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Disrupt from inside out, a discussion with Linda Yates, CEO of Mach49


Linda Yates - Mach49

Innovation and organic growth are the two biggest challenges facing most large companies today. The way out? Disrupt from inside out! Despite tremendous assets and talented teams, many of the G1000 find it hard to help their new ventures reach the escape velocity required to disrupt existing markets and create new ones. Conventional wisdom says that large companies don’t have what it takes to meet…

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Dave’s take on developing innovation in global 1000 fortune companies


Dave Blakely Mach49 – The Innovation and Strategy Blog

Innovating in large companies has always been difficult. Senior leaders flock to innovation, but they have to meet their quarterly goals in established business operations. So how can large companies that get their resources from existing and established lines of business, with a proven profitability rate, find the resources to nurture innovation internally and pursue it with the same consistency and rigor? For a…

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Which innovation practice will work best for you?


This is the question that Dave Blakely and I covered in a recent discussion. Dave mentioned that there are four important and overlapping perspectives on innovation in the Silicon Valley: open innovation disruptive innovation design thinking The lean startup   I/ Introducing Dave Blakely   Dave Blakely helps mach49’s clients build businesses at the intersection of emerging technologies, business opportunities, and customer needs. He…

Voici une question que j’ai été amené à me poser lorsque j’ai déjeuné avec David Guiraud, Associé de Media Consulting Group, anciennement CEO du Groupe Les Echos, puis Vice-Président du Groupe Le Monde. I/ La vocation de l’entreprise David m’a indiqué, pour commencer, que la vocation d’une entreprise, c’est « persévérer dans l’être ». Autrement dit, la vocation de l’entreprise est de perdurer comme elle est, telle…