Combinatorial innovation means most new products are recombinations of parts that already exist. Paul Nunes, co-author of Jumping the S-Curve, explains how that logic explains Motorola’s collapse and comeback, why suppliers matter more than your R&D department, and why price deflation may be the hardest strategy problem of the next decade.
Author Geoffrey Cain takes Aidan McCullen inside Steve Jobs in Exile — the NeXT years of vengeance, sabotage and failure that quietly built the Apple comeback.
Most people believe the iPhone killed Nokia. But the real reason Nokia collapsed had far more to do with what was happening inside the company. Based on the research of Quy Huy and Timo Vuori, this episode explores how fear, leadership pressure, and the Symbian platform trapped Nokia as Apple and Android reshaped the smartphone industry.
BlackBerry once ruled the smartphone world. In this deep dive with Jacquie McNish, we explore the leadership struggles, innovation missteps, and strategic blind spots that led to its dramatic fall.
In retrospect, Enron did not conceal their dubious transactions from the investing public, but Enron’s brass didn’t go out of their way to point them out, but for anyone willing to wade through the company’s financial documents, the numbers were clear.
We are joined today by a brilliant journalist who did that work, who asked the questions others did not, and whose work would expose one of the biggest scams of all time.
We welcome the author of “The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron”, Bethany McLean