2011826311742196298.post-83539004103662842882010-09-19T06:10:00.000-07:002010-09-19T06:10:14.015-07:00Business Model Innovation, Stick to your Roots !!!In my advisory practice we work a lot with large corporate companies. In our annual Global Innovation Survey we see the focus on Business Model Innovation and co-creation in the value chain getting more attention every year. The far majority of corporate companies invest in new business models to create sustainable value in a different way. A growing area for changing the current business model Founder of Business Innovation & Entrepreneurshiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05891668133556286821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2011826311742196298.post-54436825185868515982010-01-07T11:21:00.000-08:002010-01-07T11:22:53.068-08:00Business Model Innovation, yes you can!!!I mentioned many times the high impact on business value of innovating the Business Model of a company. We choose 2 years ago to adapt the Business Model Framework of Alex Osterwalder. With my team we adjusted the framework in more detail while working with a significant amount of our key clients. The results are far above any expectations. This is the reason that we as Capgemini choose to Founder of Business Innovation & Entrepreneurshiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05891668133556286821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2011826311742196298.post-20877595332091166762009-11-24T11:59:00.000-08:002009-11-24T12:06:16.866-08:00Innovation in the consumer market: new and disruptive conceptsAs I wrote the last time, during the credit crisis companies continue proactively looking for innovations to growth their business value. However, the credit crisis has significantly changed the perspective of the consumer. Before the crisis the consumers are mainly driven by an almost unconscious impulsive buying behavior now the consumer’s attitude is mainly focused on deliberately making Founder of Business Innovation & Entrepreneurshiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05891668133556286821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2011826311742196298.post-71673145603820988512009-10-20T15:22:00.000-07:002009-10-20T15:48:49.434-07:00Innovation Leader or Laggard?Capgemini published a survey where 375 executives from Leading Innovator companies shared their vision on: Innovation as a Competitive Success Factor During Times of Economic Recession: a short inroduction of the report ...Capgemini Consulting, in conjunction with HSM, the sponsors of the World Innovation Forum, conducted a survey of more than 375 executives on the subject of innovation. Founder of Business Innovation & Entrepreneurshiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05891668133556286821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2011826311742196298.post-35113815018315050442009-06-14T08:19:00.000-07:002009-06-14T08:40:23.260-07:00Focus shift in Innovation: from Technology to Business Model towards Value NetworksFor many of us, Innovation is still related to New Technology (Research and Development). From the global Laboratories the new technology race is heating up: Nano-thechnology, BIO-technology and several non existing technology combinations will bring huge future applications. Interesting surveys shows us that in past history economic crunch, large (global) wars will boost new technology. We can Founder of Business Innovation & Entrepreneurshiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05891668133556286821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2011826311742196298.post-25364128799306353992009-05-03T23:46:00.000-07:002009-05-04T00:02:34.388-07:00Innovation paradox: entrepreneurship versus the power of the corporate staff departmentsInternational researches (as from 2006 up to and including most recent) indicates from that the members of the Council of Governing Board continue consider Innovation as the way to growth increase and secure continuity. The Credit Crisis hardly change anything in these thoughts.The Top 3 most significant challenges for Innovation still remains: successful organizing innovation, increasing the Founder of Business Innovation & Entrepreneurshiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05891668133556286821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2011826311742196298.post-30211951760993339582009-02-25T12:42:00.000-08:002009-02-25T12:54:44.957-08:00How to Innovate the Macro Business ModelUp to now I focused my writings on innovation of Business Models of companies and their role in the Value Chain. The credit crunch and its effect on the real economy asked for a reflection on how to innovate the current Macro Business Models and the possibility to create a so called ideal Super Business Model on macro level.The Russian Economist Nikolai Dmitrievitsj Kondratieff discovered in the Founder of Business Innovation & Entrepreneurshiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05891668133556286821noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2011826311742196298.post-62667942469941604162009-01-28T12:25:00.000-08:002009-03-03T05:16:14.432-08:00Does have Purchasing a role to Play in the success of Innovation?In many organizations Innovation is the domain of Research and Development or Marketing. How come that Purchasing is almost not on the radar screen of innovation? And what may be the impact of this?In the Master Thesis Strategic Purchasing and Innovation, written by Casper ten Cate from the University of Utrecht (Science & Innovation Management) in collaboration with Capgemini Consulting, an Founder of Business Innovation & Entrepreneurshiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05891668133556286821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2011826311742196298.post-70332651316820050362009-01-04T06:07:00.000-08:002009-03-03T05:15:19.621-08:00Freedom of speech, transparency of information and new web technology: minimum basis for Open Innovative SocietyIn December Capgemini organized a round table session for clients in corporation with the Center for Inquiry of the United Nations and Mint Consultancy. The topic of the event was: “An more active role for companies in creating an open innovate society is vital for solving global social issues”Several trends and developments describe the rise of an open innovative society. In this kind of societyFounder of Business Innovation & Entrepreneurshiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05891668133556286821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2011826311742196298.post-55650298874998789412008-11-16T06:43:00.000-08:002009-03-03T05:13:50.717-08:00How do you know that your Innovation Strategy is the right one?Many strategy knowledge centers like Insead, Havard Business School and McKinsey Global Institute are publishing many white papers on how to design (Innovation) Strategies. Yes, it is good stuff, but the key hurdle for a successful Innovation Strategy is the implementation of the design.During implementation you will face the daily hurdles of Business Transformation. When the ambition level of Founder of Business Innovation & Entrepreneurshiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05891668133556286821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2011826311742196298.post-85933258645575619932008-11-02T07:18:00.000-08:002009-03-03T05:11:06.350-08:00What impact will have the Financial Crisis on Business Innovation?So far we have seen Innovation as a luxury in growing economy. What will happen if we are facing with severe down scaling of the real economy? Do the current innovations methodologies like Blue Ocean Strategy, Open Innovation, Co-Cration, Brand Building helps companies to Innovate without having money for investments available?I think this will be the time to change significantly our vision on Founder of Business Innovation & Entrepreneurshiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05891668133556286821noreply@blogger.com0