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  • Round up of latest #innerventures trends

    It’s been a while since I updated on trends in this space so quite a few to add. Is Apple about to start pumping money into startups? A $1 billion investment in Didi Chuxing, the top ride-hailing service in China could be a sign it is. Liberty Mutual Launches Venture Capital Group. Liberty Mutual Group has launched…

  • Digital Marketing Innovation Framework

    This post is in the Sense Making category for good reason. I’ve tried before to look at this space – check this LinkedIn post: Marketing Technology Solutions and the Digital Transformation Challenge. Unlike the article before, this attempt really has me stepping back and trying to form a view without too much influence from outside perspectives.…

  • Five paradoxes to navigate when trying to reinvent your business

    Often labelled change or transformation efforts (and there is some confusion about which is which: We Still Don’t Know the Difference Between Change and Transformation) there is little doubt organisation’s of all kind are under increasing pressure to keep pace with a rapidly shifting marketplace. I chose reinvention because it’s the more innovative and proactive…

  • Product review of Spire-a Quantified Self Device which measures breath to increase mindfulness

    Today I am reviewing a wellness gadget / device called Spire which measures your activities like steps, walked distance, burned calories like other fitness trackers but it is very unique when tracking breath and analyzing tension, calmness and focus times. As you can see on this pictures it comes with a beautifully designed wireless charging plate…

  • Review of Jiyo-a Wellness Wellbeing Mobile App by Deepak Chopra

    Deepak Chopra, a well known and leading figure in the meditation and alternative health movement, has launched on June 12th together with his his co-founder Poonacha Machaiah a new service called Jiyo. This wellness services is focused on a mobile App experience (iOS, Android) and also works fine in a browser. It collects a lot of…

  • Find and share your gift by working out loud #wolweek 2016

    This is the first day of this year`s Working Out Loud Week #wolweek and Simon Terry has recommended to reflect about PURPOSE. First I was contemplating about the term “purpose” and what it exactly means in German. Is it more about intention, a goal, aim, only a task or it more about a higher meaningful purposeful goal with…

  • The slide in Mary Meeker’s 2016 internet trends report that shows incumbents’ interest in startup innovation

    Here it is below. Admittedly it is somewhat narrowly focused on acquisitions of tech companies as a means to extend their digital capabilities. Still, a strong indicator from a very powerful voice. The commentary below the slide came from the article where I first read about her latest report and I cannot be sure of…

  • Making sense of sensemaking

    I see sense making as a bit of an art but also believe there is a science to it. At least to doing it well. I also believe we will have to get better at it since it will be one of the key skills of the 21st century (check out this article on a…

  • Intrapreneur’s Playbook: Why dissent is good for your organisation and 10 ways to foment disruption

    I work in an organisation and industry where a key mantra of work and of the value we offer to customers is (improved) collaboration. Central to this is effective teamwork and working like a network. I believe in this wholeheartedly with every fibre in my body since I have been working in this space for…

  • The Modern Organisation’s Hierarchy of Needs

    NOTE: See bottom of page for updated version and notes. This doodle started out as a fun means of framing the way the world of work is moving within a very established framework – Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Each element in the hierarchy kind of speaks for itself. I added a few lines of elaboration for each…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…