Why did Adobe fail to outpace Figma despite cloud dominance? Howard Yu and Sangeet Paul Choudary join Aidan McCullen to explore disruption in the AI age and how your business can leap forward before it’s too late.
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Simon Hill, author of Expected Value (xV), reveals a powerful framework to measure the true impact of innovation. Learn how to avoid innovation theatre, kill zombie projects, and align creativity with real business value through xV’s blend of confidence, predicted value, time sensitivity, and strategic fit.
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Join Aidan McCullen as he welcomes Harvard professors Joe Bower and Clark Gilbert to explore how strategy truly emerges—from the ground up. Drawing from their book From Resource Allocation to Strategy, the conversation reveals how real-world decisions, not plans, shape organizational outcomes.
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In this final episode of our Humanocracy series, Aidan McCullen and Gary Hamel explore how Roche transformed its operating model—reducing layers, empowering squads, and embracing experimentation. Discover what it really takes to remove bureaucracy and build an organization fit for human beings.
Posted 3 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.
Posted 4 months ago Tagged Aidan McCullen Andy Grove Business Transformation Clark Gilbert Corporate Strategy Disruptive Innovation emergent strategy HP Split Innovation Leadership Innovation Show Intel Case Study Internal Innovation Nokia Strategy Organizational Adaptation Position vs Competence resource allocation Robert Burgelman Strategic Dilemmas Strategic Dissonance Strategic Inflection Point
Join Aidan McCullen and Stanford professor Robert Burgelman as they explore the five inescapable dilemmas of organizational adaptation—from Intel’s DRAM exit to Nokia’s mobile disruption. A masterclass on how strategy, structure, and leadership evolve under pressure.
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Join Aidan McCullen and Stanford professor Robert Burgelman for an in-depth discussion on strategic dissonance at Intel. Discover how internal ecology, resource flows, and competing logics influence innovation and why strategy is always both political and evolutionary.
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Join Stanford’s Robert Burgelman as he explores how strategy evolves from within organizations. Drawing on decades of research and his relationship with Andy Grove, Burgelman explains how internal ecosystems, culture, and resource allocation truly shape strategy.
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Join Gary Hamel as he revisits the iconic concept of Strategic Intent. Discover how organizations like Komatsu and UPS outmaneuvered competitors through long-term vision, building layered advantages, and nurturing ambition-driven cultures of innovation.
Posted 5 months ago Tagged Adaptability Aidan McCullen Business Models Business Transformation competitive advantage Continuous Innovation corporate reinvention Gary Hamel Innovation Leadership Leadership Humility managing change Organizational Change Organizational Inertia Reinvention Strategic Agility Strategic Intent Strategic Renewal Strategy Decay The Innovation Show What Matters Now
Join us as we welcome Gary Hamel for Part 2 of their conversation on “What Matters Now”. This episode explores the hidden threats of success, strategic decay, and the human biases that hold organizations back from reinvention.