Companies that claim to be “transforming” seem to be everywhere. But when you look more deeply into whether those organizations are truly redefining what they are and what they do, stories of successful change efforts are exceptionally rare. In a study of S&P 500 and Global 500 firms, our team found that those leading the most… Read More


The innovation imperative—it has never been more urgent, for organizations and managers alike. In his new book, Scott Anthony, Senior Partner at Innosight Asia-Pacific, combines the best of innovation theory and practice into a compact guide that will help even seasoned innovators improve their odds of success. Drawing on decades of research and thinking, as… Read More


REINVENTING THE GROCERY EXPERIENCE As grocery stores have grown into 30,000 square foot supermarkets and even larger hypermarkets, the food retailing business has become focused on scale and selection, often overshooting the needs of many shoppers. To move away from the “one size fits all” approach, one of the world’s largest supermarket chains asked Innosight… Read More


Last week I had the pleasure of attending Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies’ Summer University, “The Future Consumer and Marketplace[1].” CIFS is an international, apolitical, and not-for-profit organization that is one of Scandinavia’s largest Future Studies think tanks. Founded in 1970 by Thorkil Kristensen, a former OECD Secretary-General and Danish Finance Minister, the Institute is […]… Read More