What is your Innovation Quotient (InQ)

Oh, I have been suffering from a serious writers block the past few weeks. And I thought, I must break this one way or another. I am yet to complete my series on Re(i)nnovation….and I will..sooner than later. In the meanwhile, here is a survey with a list of teasing questions – to test your [...]

How Will You Measure Your Life? – Harvard Business Review

by Clayton M. Christensen Don’t reserve your best business thinking for your career. Clayton M. Christensen is the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Copyright © 2010 Harvard Business School Publishing. All rights reserved. Harvard Business Publishing is an affiliate of Harvard Business School. Editor’s Note: When the members of [...]

Re(I)nnovate™ Series – Part 3

This post is part of a 5 part series on Business Modelling, Collective Intelligence & Innovation. You can read Part 1 here; and Part 2 here. In Part 2 of this series on Business models, collective intelligence and its importance in innovation, we discussed the need to understand value chain contexts, and to possess the [...]

Re(I)nnovate™ Series – Part 2

This post is 5 part series on Business Modelling, Collective Intelligence & Innovation (read Part 1 of this series here.) So, what does Re(i)nnovate™ mean? What is its context in the world of business model innovation? I have been reading, debating, discussing, and advising on innovation for some time now. And in all these interactions, [...]

Remembering CK Prahalad :: 1941-2010

I was re-reading some of CK’s books recently, and rediscovered his sheer genius. The ability of the man to foresee trends in global ecosystems, trade, value chains, customer re-definitions, collaborations, organisational networking etc., was unique. I consider CK as a futurist with an even more futuristic vision. His ability to take you into a new [...]

Commented on “HBR Production”

The copycat model has also worked effectively in IT services – where almost every player decided to set-up low cost bases in India, South America, Eastern Europe etc. However, the issue that I see in the IT industry is that the follower (the copycat) didn’t really do anything to innovate – he simply adopted the [...]

Business Model Changes and Collective Intelligence

In my view, Innovation in today’s accelerating world, be it in tech or non-tech, must happen at the business model level. The ability to see old things in new ways, the ability to re-think, re-work, re-use our existing assets into newer dimensions is where innovation will move into. We have gone through a 100+ years [...]