The Kinds of Collaboration That Lead to Successful Innovation
Benjamin KesslerFebruary 24, 2020
By Benjamin Kessler It’s generally accepted that large organisations, for a host of structural and cultural reasons, are at a disadvantage when it comes to innovation. Less agreed-upon is why their employees outside of R&D should care. Can’t acquisitions and partnerships make up the creative deficit? Think again, counsels Manuel Sosa, INSEAD Associate Professor of […]
How Leaders Should Navigate Long-Term Uncertainty
Quy HuyFebruary 24, 2020
By Quy Huy Entrepreneurs and change managers may ultimately be selling a dream, but that’s not what stakeholders are buying. Imagine having to sell a totally new, game-changing product with no samples, no prototype, not even a realistic rendering. The only thing certain about it? A hefty price tag. Now imagine you have to sell this […]
Warning Tremors Before a Flash Crash
Bart Zhou YueshenFebruary 17, 2020
By Bart Zhou Yueshen Cross-market arbitrage that connects one marketplace to another should be watched more closely than it is. When an earthquake strikes, its relatively mild P-waves travel faster than the subsequent S-waves that cause severe damage. Earthquake early warning systems protect us by tracking the fast P-waves. It is those few seconds […]
Firms Favour Academic Insights That Come From Hubs
Michaël BikardFebruary 17, 2020
By Michaël Bikard Innovators can improve their performance by paying attention to academic science. In 1981, in the far outskirts of Los Angeles, a start-up made a bet that would change the lives of millions. Applied Molecular Genetics (Amgen) decided to take a chance on University of Chicago professor Eugene Goldwasser’s research and try to […]
Start-ups: The Founding Team Is a Real Magic Bullet
Moran LazarFebruary 10, 2020
By Moran Lazar, PhD Studies show that the entrepreneurial team may impact a start-up’s long-term success more than its product. When we consider great teams, the ties that bind them together are generally a blend of unique skills and shared experiences. Team members aren’t all necessarily from the same background, but at some moment in […]
How Many Bad Customer Reviews Is Too Many? One
Paulo AlbuquerqueFebruary 10, 2020
By Paulo Albuquerque Sellers should focus less on cultivating a forest of positive reviews, and more on the state of each tree. Online shopping has worked huge changes in consumer habits, including how people decide what to buy. As consumer product reviews have proliferated and become radically more accessible, they have emerged as a […]
A Sustainable Future for Food
Chengyi LinFebruary 3, 2020
By Chengyi Lin What can Big Food do to better serve all its stakeholders? Start anywhere, but follow it everywhere. No industry’s long-held certainties are sure to survive this era of empowered consumers and disruptive technology. But perhaps no sector faces a more fundamental shift than Big Food. Well-established industry consensus has crumbled as Big […]
The Strategic Decisions That Caused Nokia’s Failure
Yves DozFebruary 3, 2020
By Yves Doz The moves that led to Nokia’s decline paint a cautionary tale for successful firms. In less than a decade, Nokia emerged from Finland to lead the mobile phone revolution. It rapidly grew to have one of the most recognisable and valuable brands in the world. At its height Nokia commanded a global […]
How Leadership Can Emerge From the Trauma of History
Erik van de LooJanuary 27, 2020
By Erik van de Loo Victims of intergenerational adversity can channel the darkness of the past into five uniquely positive values. Nineteen-year-old Shinji Mikamo paused for a break from his morning labours. He had been helping his father work on the roof of his home in Hiroshima that balmy, cloudless day of 6 August […]
You May Be a Workplace Hero Without Realising It
Nadav KleinJanuary 27, 2020
By Nadav Klein Heroes come in all shapes and sizes, but they have one thing in common: They don’t see themselves as heroes. “Not all heroes wear capes,” the saying goes, and the workplace is no exception. If you take the time to look, you’ll find that acts of selflessness abound in your organisation […]