Open Innovation

Peter Skarzynski and David Crosswhite: An interview by Bob Morris, Part Two

June 13, 2014

Peter Skarzynski is a founder and Managing Partner of ITC Business Group, LLC. He advises large, global organizations on strategy, innovation and organizational change and is recognized as a leading expert in enabling organizational renewal and growth through innovation. His…

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Peter Skarzynski and David Crosswhite: An interview by Bob Morris, Part One

May 19, 2014

Peter Skarzynski is a founder and Managing Partner of ITC Business Group, LLC. He advises large, global organizations on strategy, innovation and organizational change and is recognized as a leading expert in enabling organizational renewal and growth through innovation. His experience cuts across industries and includes technology, consumer products &…

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Spreadable Media: A book review by Bob Morris

March 14, 2013

Spreadable Media: Creating Value and Meaning in a Networked Culture Henry Jenkins, Sam Ford, and Joshua Green New York University Press (2013) The significance of the shift from a culture shaped by traditional media toward one fostering greater grassroots participation…

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The Open Innovation Marketplace: A book review by Bob Morris

September 11, 2012

The Open Innovation Marketplace: Creating Value in the Challenge Driven Enterprise Alpheus Bingham and Dwayne Spradlin FT Press/Pearson (2011) How and why global networks of highly specialized expertise create value in the challenge driven enterprise In Open Business Models (2003),…

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Doing Both: A book review by Bob Morris

July 6, 2011

Doing Both: Capturing Today’s Profit and Driving Tomorrow’s Growth Inder Sidhu FT Press/Pearson (2010) Organizational transformation is not — repeat not – a zero-sum game One of the most self-defeating mindsets is suggested by the admonition, “You can’t have your…

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Open Services Innovation: A book review by Henry Chesbrough

July 4, 2011

Open Services Innovation: Rethinking Your Business to Grow and Compete in a New Era Henry Chesbrough Jossey-Bass/John Wiley & Sons (2011) How to grow, compete, and succeed in a services era In his previous articles and books (notably Open Innovation…

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The Opposable Mind: A book review by Bob Morris

July 2, 2011

The Opposable Mind: How Successful Leaders Win Through Integrative Thinking Roger L. Martin Harvard Business School Press (2007) As I began to read this brilliant book, I was reminded of what Doris Kearns reveals about Abraham Lincoln in Team of…

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The Power of Collective Wisdom: A book review by Bob Morris

June 26, 2011

The Power of Collective Wisdom: And the Trap of Collective Folly Alan Briskin, Sheryl Erickson, Tom Callanan, and John Ott Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2009) The importance of what Alan Briskin, Sheryl Erickson, John Tot, and Tom Callahan offer in this book…

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Business Network Transformation: A book review by Bob Morris

April 22, 2011

Business Network Transformation: Strategies to Reconfigure Your Business Relationships for Competitive Advantage Jeffrey Word, Editor Jossey-Bass/John S. Wiley & Sons (2007) A “must have” combination of compass, GPS, tool kit, and operations manual for BNT Whatever their size or nature,…

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Most Valuable Business Insights: 11-15

March 2, 2011

After having read and reviewed so many business books, I now share brief comments about what I consider to be the 25 most valuable business insights and the books in which they are either introduced or (one man’s opinion) best…

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