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…
What are the transformational innovations that will affect the healthcare industry by 2020? This is a question that Merv and I discussed in a recent conversation. I/ Innovations in Alzeihmer’s Disease (AD) Merv mentioned Alzheimer’s Disease as an area where there is the potential for a binary outcome by 2020. A number of pharma companies – Merck; Lilly/Astra Zeneca; Biogen Idec/Esai; Roche; Novartis –…
What are the critical innovations in healthcare? How are they changing the relationship between patients and caregivers ? What are the forthcoming developments in healthcare? These are some of the topics I talked about with Merv, an advisor for Bay City Capital in San Francisco and Merck’s former Chief Strategy Officer. I/ Measuring outcomes In clinical development studies, we are accustomed to the gold…
I recently had the opportunity to discuss developments in healthcare with Mervyn Turner, Merck’s former Chief Strategy Officer. Some of the topics we covered include : what were the most remarkable developments in healthcare, looking back over the last 5 to 10 years ? How have these developments changed the patient experience ? How have they changed the physicians’s practice ? How have they changed healthcare companies ?…
In what ways can 3D imaging technology maximize a firm’s competitive advantage ? This is a question that Bruno Delahaye, Julie Roger-Carel and myself discussed in a recent conversation. During our first discussion we talked about how 3D technology can improve sourcing of input materials and product design. In a follow-up discussion, we talked about how 3D technology improves manufacturing, marketing and sales. I/ DS…
How to turn 3D imaging into a competitive advantage ? This question suggests a broader one : what’s the relationship, if any, between 3D technology and value chain optimization ? These are some of the questions that came to my mind when I talked with Bruno Delahaye of Dassault Systems, following an introduction by Julie Roger-Carel of Bouygues Telecom. I/ Introducing Bruno Delahaye Bruno joined DASSAULT SYSTEMES…
Why is the Travel industry undergoing major changes? What are the innovations that are disrupting incumbent players in the Travel industry? How are digital technologies transforming the Travel industry? These are some of the questions that came to my mind when I met with Vincent Lebunetel, Vice-President Corporate Innovation at Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT). I/ Introduction of Vincent Lebunetel (@vLebunetel) As Vice President of…
See part 1 here and part 2 here. How Great Ideas are Assimilated into Large Corporations For all of you entrepreneurs out there who want to know why it takes so damned long to get decisions made, well here it is: you are most likely to start your corporate incursion in the company of a conformist. Conformists are polite, and will tell you how…
See part 1 here Warriors on the Dark Side of Innovation: Meet the Smugglers The dark side of innovation is where difficult and dangerous work resides. And it requires a special type of individual who can persuade people to open their minds. I call these people Smugglers. Smugglers are fearless. They choose not to relax with groups or communities that seek safety of business-as-usual.…
Innovation ecosystems involve many hopeful and inspired people along the journey of bringing an idea to life. There are serial entrepreneurs, incubators, startups, seed investments, venture capital, accelerators, labs, governments, and support services galore to help companies with the latest whiz-bang idea.