Posts Tagged ‘Culture of Disruption’
Leadership: Out, Influence/Impact: In!
I love what is happening around the globe today. In my work with ProVoke, I am brought into companies to disrupt and create a Culture of Disruption, leading to a Culture of Innovation. As we look at create a culture (versus the old school corporate hierarchy) titles don’t create change, the individual does. It is…
Read MoreChange is Possible in Big Organizations
Some say big and old organizations can’t change. Positive changes at Yahoo may show us how CHANGE is possible. The point which grabbed my eye was , Mayer bringing a “sense of vision and urgency”: 1. Vision: Critical as staff in a large company want to know what the overall vision and strategy of the…
Read MorePart III: Necessity of Breaking Silos and Integration for a True Culture of Innovation
Building on Part I and Part II (last 2 blog posts), in addition to the holistic transformation which we need to make, we also need to look at breaking barriers. Let me share a real example. A recent client asked me to help them in building a Culture of Innovation. However, they only wanted a…
Read MoreCulture of Innovation: An Integrated Process, People and Product Transformation
The following 3 blogs will talk about a few of the critical elements of creating a strong and meaningful Culture of Innovation (CofI). This 3 part blog series includes: Part I: The Culture of Innovation- An integrated process, people and product transformation. Part II: The Agents of Change: Agents, Enablers, Drivers of Change Part III:…
Read MoreNo Funding to Train and Experiment: Can You Innovate?
Source: Dilbert.com Recently, I am encountering a number of clients who have a desire to innovate; they even have innovation and training programs, but either do not have a meaningful budget or are continuously chewing away at the training budget (cutting costs), and some at alarming rates. If we do not invest in training global…
Read MoreCan You Innovate if You Don’t Communicate?
Over the last year, while working with some of my clients in the area of disruption and innovation and building the Culture of Innovation with them, I have witnessed something most interesting and alarming. If folks are totally introverted and non-communicative, can we built a culture of innovation? Innovation by default requires collaboration, communication and…
Read MoreIf Samsung Can Innovate, Why Don’t Other Large Companies as Well?
Fellow readers, I have discussed the following with a number of you already, but wanted to open the dialog to a larger group and get your perspective. I am fascinated with what is going on with Samsung right now, and more importantly WHY I don’t see this happening at other larger companies. With ProVoke, I…
Read MoreInnovation and Large Enterprise – Part II: Acquisition and Investment based innovation
In Part I of the Innovation and large enterprise series, we discussed the fact that innovation is not just innovating the next biggest thing, rather it can often be based on existing products and creating new innovative offerings based on the existing business. Think of the thousands of apps Blackberry would have had, if the…
Read MoreProvocateur/Disruptor…Right On!
I don’t think I have ever enjoyed any of my job titles as much as I have when I was referred to as a change agent, provocateur and disruptor. More than anything it meant that there was room for change and disruption. It also allows us to have the right dialog, not about how things…
Read MoreThe Democratization of Leadership
I have rarely been as excited as I am this very moment about all the changes taking place in corporations and enterprises of all sizes around the world. By that I mean the “ Democratization of Leadership”. What inspired me to write ProVoke was to provoke my readers globally about the fact that disruption is…
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