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Dynamism, a growing middle class, and entrepreneurial flair have made the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) one of the consistently best-performing regions in the world since the 200...
Symantec chief information officer Sheila Jordan spent the last four years leading IT at the cybersecurity company during one of Silicon Valley's most noteworthy corporate change efforts. In this...
Anyone can get better at generating novel, useful business ideas. To foster that skill among members of your team, have them mirror how creative breakthroughs actually happen in the business worl...
After centuries of managing its own immense water-related challenges, the Netherlands is learning to export its expertise. There are at least 125 advanced Dutch engineering and architecture busin...
https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Water-Experts-for-the-World?rssid=innovation&gko=647a2
Henry David Thoreau is best remembered for his musings on living off the grid in the book Walden. But he was also an innovative businessman, spending chunks of his life working at his family's pe...
When handled poorly, handoffs -- also known as business or departmental transitions -- can dilute, muddle, and, ultimately, destroy innovation. Too frequently, units within companies simply turn ...
Why do some large technology companies prosper while others suffer stagnant growth? The answer lies in a specific approach to value creation. Market makers are large tech companies that stand apa...
More collaboration between businesses and schools is vital to ensure that the next generation of workers is "future-fit."
In its Digital IQ survey, PwC measures the digital acumen and ambition of companies and their executives. One of the four groups we've identified -- the "redefiners" -- have the most ambitious ap...
Utility companies feel a sense of urgency about building digital capabilities. In order to make meaningful change on the fly, utilities should follow several key steps. These include: establishin...
The success of the companies we've identified as high-leverage innovators -- those that outperformed their industry groups on seven key measures of financial success for the previous five years, ...
Explore the companies that made the 2007, 2012, and 2017 high-leverage innovator lists with our interactive tool.
https://www.strategy-business.com/interactive/Who-are-the-Top-Innovators?rssid=innovation&gko=b7019
The Whole Earth Catalog, the countercultural compendium of books, tools, and ideas, is marking its 50th anniversary. Strategy+business editor-in-chief Art Kleiner, who learned his craft at Whole ...
In their new book, Reverse Innovation in Health Care: How to Make Value-Based Delivery Work, Vijay Govindarajan and Ravi Ramamurti make the convincing case that the costly U.S. healthcare system ...
https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Physician-Disrupt-Thyself?rssid=innovation&gko=332fa
To be a more agile leader, nurture the habits that accelerate your learning capacity and be aware of the ones that block new experiences. For more insight, see "Leaders: Break Through Your Learni...
Spot and resist the bad habits that hinder your innovation potential.Take our quiz to find out if you are seeking opportunities to grow: "Are You Increasing Your Learning Agility -- Or Are You Mi...
Can crowdsourcing and algorithms improve the customer experience when it comes to data privacy and terms of service?
Companies, even tiny upstarts, are using technology to deliver personalized and niche products and services -- and take on the mass-market giants.
Bringing digital prowess and sustainable practices together should be at the forefront of strategic thinking for any business -- as a way to differentiate itself and gain long-term viability amon...
Bringing digital prowess and sustainable practices together should be at the forefront of strategic thinking for any business. For further insights, read "Digital Technology and Sustainability: P...
The rising pace of activity along what's called the last mile of the retail sales chain reflects the boom in e-commerce. But retailers and transportation companies alike are facing systemic chall...
The power landscape is changing quickly, providing new opportunities for both upstarts and traditional utilities.
Companies are already designing robots to handle tasks that would be unthinkable for humans.
The future of agriculture could be small farms, closer to consumers, that use technology to grow food more efficiently.
Manufacturers have a golden opportunity to take advantage of digitization's promised outsized benefits. Here's how some firms are already doing it.
https://www.strategy-business.com/feature/Inside-the-Digital-Factory?rssid=innovation&gko=15c68
A new generation of smartphones, powered by artificial intelligence, could be in consumers' hands within the next few years and will have deep effects on every player in the technology, media, an...
Whether displaying a corporate art collection in the workplace, providing free museum access to employees, or sponsoring a gallery event, investments in the arts can work to assuage some of the c...
https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Art-Is-Good-for-Business?rssid=innovation&gko=9acd4
Innovation is like a garden -- you need to create an environment where it can flourish.
https://www.strategy-business.com/blog/How-Innovation-Happens?rssid=innovation&gko=8f45f
The presence of risk requires robust systems for trading on and underwriting that risk. For that reason, the underwriting of technological change will soon become one of the core competencies tha...