Welcome to “Driving Innovation from Within: A Guide for Internal Entrepreneurs” with Kaihan Krippendorff. In this podcast, we embark on a journey to explore the world of internal innovation, challenging the pervasive myth that entrepreneurship is the sole driver of innovation. Kaihan shares insights from his book and extensive research, revealing the six vital attributes that distinguish successful internal innovators.

In the introductory episode, Kaihan reflects on his personal journey, delving into the realization that innovation can thrive within organizations, as exemplified by the success story of Jean Feiwel at MacMillan. T

The podcast dives into a survey conducted with 150 innovators, exploring key questions about the conception, development, and commercialization of transformative ideas. Kaihan challenges assumptions, debunking the idea that entrepreneurs overshadow corporate intrapreneurship. He emphasizes the role of founders in creating systems that empower employees to bring ideas to life.

The focus then shifts to the core attributes of the intrapreneur, exploring their ability to discover opportunities, evaluate and choose the right ones, take autonomous action, and mobilize resources. Kaihan introduces the concept of the “IN-OVATE” barriers, discussing how organizations unintentionally hinder innovation and offering solutions to overcome them.

Chapters unfold, detailing stories of successful internal innovators, such as Jen Feiwal, and introducing tools like the strategy pyramid for focusing searches on organizational needs. The podcast explores the importance of maintaining intent, understanding organizational needs, managing options, and overcoming value blockers.

The IDEAS acronym is unveiled, emphasizing the importance of creating a portfolio of options for innovation. The discussion delves into value blockers and how successful innovators navigate them, using examples like Xbox’s journey. The tension between the traditional prove–plan–execute model and the innovative act–learn–build model is explored, showcasing the need for a paradigm shift in organizational thinking.

Kaihan introduces the advanced test loop, building on John Boyd’s OODA loop, and emphasises the significance of assembling a cross-functional team. Seven steps to build an effective team are outlined, including removing organizational friction, aligning around a goal, and establishing a rapid rhythm.

The podcast concludes by discussing the complex political landscape of gaining support for new ideas, creating “islands of freedom” within organizations. Kaihan addresses the broader issue of employee disengagement and its economic and humanitarian implications, advocating for the reignition of creativity to foster growth and purpose.

Join us in “Driving Innovation from Within” as we unravel the secrets of internal entrepreneurship and inspire a new wave of creative thinking within organizations.

Find Kaihan ar www.kaihan.net

Welcome to part 2 of “Outthink the Competition: How Innovative Companies and Strategists See Options Others Ignore”. We. are joined by the Master OutThinker, Kaihan Krippendorf.

In this episode, we unravel the strategies that set apart the traditional playbook from the new playbook in the ever-evolving business landscape. In today’s episode, we delve into the art of winning today’s battleground to position yourself for success tomorrow, contrasting past strategies with the innovative approaches of today’s outthinkers.

Our spotlight case study features PillPack, a revolutionary prescription management system founded by TJ Parker. Discover how PillPack disrupted the traditional pharmacy model by placing the customer at the core of its design decisions, forcing competitors like CVS and Walgreens to reconsider their approach.

Drawing inspiration from the wisdom of Sun Tzu, we explore the concept of coordinating the uncoordinated, where power is built without ownership. Learn how the shrinking of barriers transforms industry dynamics, allowing messages to be transmitted more quickly, reaching the right people, maintaining integrity, and fostering transparency. 

Chapter by chapter, we unravel strategic patterns, from forcing two-front battles to the importance of being good and building “moral force.” Discover the ancient military roots of being good, echoing the words of Karl von Clausewitz and its relevance in today’s business landscape. Join us as we explore the art of creating something out of nothing, dissecting the anatomy of strategy and understanding the successful habits of outthinkers. From mental time travel and attacking interconnected systems to disruptive mindsets and shaping perceptions, we unveil the secrets that set the innovators apart from the imitators. 

Find Kaihan here: https://kaihan.net

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We’re thrilled to have a special return in our series as we reconnect with the visionary author of “Outthink the Competition,” Kaihan Krippendorf! 📚✨

In this episode, we dive into the updated 2011 version of his groundbreaking book, exploring the power of outthinking the competition and the secrets to sustained success. 🔍🚀

🔥 Key Highlights:

• Unveiling the essence of “Outthink the Competition” in a 3-minute media segment: What sets outthinkers apart?
• Exploring an intriguing example of an outthinker that left competitors in the dust.

💡 Challenges for Outthinking Your Competition:

1. Recognizing where rigidity has taken hold.
2. Finding the elusive “fourth option” that others overlook.
3. Evaluating the superiority of the new strategy.
4. Slowing down competitors’ ability to emulate your innovation.

🌐 Outthinking Google: Analyzing Google’s success through the outthinker lens—how they broke the mold and created a competitive buffer.

🔄 Forces Reshaping the Competitive Landscape:

1. Erosion of economies of scale.
2. Proximity: Moving value closer to end-users.
3. Acceleration: Radically reduced startup times.
4. Ecosystem Development: The power of strategic partnerships.
5. Autonomous Connected Devices: The game-changer powered by 5G.
6. Self-organized Citizens and Customers: The democratization of information.
7. Death of the middleman: Navigating the changing business landscape.
8. Geopolitical Retrenchment: Shifting economic centers post-COVID-19.
9. The Future of Work: Evolving work environments and hierarchies.
10. Be Good: The rise of purpose-driven organizations.

🎙️ Join us for an enlightening discussion with Kaihan Krippendorf as we unravel the secrets to outthinking your competition and thriving in a rapidly evolving business world! Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and hit that notification bell to stay updated with our latest insights.

Welcome to Part 2 of “The Way of Innovation” – Kaihan Krippendorff, where we delve into “The Way” – a journey through the strategic elements that shape the life cycle of innovation. In this episode, we explore the transformative stages of Wood, Fire, and Earth, guided by the wisdom of Sun Tzu and the strategic insights of Kaihan Krippendorff.

Wood: Formation

Sun Tzu once emphasized the power that comes from formation, comparing it to growing wood and crafting a bow. The Wood phase of innovation demands dedication and faith, as progress may seem slow. Kaihan draws parallels with historical challenges, such as combating scurvy in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, illustrating the importance of perseverance when innovation seems still.

Discover the Three-Front Battle in this phase: convincing the organization, partners, and users. Learn about the seven tools that build resonance for your innovation, understanding that successful innovations break through resistance on a mental level.

Fire: Breakout

Once your innovation has formed its structure and attracted key supporters, it crosses the tipping point and enters the “Fire” phase. This is a chaotic yet pivotal stage, where speed, creativity, and understanding competitive behaviour are crucial. Kaihan shares principles such as postponing competitive response, shifting from strategy to tactics, and seizing the unexpected. Examples from Under Armour and Gatorade provide valuable insights into navigating this dynamic phase.

Earth: Consolidation

The journey through Fire is not complete without successful consolidation in the Earth phase. Companies that navigate Fire but fail at Earth risk losing ownership. Kaihan emphasizes the shift from a fast-paced, unorthodox movement to a more stable stance. Consolidating gains involves slowing the erosion of time and erecting new defenses, as illustrated by the example of Philips and the CD ROM.

Understand the importance of reinvention, as the cycle repeats itself. Discover how successful innovations can lock in clients, lock out competition, or lock up resources. Be wary of success, as complacency and arrogance can set in. Learn from the experiences of companies like Infosys, and follow the advice of Carlos Ghosn to avoid letting success mark the end of your story.

Join us in exploring the strategic shifts required for long-term success, as Kaihan unveils the secrets to prevent your innovation from running away and shares the final quote that ties together intuition and strategic decision-making. Tune in to unlock the wisdom that will guide your organization’s creative flow.

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Explore the depths of ancient wisdom and innovation on “Unlocking Ancient Wisdom: The Way of Innovation with Kaihan Krippendorff and Aidan McCullen.” 🌟 Join Kaihan and Aidan as they delve into the intricacies of business strategy, leadership, and change management, drawing inspiration from Taoist, Hindu, and Buddhist traditions.

Discover the transformative power of the five stages of innovation—Metal, Water, Wood, Fire, and Earth—unveiled by Kaihan Krippendorff. 🔄 Gain insights into the interplay between the material and immaterial worlds, the endless cycle of creation and destruction, and the three primal powers—Heaven, Earth, and Man—that drive change.

Embark on a journey through ancient frameworks like the I Ching and Tao Te Ching, unravelling the dance between two parallel worlds and the timeless wisdom that has shaped innovation for centuries.

Uncover the linguistic nuances that shape physical reality, exploring the impact of visions, missions, and strategies on material outcomes. Kaihan and Aidan dissect reactions using the Buddhist five aggregates framework, offering invaluable insights into overcoming barriers to innovation.

Join us for compelling stories, including the tales of Puma, Reebok, and the Fosbury flop, as we navigate the Metal, Water, Wood, Fire, and Earth stages of innovation. 🚀

Whether you’re an entrepreneur, leader, or change enthusiast, this podcast provides a fresh perspective on navigating the complexities of the modern world. Tune in to “Unlocking Ancient Wisdom: The Way of Innovation” for leadership insights, success strategies, and knowledge-sharing that transcends time. 🎙️

Find Kaihan here: www.Kaihan.net

“Strategic Mastery Unveiled: Decoding The Thirty-Six Stratagems with Prof. Kaihan Krippendorff”

Description: Explore the fascinating world of strategic thinking with Professor Kaihan Krippendorff, a renowned Columbia Business School expert and OutThinker Network’s founder. In this enlightening 4-part podcast series, Prof. Krippendorff delves into the timeless wisdom of The Thirty-Six Stratagems, an ancient Chinese text offering a toolkit for creative thinking in various contexts.

Uncover the strategic brilliance of historical military geniuses like Genghis Khan, Alexander the Great, and Napoleon Bonaparte, who achieved victories through strength and creativity. Prof. Krippendorff shares how The Thirty-Six Stratagems, a compilation of metaphors, provides a comprehensive vocabulary of competition, unveiling unexpected plans for success in negotiations, mergers, and more since 2003.

In Part 1, explore the origin story of The Thirty-Six Stratagems and gain insights into the first four laws, including the powerful concept of Yin Yang Polarity. Discover how embracing balance and complexity can give your business a competitive edge.

Part 2 delves into Wu Wei, or “going with the flow,” as Prof. Krippendorff shares real-world applications of the first fourteen stratagems. Learn to catch your competitors off-guard, stage small attacks for strategic insights, and seize opportunities in moments of apparent weakness.

Part 3 introduces Wu Chang, emphasizing the importance of continuous change. Understand the difference between Eastern and Western views of change and explore how companies like Qualcomm, Whole Foods, and Walmart make decisions that lead to initial losses but set the stage for future victories.

Finally, in Part 4, delve into Shang Bing Wu Bing, the art of indirect action. Prof. Krippendorff unravels the mysteries behind the last seven stratagems, revealing how companies like Legend (Lenovo), Logitech, and others have strategically navigated alliances, created facades, and leveraged indirect actions for success.

Join us on this strategic journey as we unlock the secrets of The Thirty-Six Stratagems and apply ancient wisdom to modern business challenges. Don’t miss this enlightening series that promises to reshape your approach to strategy and innovation. Subscribe now for a masterclass in strategic thinking!

Find Kaihan here: 

https://kaihan.net/

00:00:00.000 Introduction and Quote on Conquering Uncertainty
00:02:33.238 Just-in-Time Action and its Evolution
00:04:43.489 Using Seasons as an Analogy for Segmenting the Life Cycle
00:07:04.093 Selection Process and Hiring the Right People for Winter
00:09:02.723 Graphical Illustration of Horses and Cars Substitution
00:11:32.271 Splitting of Arthur Anderson and the Seasons of an Organization
00:14:34.757 The Need for Differentiation to Influence S-Curve Evolution
00:18:53.655 The Concept of Seasons in the Business Environment
00:21:08.212 Exploring the Characteristics of Winter in an Organization
00:22:21.956 The Power of Redesign and Fundamental Change
00:24:18.095 Transitioning from Winter to Spring: Nursing and Continuous Improvement
00:27:19.426 Drifting from Spring to Summer: Specialists to Bureaucrats
00:34:03.063 Understanding the different aspects of summer in business growth.
00:45:07.259 The Challenge of Company Reorganization

Find Theodore here: http://www.growth-dynamics.com/default.asp?page=books

In today’s episode, we continue our exploration of the groundbreaking work of Theodore Modis as we delve into “An S-Shaped Adventure Part 3.”

In this installment, we tackle the concept of “Just-In-Time Replacement,” a strategy near and dear to marketers’ hearts. Discover the delicate balance between launching new products too closely together, potentially frustrating customers, and delaying replacements, risking a loss of market share to competitors. We explore the critical question: When is the optimal moment to introduce change in an ongoing natural growth process?

We break down the science behind the “cascading S-curves,” revealing the quantitative rule for achieving just-in-time product replacement. Explore how these nested S-curves influence industries, product families, and basic technologies, with each level sharing a common life cycle pattern but differing in duration.

Delve into various scenarios, including the lifecycles of products, product families, basic technologies, and the overarching economy. Understand the power of estimating overall saturation from life-cycle trends, providing insights into the growth potential of various entities within the market.

The episode explores the author’s experiences in analyzing S-curves in different industries, from aircraft to DEC, offering valuable insights into the dynamics of market evolution.

We unravel the intriguing Volterra-Lotka equation, which mathematically represents predator-prey interactions and their effects on the dynamics of ecosystems. We discuss how this equation relates to the business world and the actions companies can take to alter their competitive landscape.

Explore various types of interactions between species and industries, from pure competition to predator-prey relationships, and understand how these dynamics play out in the business world.

The episode takes a deep dive into the concept of competition management and how the nature of competition can be transformed over time. Discover fascinating real-world examples of shifts in competitive roles and how they impact industries and products.

Find Theodore here: http://www.growth-dynamics.com/default.asp?page=books

00:00:00.000 Ponderings and Recap: S-Curves and Rabbit Metaphor
00:02:56.574 Genetic Modification of Business and Advertising Strategies
00:05:46.855 Optimum Time to Launch a Replacement Product and Harmonic Oscillator
00:10:34.227 Advice for Innovators Joining a Company
00:12:28.591 Understanding Nested S Curves and Product Life Cycles
00:21:40.995 Strategy department’s role in analyzing and giving orders
00:23:31.432 Different types of relationships in business dynamics explained
00:32:13.713 Exploring New Topics and Directions