Is strategy eaten for breakfast or lunch? Entrepreneurs, brimming with dreams, draft brilliant strategies to become the next Steve Jobs. But here’s the catch: these dreams, conjured up in the middle of the night, are often as fleeting as the smell of freshly brewed coffee. Perfect for breakfast, right? So, maybe we should skip strategy for breakfast. Entrepreneurs should focus […]
Tag: Corporate culture
Innovation: Transforming into the Right-Brained Organization
Most organizations are left-brained organizations, with management methods that typically involve formulating clear strategies and plans, setting SMART goals for employees at all levels, and requiring data-driven decision-making. However, the key factors in business competition have changed. More and more companies are realizing that right-brained factors such as innovation, user experience, community, and design are crucial for success. Organizations that […]
Jobs vs Cook: Different Views on Hiring
This article is dedicated to the 11th anniversary of Steve Jobs’ passing. According to a recent report by CNBC, Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke at the graduation ceremony of the University of Naples Federico II in Italy, stating that he has noticed that the company’s “success” depends on its culture and employees. He told the faculty and students of the […]
Stop Blaming the Lack of Innovation on Corporate Culture
What is corporate culture? Corporate culture is the implicit interpersonal rules within an organization that are shared by all members and continuously and extensively shape the attitudes and behaviors of organizational members. But the content that is truly relevant to innovation in corporate culture is actually just one thing: does our organization allow breaking the existing rules? Innovation is undoubtedly […]
How to improve a company’s innovation capabilities?
When you buy an airplane ticket, you first enter your departure and destination. Similarly, when a company wants to improve its innovation capabilities, the first step is to understand its starting point and endpoint. For different people, the meaning of the word “innovation” is different. Clayton Christensen, a master in the field of innovation management and a professor at Harvard […]
Innovators are not alone
We live in an era of innovation. But today, innovation is no longer aimless trial and error… We live in an era of innovation. But to truly root innovation in a company, three problems need to be solved: First is the cognitive problem. Many corporate managers blame the company’s lack of innovation on talent and methods or funding issues. As […]
Everyone becomes an “Innovation Officer”
If you want to stimulate high-quality original thinking within an organization, the key is to get more people talking. To be clear, innovation comes from a company’s original culture and from employees’ original thinking. If all employees think in the same way and stick to conventions, the company will inevitably stagnate. To break inertia and effectively drive innovation and change, […]