business model innovation design we're on a road to nowhere // on a quest to analyze and explore the design of business model innovations, i.e. 'hideous and hidden things' like organizational structures and capabilities, corporate strategies and all things related // on a yellow brick road with a girl, a lion and a straw-man wasting our time // …

In sum, the resource-based view (and its extensions into capabilities etc.), which has been the dominant strategy theory for a while, necessarily needs to reconnect with industry practice to shape its future development. Such engagement will hopefully bring back people, with their creativity, imagination and subjectivity, centrestage in strategy – many in industry practice know [...]

Very catchy title of this FT review of Don Tapscott’s newest book, huh? Snip: “Good things happen when we seize the opportunity to contribute our ideas, our passion and our creativity. The question is whether the world is ready to truly embrace the social and economic innovations that this collaboration could unleash.” He provides fresh [...]

I would say that good ideas come from having many ideas … but there’s more, via BoingBoing: [...]  a short video promo for Steven Johnson’s upcoming Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation, a lecture on the way that transformative ideas incubate for long times, come out of left field, and thrive best [...]

Speaking of being good at being a beginner – I need to document and jot down the things I did this Wednesday night for relaxing. Yes, I spent half the night modding and messing around with my old and trusted Android Phone, an HTC Magic (aka Sapphire) 32B stuck at Android 1.6. Now it’s rooted, [...]

Via BoingBoing via KevinKelly in the NYTimes: • Every new technology will bite back. The more powerful its gifts, the more powerfully it can be abused. Look for its costs. • Technologies improve so fast you should postpone getting anything you need until the last second. Get comfortable with the fact that anything you buy [...]

Führungsmerkmal Baby Boomer Generation X Generation Y Problemlösung Strikte Abgrenzung nach Aufgaben- bereichen; hierarchisch Weitgehend selbstständig und unabhängig Teamorientiert; selten auf eigene Faust Multitasking Weitgehende Vermeidung Im Ausnahmefall möglich Teil der täglichen Arbeitsroutine Kommunikation mit Mitarbeitern Einseitig; auf Hierarchien achtend Delegierend; Dialog möglich Offener, multimedialer Dialog Kooperation Strenge Beachtung der Hierarchien Zusammenarbeit mit direkt unterstellten [...]

I guess there’s a reason why linkblogging is making heavy use of embedded videos … instant propagation of ideas and inspiration, leading me to think about the role of vidco in enterprise collaboration. OK, this got also fueled by this post by Alex Howard on the O’Reilly Radar Channel, check out the part on video [...]