Nein, das ist keine “neue Strategie”, sondern nur Pragmatismus, und eben auch Zeichen eines ausgeprägten Verständnisses für den Kontext, in dem sich das Unternehmen bewegt (und den es beeinflussen möchte). Neue Strategie: Google baut Lobby-Armada in Europa auf in SpOn: Das neue Lobbynetzwerk soll sich mit Internet-Themen wie “Privatsphäre, freier Meinungsäußerung, Urheberrecht, Wettbewerb sowie der […]
Hehe, Stowe Boyd rants on Project Red Stripe: I will submit my big idea, and agree to Red Stripe’s terms and conditions — which basically says I will get zilch and they keep everything — in exchange for a six month subscription to The Economist! Tagged as idea thieves. I have showed more diplomacy here: […]
Via Dave Snowden: If you attempt to control everything you loose control, if you stand above the system amplifying good patterns and disrupting bad ones, if you influence evolution rather than trying to design against idealistic outcomes; then, and only then do you achieve what control is possible. Its all about doing more with significantly […]
Note to myself: lots of video lectures and accompanying powerpoints at the Spring School in Complexity Science These new courses (designed in conjunction with our new MSc Complexity Science) are designed for postgraduate students (perhaps early in their PhD studies or on masters courses) and industrial employees wishing to learn about the principles and challenges […]
More on crowdsourcing innovation principles by Sami Viitamäkia, notice also his nice conceptualization of the different groups of participants and corresponding tasks in the FLIRT model of crowdsourcing:
It is not that managers in big companies can’t see the disruptive changes coming. Usually they can. Nor do they lack the resources to confront them. Most big companies have talented managers and specialists, strong product portfolios, first-rate technological know-how, and deep pockets. What managers lack is a habit of thinking about their organization’s capabilities […]
