Corporate leaders have so much to loose. This is why they are so reluctant to tear down those walls of bureaucracy

Familiar with the fear of failure or lack of speed in corporations? Although hard to accept, as a corporate innovator you can learn tremendously from startups. Here is why

The sustainability – short-termism paradox As we have entered the post credit crunch era, entrepreneurs face new challenges demanding a move away from short-termism to a sustainable social, environmental and financial performance (cf. the triple bottom line), and face the

The Economist describes in it’s article ‘VC clone home‘ venture capitalists who are making money by bringing old ideas emerging markets – and states that such a copycat business is not the real spirit of venture capital, which is supposed to

Innovation is driven by open-mindedness, inputs from diverse groups of sources, fostering collaboration across functions, processes, ecosystems, etc. In most cases, the final decision to bet on an idea is taken by one or few executives. Recent research from USC’s Marshall

We get pitched dozens of times every year, and every pitch contains at least three or four of these lies. We provide them not because we believe we can increase the level of honesty of entrepreneurs as much as to

Senior managers can apply practical insights from neuroscience … …. to make themselves – and their teams – more creative. The key is to focus on perception, which leading neuroscientists, such as Emory University’s Gregory Berns, find is intrinsically linked

Innovation: Corporate culture is not the answer   Everyone wants to be innovative. In fact, I can’t remember when any organization last came to IMD and pronounced themselves as being innovation indifferent. Yet, the sad truth is that while everyone

Recent reports in the Harvard Business Review question the efficiency of the traditional Silicon Valley venture capital innovation funding model and more emphasis is now being placed on how to manage the innovation process in a low finance environment. Japan