Bruce Vojak, co-author of Serial Innovators, explains why roughly 1 in 500 employees inside a large mature firm — with no formal mandate, often almost fired — create most of the breakthrough products that fund everything else.
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Nokia didn’t just collapse—it reinvented itself. This episode explores how leadership, emotion, and strategy combined to transform Nokia into a new kind of company.
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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.
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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.
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In this episode of The Innovation Show, Joel Schwartzberg, author of Get to the Point, shares how to stop rambling and start resonating. Learn practical tools to sharpen your message, speak with clarity, and lead with confidence.
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Scott D. Anthony joins The Innovation Show to explore his latest book Epic Disruptions, tracing 11 game-changing innovations that transformed society—from the printing press to the iPhone. Discover the hidden patterns of disruption, why history keeps repeating itself, and how to prepare your organization for the next wave.
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How do you innovate inside a large organisation without getting shut down? In this episode of The Innovation Show, Chuck House shares the 7 rules of intrapreneurship and hard-won lessons from driving innovation at Hewlett-Packard.
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In this episode, Aidan McCullen dives into the turbulent trends shaping our world with futurists Bob Johansen and Jamais Cascio, co-authors of “Navigating the Age of Chaos.” They explore the BANI framework—Brittle, Anxious, Non-linear, Incomprehensible—and how leaders can respond with resilience, empathy, and strategic foresight.
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In this episode of The Innovation Show, Philip Atkinson — beekeeper, organizational coach, and author of Bee Wise — shares how lessons from the hive can transform leadership, teamwork, and innovation.
Posted 10 months ago Tagged Adaptive Organizations Aidan McCullen Bureaucracy Business Transformation Decentralization emergent strategy Employee Empowerment Entrepreneurial Culture Future Of Work Gary Hamel Haier Humanocracy Innovation Culture Leadership Management Reinvention Morning Star Nucor Organizational Design Strategy Execution The Innovation Show
Join Aidan McCullen and Gary Hamel for the launch of the Humanocracy series finale. Hamel unpacks the systemic failures of bureaucracy and makes the case for a management revolution driven by human freedom, initiative, and entrepreneurial spirit.