InnerVentures

  • How to communicate and get what you need from decision makers

    I learned of a technique in a training session given to Yammer Sales and Customer Success Management (CSM) staff in 2012. The technique adopts an approach for emailing someone, typically for the first time, that you are keen to get something from – essentially you would be cold calling them. We called the technique “the Hoff mail” after…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • What tools for the quantified self of the mind?

    @ragnarheil you’ve already published an awesome write up on your use of Neurosky and have covered some other tools. You made some really good points about what they do. I thought why not try #workingoutloud to capture a comprehensive list of considerations when evaluating tools for the benefit of others. I also think its important…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • Meditate and measure your Brainwaves: Review of Neurosky MindWave

    My first blogpost here at Innerventures is about a review of a Brainwave measuring gadget which I use for my meditation practise: MindWave Mobile: Brainwave Starter Kit. I bought it online for around 99€, using it since over a year now and want to share a summary of the use cases I experimented with. This headset connects via…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • Why leaders of digital initiatives inside organisations need to think like start-ups

    Or to put it another way, why they need to be more intrapreneurial. I have written about this before on LinkedIn and its also covered in my trend report although those are broader pieces covering more than just digital initiatives. What I am talking about here relates to initiatives that I am often involved in…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • Welcome and pointers

    @ragnarheil welcome to this site :) Just want to let you know that you can mention users in this site in the standard way using the @ symbol and user name. You should receive a notification from this post. And this way we can work together and out loud #workingoutloud :) As you can see…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • Dharma Hacker – An Overview

    What is a Dharma Hacker? A Dharma Hacker takes a balanced approach. Eastern philosophical aesthetics combine with modern technological influences. See it as the yin and yang of modern existence, the combination of right and left brain, the intersection of technology and the humanities, etc. Dharma has many different meanings. The one associated with Buddhism…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • Working in a networked world – 10 rules to guide you

    This is an old post from past blogs I’ve run that seemed to go down well and so I’m bringing over to this site to keep a record of and tagging them: #archive Consumers work this way already, they share what they learn about the product, service and company experiences they have every day so…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • Round up of latest #innerventures trends

    Couple of new things happening in the world of startup driven innovation since my last post, at least new things I’ve found – some articles/announcements are from a while ago. Here they are: HP’s new Tech Ventures arm looks to invest in emerging startups 8 principles for innovation in a corporate ecosystem Naspers Plants a…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • Entrepreneurial management over traditional management in highly uncertain times

    Most of this diagram comes from the book The Innovators Method which I read recently for and included in my trend report. The essence of the book and indeed my trend report is how to bring the lean startup approach into the organisation. I have made the commentary in the diagram at the top referring…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • Mondo growth hack strategy is simple and effective

    Below is a screenshot of the app when you land and that is all you see until you get given access. To get access you have to get through a queue. I’ve explained what you need to do to get bumped up the queue. Simple. #newcool

    Stephen Danelutti

  • Round up of latest #innerventures trends

    As always there lots going on and the last few weeks have brought some interesting new announcements and great stories from the trenches.  From indifferent to Intrapreneur – Getting employees on board Autoglass parent company launches global startup accelerator Alibaba’s cloud service launches global program for startups 3 Big company practices that work for any…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • Customer Success Management – Experience Hacking in the Subscription Age

    Having been a customer success manager and advising startups on the practice you would probably expect me to be trumpeting its value. You’d expect it from Gainsight too, the customer success company: Information Services, the Subscription Economy, and the Value of Customer Success. And what about the subscription economy itself – whats in that? According…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • How old banks are learning from a new breed of tech start-ups

    I gave this (i.e. the Fintech scene) special coverage in a separate section of my trend report. Banks around the world are realising that in the rapidly developing world of smartphones and apps they are at risk of falling behind in the innovation race. Fresh-faced financial technology start-ups (fintechs) are coming up with new mobile-first…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • Round up of latest #innerventures trends

    In this post I’m changing the format slightly by tagging the title with a different hashtag (which was partly for Twitter but had other purposes too). Instead of intrapreneurtrends that I used before, its now the new name of this site, its URL, the new hashtag I’m tracking on Twitter (see sidebar) and my new…

    Stephen Danelutti