Disruptive Forces

Don’t Dodge Disruption, Welcome It!
Inventions and innovations are all predicated on disrupting something else. However, it’s hard to make a business case for something that will disrupt the status quo…

Gallup Study: Management Results Driven by Unlikely Source
Management results, according to a new Gallup report, are largely driven by an often-unlikely factor: bad managers. New data from Gallup suggest that front-line managers are…

Here’s How to Overcome Barriers to Innovation
This article originally appeared in the Summer 2016 Gaming & Leisure Magazine. On the surface, embedding innovation within an organization appears to be a relatively straightforward…

Want A $1 million-a-day Dream Team? Let Them Invent It
Transforming performance in a division or an entire company hinges on reinvention — the Invent phase of Insigniam’s Breakthrough Performance methodology. This is the third…

Healthcare Innovation: A Transformation Of Safety
Accidents happen. That statement has become so true for most of us, we rarely—if ever–examine what it means and implies. In response to “accidents happen”, safety…

Stop That Innovation Project Now
Enterprise innovation projects are sometimes complex and lengthy efforts; so when it’s time to consider a no-go, it’s a tough call. When innovation works, it can…

From “Digital Transformation” To “Transformation From A Digital Perspective”
What if your investments in Digital Transformation initiatives could lead to breakthrough performance in the digital era? Let’s discuss what is really at stake when you…

Running to a Crisis
Tami Erwin, CEO of Verizon Business, discusses how the technology giant switched gears and responded to the pandemic by focusing on its clients’ most pressing…

Numbers: The New Not-So-Normal
The first half of 2020 was interesting, to say the least. How did events affect economies around the world?

AI Will Alter Every Job
If you’re reading this, your job is going to be altered because of AI (artificial intelligence) and machine learning. Ginni Rometty, IBM’s executive chairman and…

Navigating a VUCA Business World
For any business, being reluctant to recalibrate as new information comes in can be devastatingly costly as competitors and customers turn to new partners that…

In Germany, a Law to Give Employees a Voice (and a Vote)
Germany requires big companies to have employees on their boards. Should other countries follow suit?