As I approach 10 years at Microsoft (disclosure), I can honestly say that when I started here, I didn’t think I would be here that long. Granted it was not […]
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Launching a business in a recession – 4 of 4 – Selling
This is a post in a series of four detailing how you can start a business during a recession (find them all eventually under the startup innovation tag). I think […]
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Launching a business in a recession – 3 of 4 – Pre-Launch
This is a post in a series of four detailing how you can start a business during a recession (find them all eventually under the startup innovation tag). I think […]
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Launching a business in a recession – 2 of 4 – Branding
This is a post in a series of four detailing how you can start a business during a recession (find them all eventually under the startup innovation tag). I think […]
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Launching a business in a recession – 1 of 4 – Business Planning
This is a post in a series of four detailing how you can start a business during a recession (find them all eventually under the startup innovation tag). I think […]
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A jobs to be done primer to transform your innovation thinking
Tony Ulwick, Founder of Strategyn and leading proponent of Jobs to be Done (JTBD) theory and innovation thinker extraordinaire, ran a webinar the other day. I could not attend due […]
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Managing innovation is a misnomer – better to prepare for serendipity
I’ve been involved in many innovation activities in the past, from participating in and supporting hackathons, corporate ventures to being involved with startups. I’ve observed that often times, best results […]
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Microsoft 365 customer questions – Power Platform and Teams Hackathon tips
This was not so much a question as a request to present to all the hackers participating in the company hackathon in a launch event. I put a few slides […]
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Starting a business remote first – 10 priorities
I mentor startups from time to time, in my spare time. I am doing so at the moment with one. I am bringing my past experience to bear starting and […]
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Hackathons the MVP and lean startup
I’ve been doing a lot of work recently supporting customers with their hackathon efforts. It’s been especially focused on use of Microsoft Power Platform and Teams as core technology platforms […]
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How to overcome the innovation predicament – the term versus the spirit
I’ve observed before how everyone wants innovation but no one wants to innovate. The essence of that observation roughly 6 months ago was that although the talk of and need […]
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How to run a Hackathon for Microsoft Teams and Power Platform
I’ve decided, while I work in the business of dealing with customers questions on Microsoft 365 all the time (disclosure), either directly or indirectly, I might as well share them […]
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Overcoming challenges in an innovation imperative world – 2nd edition
Just a few weeks ago I highlighted how important innovation was and yet how disinterested everyone was in it: Innovation has never been more problematic or needed – 3 things […]
Read moreInnovation has never been more problematic or needed – 3 things you can do
Everyone wants innovation, no one wants to innovate. It’s similar to change. Therein may lie the rub. They are such broad terms, they may have lost their significance. But the problem goes beyond lack of interest, there is a lack of purpose or organisation/management, the pace of change, all and more contribute to this situation. Call it innovation fatigue if you will, in fact a book has got that covered already: Innovation for the fatigued – How to Build a Culture of Deep Creativity. And yet, the imperative is as high as ever.
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