Category Archives: Strategy & Innovation

Think you’ve nailed your social media strategy? Think again. (Video)

admin by May 14, 2012
It’s a fact that companies so far have only scratched the surface of what can be achieved with social media. Enter The Social Media MBA, new from Christer Holloman, the man the London Evening Standard called “one of London’s Top 25 Most Influential Individuals within New Media.” Holloman was also recipient of The Telegraph’s 2011 Digital Award (Industry). In…
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5 Questions with Dion Hinchcliffe and Peter Kim

admin by May 11, 2012
Today’s Q&A is with authors of the newly released Social Business by Design, the definitive management book on how to rethink the modern organization in the social media era. Based on their research and work through the Dachis Group, Dion Hinchcliffe and Peter Kim explore in the book how the social, cultural, and technological trends…
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Jugaad Innovation – Media Round-Up

admin by April 18, 2012
The media has been all a buzz over JBbiz March-release Jugaad Innovation: Think Frugal, Be Flexible, Generate Breakthrough Growth. Check out a few of the most recent articles on the subject:
  •  Stanford Social Innovation Review gives readers an excerpt from the book, describing the creation of the Mitticool- “The fridge [that] consumes no electricity, is 100-percent
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8 Skills of Planned Serendipity – Infographic

admin by April 17, 2012
We are ecstatic to announce the release of the brand new book Get Lucky by Thor Muller and Lane Becker (co-founders of Get Satisfaction). In their book they show that serendipity isn’t an abstract or magical notion – it’s a practical skill and one that you can put to work in your business. With this…
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“Get Lucky” the book…trailer (Video)

admin by March 1, 2012
Meet Thor Muller and Lane Becker, authors of brand new JBbiz book Get Lucky: How to Put Planned Serendipity to Work for You and Your Business. The world is crazy; now, more than ever, you (and your business) have to be able to adapt to change. Get Lucky is the manual on how to do…
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Financial Crisis on the Horizon? Author Anil Gupta Weighs In

admin by February 16, 2012
Watch this CNBC interview with JBbiz author Anil Gupta, professor of strategy at INSEAD and the University of Maryland. Dr. Gupta is the author of the forthcoming Jossey-Bass book, Global Strategies for Emerging Asia (in stores and available online this June). A few of his predictions for Squawk Box Asia: US and Indian economies should do better…
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Co-Creation: Hearing the Music

admin by January 31, 2012
Co-creation is a powerful innovative force across a wide variety of industries, from software to semiconductors to toys to music.  It is also a way to create a deeper relationship with customers that is harder for competitors to copy.  Co-creation can revive failing businesses, unleash new markets, and provide far more meaningful experiences to customers.  The music industry…
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Collaboration and the Cloud – from Dan Sanker

admin by January 24, 2012
While information technology professionals around the world are embracing cloud computing, many executives are taking a wider view to determine whether the freedom of its functionality can extend beyond the IT realm. Cloud-based computing is a pretty simple concept to grasp. Simply put, the applications live in a “cloud” on the Internet rather than being…
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For the New Year, Recombobulation is the Ticket

admin by January 5, 2012
Milwaukee’s Mitchell Airport has the right idea with its “recombobulation area.” It’s a cool nod to the challenges of travel these days, from shoe removal to security wands to frantic dashes to distant gates in search of your next connection. For those who haven’t traveled through Mitchell Airport, they’ve named the area on the gate…
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Can’t or Won’t – from Josh Linkner

admin by January 4, 2012
Some things just “can’t” be done, right? Up until 1954, the top scientists and athletes agreed that running a mile in under four minutes was physically impossible. Never been done in all of history. That is, until Roger Bannister did it on May 6 and shattered this preconceived notion. Just 46 days later, another runner…
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