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Books that most influenced my work in 2023
In this post I reflect on the most useful books - loosely connected to strategy and innovation - I read in 2023.
Below are the four books I referred the most to fellow practitioners, clients and friends.
Books that most influenced my work in 2022
In this post I reflect on the most useful books on strategy and innovation I read in 2022.
Below are the four books I referred the most to fellow practitioners, clients and friends.
How to truly help leaders with visioning work?
The ability to go beyond an existing business model, to transcend current industry boundaries, or to connect to a higher purpose that we’ve seen in some organisations all started with a new vision. But this doesn’t happen that often.
In this blogpost I want to summarise key convictions on how to truly help business leaders free themselves from the daily grind and come up with positive visions for their companies.
How to get more from your digital transformation?
You might think that digital transformation is old news in 2022. But many organisations are still midway through large digital transformation programs. And when you ask questions, they’re often met with doubts and confusion, especially on what’s exactly in scope and what this digital transformation will bring to the business.
In this blogpost I will show how to use the Business Model Canvas to bring clarity to such complex digital conversations, and open up opportunities to get more growth and resilience from digital transformation.
Books that most influenced my work in 2021
In this post I reflect on the most useful books on strategy and innovation I read in 2021.
Below are the four books I referred the most to fellow practitioners, clients and friends.
Leadership support for innovation needs more than good intentions
Despite their best intentions, attempts by senior leaders in large organisations to set up a thriving innovation capability can end up in bitter disappointment.
In this blogpost I outline the five acts of a CORPORATE INNOVATION drama I’ve seen unfold too many times, and what leaders can put in place to create a virtuous circle towards better outcomes from innovation.
Books that most influenced my work in 2020
In this post I reflect on the most useful books on innovation and business transformation I read in 2020.
Below are the four books I referred the most to fellow practitioners, clients and friends.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Below are the four books I referred the most to fellow practitioners, clients and friends.
How to keep momentum after a Hack day?
"How to keep momentum after a Hack day?" she asked me. This post summarises my answer to the CIO of an ASX 100 manufacturing company.
To keep momentum after a hack day you need to:
1. Be clear on your purpose.
2. Assess your innovation readiness.
3. Identify the two improvement areas with highest leverage.
4. Act on them!
Books that most influenced my work in 2018
In this blogpost I reflect on the most useful books on innovation and business transformation I read in 2018. Below are the three books I referred the most to fellow practitioners, clients and friends.
A tribute to the curiosity, method and high-quality curation by The Corporate Rebels!
In this blogpost I share my key take-aways from a day spent with the Corporate Rebels in Melbourne in August 2017. A tribute to their curiosity, method and high-quality curation. They have truly become a driving force in the exploration and diffusion of revolutionary corporate practices to make work more fun… and meaningful.
Books that most inspired my work on innovation and business transformation in 2017
In this blogpost I reflect on the most useful books on innovation and business transformation I read in 2017. Below are the four books I referred the most to fellow practitioners, clients and friends.
How to use Design Principles as scaffolding for a business transformation
This blog post shows how you can use design principles, one of the tools in the Design Thinking toolbox, as scaffolding for a business transformation. It is based on a story I have shared in the Collaboration by Design book by Philippe Coullomb and Charles Collingwood-Boots.
Will The Business Romantic event be the tipping point towards more human workplaces?
In this blogpost I share my experience of the Business Romantic 2017 event in Melbourne, an unforgettable event by Tim Leberecht and Mykel Dixon who created a magic space where 100+ unprepared participants could be their whole self for a full day. Will it be the tipping point towards more humane workplaces in Australia?
What happens when you really trust employees?
In this blogpost I share the story of how Dutch company Buurtzorg came to dominate the Dutch in home care market with a radical organisational design. I explore how trusting employees could become a source of competitive advantage, and what still prevents most companies to transition to a trust-based organisational design.
Could Agile be a Trojan horse for a bottom-up business transformation?
In this blogpost I explore the potential of Agile to become a Trojan horse for a bottom-up business transformation in organisations.
Over the years, Agile has shifted its purpose from building better software, to delivering products, and more recently to creating more joyful workplaces.
But were Agile successes only possible as long as it was flying under the leadership radar? As expectations from Agile grow, will Agile-based transformation attempts ultimately clash with the dominant leadership culture?
Just what do you mean by ‘business transformation’?
In this post I explain how I use the three broad categories of operating model, business model and culture to distinguish between three very different realms of business transformation in early discussions with executive teams.