strategic design & innovation

Perspectives

Biotechnologies: Revolutionising our Health, Environment and Society

digital & 4IR technologies shared value & ecosystems strategic foresight

Biotechnologies: Revolutionising our Health, Environment and Society

Biotechnologies are set to transform not only healthcare but the value chains of companies in virtually every sector. They will determine what we eat, put on our skin, wear, how we build our physical infrastructure and power our every activity. Incumbents should brace for for the new generation of bio-native start-ups.

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Designing Innovation Portfolios for Exploration and Exploitation

data intelligence design insight portfolio management

Designing Innovation Portfolios for Exploration and Exploitation

When it comes to innovation portfolio design and management, it is imperative to recognise the dichotomy in the approaches, skills and metrics required to explore, test and develop new products, services, value propositions and business models; and to scale, optimise and exploit those that already exist within the organisation.

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Evolving Design Thinking for Sustainability and Equitability

design insight shared value & ecosystems value creation

Evolving Design Thinking for Sustainability and Equitability

The great success of design thinking has been to instil, in corporate innovation teams and entrepreneurial start-ups alike, the need to consider the triumvirate of Desirability, Feasibility and Viability. But an additional focus on Equitability will be essential to succeeding in the operating environment of the future.

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Creating Shared Value through Social Purpose

business models & platforms culture & capability shared value & ecosystems

Creating Shared Value through Social Purpose

Much has been written about the need to review the capitalist models and the need to shift to ‘profit with purpose’ models that create ‘shared value’. Yet the rationale for creating shared value (CSV) is sometimes poorly understood, and it's important to distinguish it from corporate social responsibility (CSR).

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How Sustainable is Your Strategic Competitive Advantage?

culture & capability portfolio management strategy

How Sustainable is Your Strategic Competitive Advantage?

Do you know what your source of strategic competitive advantage is today? Moreover, do you know whether that will that be sustainable and sufficient to support your strategic goals in your future operating context? And if not - which is likely - what new sources you will need to develop?

 

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