Memo To Staff: Take More Risks (WSJ March 20)

The WSJ ran a great piece by Leslie Kwoh called Memo To Staff: Take More Risks highlighting the move by some CEOs to encourage staff to innovate, try things and to stop just surviving. Seth Godin’s latest book The Icarus Deception shouted a similar theme – we’re all...
Innovation – Looking in the Wrong Places

Innovation – Looking in the Wrong Places

Commerce Bank went through an impressive period of growth from 1997 to 2007, market capitalization of $400m in 1997 to $8.5Bn in March 2008, when it sold out to TD Bank. Commerce wanted to re-recreate the retail experience. They didn’t look to other banks to...
Playbook #4: Innovation

Playbook #4: Innovation

Over the last 10 years I’ve been heavily involved in 4 different businesses, Teamstudio (Software), ETM Manufacturing (Precision Engineering), ADMET (Materials Testing Systems Manufacturer) and Net Atlantic (Email Marketing). The first three achieved Inc 5000 status...