Business Leadership
As I’m writing this, the last couple of weeks have been quite eventful around the world. There’s a lot of uncertainty and even panic regarding the coronavirus, its current and potential impact on our economy, and of course, its effects on people all around the world. As a result, we’re seeing more and more action [...]
I need to start off by apologising. I'm not immune to bias, just like everyone else. This week I had a very interesting conversation with my fiancee about her experiences and challenges to be taken seriously at work as a woman. Especially as an attractive woman in a creative profession. I was talking to her [...]
The Personal Computer and the Internet have, without a doubt, revolutionized business in the last 25 years. For most of us, it’s now impossible to think of the business world without all of the technology and the services built on top of these two innovations. Yet, what if these innovations are just teaser of what [...]
The fourth industrial revolution is no longer just something that companies need to prepare for - it’s a reality that has already arrived. Everything about our current landscape is changing, from how we communicate to the avenues we have for connectivity. In the age of Industry 4.0, the digital landscape and physical technologies are growing [...]
The innovation game is not played on a level playing field. Start-ups - companies under 5 years old owned by one person or a small team of entrepreneurs and venture capitalists - will innovate quite differently from established companies, which have a history of successful growth and a market share to defend. Recent start-ups that [...]
How much time during a standard 8-hour work day do you think most people are productive? Would you say about 6.5 hours? 5 hours? Well, the statistics are much lower than that. According to a study of 1,989 workers in the UK, the average person is only doing productive work for around 2 hours and [...]
One of the more important quotes about effective innovation comes from the great management thinker Peter Drucker. He challenged companies to ask themselves if they were spending their effort and resources on the right things. In so many cases, companies try to continually improve the efficiency of their processes, instead of asking the harder question [...]
Is diversity actually as good for innovation as most experts say? Or is this just a policy issue which doesn't have much evidence to show performance improvements? In the video above, I go through a series of research studies which provide some numbers behind the assertions. In this article, I go through those studies, as well [...]
HiPPOs are killers. No I am not talking about the large aquatic animals. (Even though statistically the are deadly, killing an estimated 500 people in Africa each year) No, I am talking about a killer of ideas. The HiPPO: Highest Paid Person’s Opinion. This is the tendency in most organisations for people to just follow the opinion or decision [...]
Well, that escalated quickly. Last week, Gillette released a new commerical, which instantly went viral for some very interesting reasons. Check out my response to the commercial and the controversy in the video above. The advert takes Gillette’s famous catchphrase “The Best a Man can Get”, and changes it to urge men everywhere to become [...]
