Good to Great Summary

Jim Collins, Good to Great summary

What do you need to focus on to transform your company from good to great? This is the fundamental question that underpins today’s book. Our Topic This is episode #49 of the Ideas Architect podcast. And, it’s a Book Rapper recording derived from an important business book. Today we share the Book Rapper Good to […]

The Lean Startup Guide to Managing Innovation

The Lean Startup by Eric Ries is THE bible for entrepreneurs launching new products and new ventures. It’s also the essential guide for innovators in organisations wanting to crack the stranglehold of traditional management. Instead of getting things done, the Lean Startup philosophy shows you how to manage to create new things. Who is Lean […]

Gihan Perera Interviews Geoff McDonald

The tables have been turned! Instead of me interviewing other people, this time Gihan Perera has asked the questions and I’ve provided the answers. Our Topic Gihan Perera is a long-time colleague who has written a number of books and helped thousands of experts and organisations understand how the internet has changed our world. He […]

Double Sided Innovation Example 1: Motor Cars

Double Sided Innovation - Model T Ford

Most innovation programs only focus on one side of the problem – the generation of ideas. But unless you also provide and develop champions and sponsors of ideas, the level of innovation results will be minimal. In James Surowiecki’s best-selling book, The wisdom of crowds he shares a number of examples of double-sided innovation. (We […]