Overlooked in the digital transformation: Ethical, Societal, Legal, Regulatory issues

A friend and I were talking recently about the dramatic change that digital transformation will create.  The potential impact on our lives is tremendous, from autonomous vehicles that whisk us to and from work, to drones that deliver goods directly to our homes or...

In digital, there are opportunities both fast and slow

In my class today on digital transformation I was fortunate enough to have a great guest speaker, Ramesh Latan, who helped transform Bell+Howell into a digital company.  Ramesh gave a great talk and the students received it really well.One of the key points he made...

As digital transformation unfolds, it pays to be a generalist

I remember the hubbub surrounding Dan Pink's book A Whole New Mind, in which he stated that the future (this was back in the early 2000s) would belong to right brained people, because machines would ultimately automate anything that could be easily documented and that followed...

There's gold in the data - but have we learned the lessons?

For some reason I can't get the song Clementine out of my head.  Perhaps it's because of the line - dwelt a miner, a 49er....  that keeps that song playing in my mind.  We are in a significant transition. One breed of miner - the hardhat wearing, coal digging,...

Innovation building blocks: diverse perspectives and voices

I've been writing a series of blog posts focused on some of the most fundamental building blocks.  These fundamentals are necessary to sustain innovation in corporations, and are most often overlooked or treated as an afterthought.  Some of the building blocks...

Innovation fundamentals: using time effectively

I've been writing an occasional series on some of the fundamental building blocks for innovation success - at least those that I think are critical, intangible and often overlooked.  I've written previously about having a bias for innovation in your culture, seeking...

The Big Nine: digital transformation, opportunities and perils

I've been reading a fair number of books and articles lately about digital transformation.  The concept of digital transformation is still somewhat nascent, still being defined, but increasingly it seems that many of the significant underpinnings of whatever digital...