Google's approach to an innovative flexible shell combines agile or scrum with a master chef in a well-equipped kitchen. A recent visit to Google to allowed me to take a preview on how they organise their innovative flexible shell. I admit, the master chef was...
No plan survives first contact with a customer. Google assumes plans have to change regularly. They embrace the need for flexibility, and opt for a stable strategy instead. The strategy by Google combines product excellence, with a drive to gather users. The revenue model is secondary, on...
The Google Culture is a key aspect of the solid foundation under Google's innovative activities. The Google culture is embedded in a mission statement, transparency, and voice. “Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.” The mission statement creates a...
A chance visit to Google Amsterdam to learn about Google's Strategic approach to innovation first-hand. Google combines a solid foundation or a core with a flexible shell. The solid foundation includes their culture and their strategy. The flexible shell consists of employees who team up...
In the face of negative feedback on creative activity people can loose the confidence in their ability to creatively. To overcome this taught lack of confidence, Prof. Bandura (Harvard) teaches people self-efficacy: the sense that you can change the world. By guiding people through a...
Simon Sinek made a discovery on how to jump the innovation adoption gap. Actually, he discovered how all the great inspiring innovation leaders jump the gap. They do so even in situations when all odds are against them. Actually, all great inspiring innovation leaders in the world, whether it is Apple or the Wright Brothers, think, act and communicate in exactly the same way. And everybody else thinks, acts and communicates exact the opposite way. Simon Sinek just codified it. And he called it the golden circle.