Bruce Vojak closes our three-part Serial Innovators series with the playbook for finding and protecting breakthrough talent: the five core traits to look for, the four engagement filters that actually identify a serial innovator, why HR and AI hiring screens filter them out, and the manager behaviours — air cover, patience, no “J work” — that keep them from walking out the door.
Bruce Vojak returns for a short bonus episode on the Hourglass Model — the descriptive state diagram he and his co-authors built to explain how serial innovators actually move from a customer problem to a launched product, without the prescriptive rigidity of stage-gate.
What if your organisation could think and act like an octopus? In this episode, Steven Wunker and Jonathan Brill explore how AI is reshaping organisations through distributed intelligence, autonomy, and faster decision-making. Discover why success with AI depends less on technology—and more on rethinking culture, structure, and how decisions are made.
David Rogers joins us for a 10th anniversary conversation on Digital Transformation Playbook. We unpack how digital transformation strategy has evolved, how AI is reshaping business models, and why platform competition, network effects, and disruption matter more than ever.
Startups like Figma disrupt giants like Adobe not just through technology, but by reshaping mindsets. In this episode, bestselling author Sangeet Paul Choudary joins Aidan McCullen to explore how AI, cloud-first models, and unlearning are transforming the future of work and the knowledge economy.
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.
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.
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.
We welcome back Gary Hamel to discuss The Future of Management. In this episode, Hamel reveals why legacy systems hinder innovation and how forward-thinking leaders can reinvent management for the 21st century.
Gary Hamel explores how internal change agents—corporate rebels—can spark innovation in rigid organizations. Learn to navigate politics, overcome resistance, and build grassroots momentum for transformation