Most innovators are spotters not creators – but that’s fine
Over the last couple of weeks I have been conducting coaching for innovators identified using our psychometric assessments. This has reminded me of an important issue that usually gets overlooked in discussions on innovation. In the conventional wisdom, an innovator is someone who thinks up an idea and then (maybe) does something with it. I […]
Saving Microsoft and the Second Coming of Amazon
I guess you heard that Steve Ballmer will retire in the next 12 months? Well, bully for him, why didn’t it happen sooner? We all know that Microsoft has slipped dramatically in value for almost his entire tenure So who’s next? What is the Great Succession of Microsoft? It isn’t easy to restore the fortunes […]