Category Archives: Appreciatve Insights

5 element model

The 5 Elements: A Holistic Framework To Assessing Whether To Start A Business Or Strategically Innovate From An Existing Entity Instead

We have all heard stories about setting up office space at the old shed (that also housed your grandparents CD recorder) or in a shamble stock garage at the back… Read more »

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hubris and avarice leads to nothing

Avarice, Hubris, Ignorance, Jealousy and Antagonism – Counterproductive Forces That Stifle Innovation

The most prolific literary masters, poets, entrepreneurs, kings/leaders of archaic kingdoms. religious prophets and sacred texts over the centuries have warned us, prophetically, that pride, avarice, hubris, jealousy and antagonism… Read more »

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knowledge management strategy

Simple Principals In Knowledge Management Inspire Breakthrough Innovation

Most enterprises have a single operating system (the organisational chart) and according to John Kotter’s book XLR8, this is essential to ‘keeping the trains running’ however, fails at encouraging breakthrough… Read more »

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thealphaswarmer insights and commentaries

Balancing Tension: The Dynamic Coordinator Role Within Innovation Systems

One of my favourite books of all time has to be Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Timbles 10 Rules for Strategic Innovators: From Idea to Execution. Within the nomenclature, the authors… Read more »

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