Successful Innovation and Trend Forecasting: Defying the Consensus and Making a Difference

Successful Innovation and Trend Forecasting: Defying the Consensus and Making a Difference I recently had the opportunity to exchange with a team responsible for product and innovation management at a major corporation. Introduced as the “crazy guy” whose ideas and forecasts defied expectations but generally became reality, I was asked to share insights from my past in innovation management.  In this article, I’ll try to articulate some[…]

“Japanese corporations in a time of disruption. Case of automotive, Nissan and Toyota cultural differences, past and future strategies”

A few weeks ago I gave a lecture at Waseda University to E-MBA students of ESSEC and Mannheim University of three different campuses (Germany, Singapore and France) on transformation in Japanese corporations. It was following a class I did a few years ago, on The Third Road of Management or how to transform companies. The[…]