In the business world, adapting to change is critical to survival. In this Useful Commute podcast, business executive and author of "Big Ideas to Big Results" Michael Kanazawa offers advice on how to transform your corporate strategy or business quickly and easily. Click Play to hear the...
Disruptive innovation changes the game, winning not by doing something better but by doing it differently. Take the Nintendo Wii. Scott Anthony explains how the Wii's innovative controller, designed to be easy for non-gamers to use, helped the company expand the market for video games. Anthony explains how you can...
By the time you hear about a groundbreaking idea, your competition has heard about it too — and may even be using it. George Stalk describes how managers can collect faint ideas, watch trends before they hit, and gather the necessary information to decide which ideas will give your business...
Speaking at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business on March 15, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer elaborates on what he thinks makes a good leader, and the kinds of employees the software giant wants in its workplace. by BNET staff
Leaders can -- and must -- facilitate ongoing innovation across their business units by "thinking from the outside in," according to Erich Joachimsthaler. In this podcast, Joachimsthaler explains how leaders who disseminate valuable marketing insights among their team members, overcome institutional resistance to change, and learn from the visionary examples...
Companies that focus on their customers rather than on their products or services can maintain customer loyalty, even through dark economic times. Rohit Deshpande, author of the Harvard Business School case study "Singapore Airlines: Customer Service Innovation," shares the airline's winning strategy, which keeps customers involved in all aspects of...