Innovation Strategy at Starbucks: Fail Fast and Learn

Dateline: June 7, 2013Welcome to our Friday WRAP - one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend.Innovation, particularly technology-based innovation, is the lifeblood of organizational growth and therefore a critical part of the CIO's agenda.  A recent Fast Company article, Risky Innovation: Will Starbucks’s Leap of Faith Pay Off?, by author Austin Carr, chronicles the … [Read more...]

Float Like A Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee- A Management Message by Muhammad Ali

Dateline: April 12, 2013 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. One of my friends and colleagues published a great blog recently offering Enterprise Startup Lessons from Muhammad Ali.   Michael Krigsman, President of Asuret, and frequent blogger on lessons from IT Failures for ZD Net, interviewed the CEO of a startup analytics vendor, comparing … [Read more...]

Brainstorming Doesn’t Work

Dateline: March 29, 2013 Welcome to our Friday WRAP - one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. A recent Fast Company article, Why Innovation by Brainstorming Doesn’t Work, caught my eye.  Author Debra Kaye shared some thoughts on innovation from her recent book, Red Thread Thinking.  She begins by saying that “anything, even doing laundry, will help you dream up new ideas … [Read more...]