My 2020 writing year in review
My main focus in 2020 has been on consulting and advisory work. More than ever in the pandemic context I found meaning and satisfaction in helping leaders build more resilience in their organisations by developing sustainable innovation ecosystems.
But following a year, 2019, that had been mostly dedicated to writing The Invincible Company, I tried to maintain good writing habits in 2020, which concretely materialised in:
- 12 posts for the Strategyzer blog or my personal blog,
- A contribution to a white paper: “Chasing European Unicorns” by AmCham,
- The release of The Invincible Company in April 2020.
My 2020 writing year in review
BLOGGING (in chronological order)
Books that most influenced my work in 2019
In this blogpost I reflect on the most useful books on innovation and business transformation I read in 2019. The four books I referred the most to fellow practitioners, clients and friends.
Testing a New Virtual Masterclass Idea
Every year we run about 10 Strategyzer masterclasses around the world. We train thousands of business leaders and professionals in the tools, processes and skills they need to create new growth in the organizations they work for. In this blogpost we tell how we tested a new virtual Masterclass idea when COVID-19 brought every conference, meetup, gathering, and training on the planet to an end. Including ours.
How Do You Know If Your Business Is At Risk Of Disruption?
Over the last weeks the coronavirus disrupted the entire global economy and almost every business on the face of the planet. Yet, Covid-19 is a black swan and a once in a century event. When things get back to normal (yes, it will take quite some time), companies need to prepare for more common types of disruption. In this blogpost, we explain how you can systematically assess the risk of disruption with our Disruption Assessment Tool.
How to use Business Model patterns to build more resilient businesses
The most successful business models build on patterns, i.e. repeatable configurations of different business model building blocks to strengthen an organization’s overall business model. This is the secret formula behind their success. In this post I introduce the library of business model patterns that we developed in The Invincible Company. And I explain how understanding those patterns helps entrepreneurs and business leaders create better, more resilient businesses.
How to Use Patterns to Shift an Outdated Business Model to a More Competitive One
No business model can live forever. In this post I show how business model patterns can help executives and innovation teams think through how to substantially improve their current business model by shifting it from a less competitive to a more competitive one.
Lessons from Hilti on What it Takes to Shift from a Product to a Service Business Model
In this blogpost I illustrate one of the business model patterns, the shift from product to service, with Hilti. And I go behind-the-scenes with Dr. Christoph Loos, CEO of Hilti, to understand what it takes to lead such a business transformation.
Three New Tools You Need to Master to Build an Invincible Company
In this article, I introduce three innovation tools that executives and corporate innovation leaders can use to better manage innovation in a large organization: the Strategic Guidance framework, the Portfolio Map and the Culture Map.
How to take The Guesswork Out of Innovation
In innovation and exploration, it is crucial to measure whether you are reducing the risk and uncertainty of new business ideas before you invest big and scale. In this blogpost I introduce the 4 innovation metrics you need to track on very innovation project to take the guesswork out of innovation. RISK, POTENTIAL, TIME and COST.
How does it feel to become a published author?
In this post I share the anecdote of when Alex Osterwalder went off script when we were recording videos for The Invincible Company and asked me how it felt to become a published author. That question almost choked me… to his great amusement!
What type of innovation are you talking about?
People often misunderstand each other when they talk about innovation.
In this post I explain how Corporate Innovation Leaders can use the 3 types of innovation framework to bring clarity to their communication on innovation.
How to unlock better innovation outcomes with the 3 types of innovation framework
In this post I highlight 3 more use cases where the 3 types of innovation framework unlocks radically better innovation outcomes in large organisations by helping to:
1. Provide better innovation guidance
2. Assess the balance of an innovation portfolio
3. Check alignment of a portfolio with expectations
Innovation Inception: three ideas that unlock innovation in the minds of leaders
In this post I highlight the three fundamental ideas that leaders need to make their own to unleash the transformative innovation potential of their organisations:
1. Exploration is fundamentally different from exploitation,
2. There are different types of innovation: efficiency, sustaining and transformative,
3. To achieve more transformative innovation, you need to bring more volume into your innovation portfolio.
WHITE PAPER
How to position the European innovation ecosystem to the forefront?
Convinced of the innovative potential of the European Union (EU), AmCham France published a white paper with concrete and actionable recommendations to overcome the remaining obstacles and barriers to a competitive, sustainable and united European innovation ecosystem.
Philippe Vlaeminck and myself were interviewed by the co-authors and shared the key ideas that senior leaders need to make their own to unleash the potential of transformative innovation in European organisations. You can find our article here.
