The Current Horizon Planning Model is Broken
“What distinguishes the corporations that carry on growing is their ability to create [new] businesses. They can innovate in their core businesses and build new ones at the same time.” (Alchemy of Growth, 1999). About horizon planning The current model of...
The 5 Jobs to Address Uncertainty
The increased complexity and endless disruptions of the modern world brought on by the transition to the digital age means uncertainty is everywhere. All across our businesses, we face new challenges, as what used to work no longer achieves desired outcomes. The self-awareness of admitting what we don’t know is the first step toward figuring out new best practices. Fundamentally, people must act differently in the face of uncertainty. Businesses need to adopt learning strategies in order to improve, adapt, or even reinvent their execution strategies.
Toward a New Horizon Model
The horizon model originally came from the book “The Alchemy of Growth” by Stephen Coley, Mehrdad Baghai, David White. The purpose for the model was to help businesses think about their need to develop new revenue sources over time.
Do We Need Better “Innovation”
Do companies know how to innovate? Should innovation be part of an individual’s job title? Should it be in a job description? Does a company even need to innovate? Most big companies think technology when thinking about innovation, regardless of whether or not they’re technology companies. Startups are often considered to be de facto innovators, but is that the case?
We Can’t Stop Disruption
It is important to recognize the size of the changes going on in the world. In my previous post, I discussed how we are no longer in the industrial age; that fundamental structural changes are underway in all facets of society. We must embrace disruption in...
Innovation Leadership Remote Workshop
Strengthen your growth leadership EQ to lead teams and develop, deliver, and scale new solutions and business models. You will learn our proven approach to grow your coaching ability to empower and inspire teams to develop product-line strategy, road-mapping, and investment decision making to drive continuous innovation. Each day consists of a three hour, remote workshop session. Check out our Detailed Agenda to learn more.
Learning Impact Metrics Remote Workshop
Elevated degrees of uncertainty mean measuring progress toward impact, holding teams accountable in new ways, and making critical decisions informed by good data, are more important than ever. This workshop levels-up your data game by teaching you how to measure impact through customer behavior using customer-centric impact metrics to measure, focus, and prioritize team efforts. We will also share how you can own the conversation with leaders in order to generate confidence (and maintain your budget). Each day consists of a three hour, remote workshop session. Check out our Detailed Agenda to learn more.
Painting the Art of the Possible, with Brad D. Smith
Brad D. Smith, Executive Chairman of the Board of Intuit, shares his lessons in leadership and the role of a CEO in nurturing innovation. He talks about developing a Founder’s mindset, the importance of creating a learning environment where people treat success and failure the same way, and how to deliver the numbers today and reimagine the company for the future.
Leading Transformation in Diabetes Care – An Interview with Moritz Hartmann
Learn how Roche Diabetes Care used Agile, Lean Startup and Design Thinking to reinvent themselves to better address disruptive forces in Diabetes Care. Moritz Hartmann, head of the commercialization for EMEA/LATAM shares his leadership lessons learned throughout this journey driving transformation in the highly regulated medical devices industry.