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
In this webcast, David Duncan, Innosight senior partner and co-author of “Competing Against Luck,” discusses using jobs to be done to answer the most important question driving your strategy.
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Clay Christensen’s latest book on how the jobs framework can improve your company’s innovation success.… Read More
If an athletic department at a large university made a decision to develop a world class rowing program, but the university administrators banned all water sports as too risky, we could hardly expect much in terms of rowing greatness. However, all too often large corporations do the equivalent when they decide to pursue non-core innovation […]… Read More
I was recently in a meeting with an innovation manager at a large company who told me about all the projects he was overseeing. When I asked who was actually working on these efforts, he mentioned there were some part-time internal people and some external contractors. I told him politely that it was highly unlikely […]… Read More
Innosight forecasts half of S&P 500 companies to be replaced over the next 10 years.… Read More
Detecting marketplace “fault lines” is the key to building the case for preemptive change. Read the full Harvard Business Review article.… Read More
It’s common for innovation initiatives to muddle along, because no one is willing to step up and be brutally honest about what’s wrong. Best practices around candor can help.… Read More