4 Ways for CEOs to Boost Innovation
Innovation has become a leading strategy for corporate growth, and increasingly CEOs must figure out how their companies can do it better, quicker and faster.
Innovation has become a leading strategy for corporate growth, and increasingly CEOs must figure out how their companies can do it better, quicker and faster.
At the turn of the century, the average lifespan of a major company was 67 years. Now, if a company is on the S&P 500, its average lifespan is about 15 years. The unfortunate fact is that many companies begin with great success and fail to renew themselves. It’s those that pursue a continuous process of growth through innovation on all fronts—business model, products, marketing strategy, and business relationships—that thrive.
Middle-market companies have more formal processes for the implementation of ideas than they do for the generation and selection of ideas.
Hoover, CEO of innovation incubator Xerox PARC, spoke with the CEO2CEO Summit attendees on Tuesday about disrupting your company before someone else does.
More U.S. CEOs are giving zero-based budgeting a try as the economy continues to sputter even while cost and performance pressures keep rising on companies that must find ways to prosper in a slow-growth environment.
Will software soon be the lifeblood of every company?
Searching for edgy innovation and top talent, big companies buy—or stake—the startups that might once have unseated them.
The fact that the average lifespan of companies is shortening, having gone from roughly 61 years in 1958 to 25 years in 1980 to just 18 years in 2011, is evidence that the global business sphere is indeed changing faster than ever. Not only is competition getting more intense, but disruption can now come in the most unexpected of ways and from the most unexpected of places.
How a newly minted CEO led a century-old manufacturing company on a transformation journey.
Will software soon be the lifeblood of every company?
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Over 70% of Executives Surveyed Agree: Many Strategic Planning Efforts Lack Systematic Approach Tips for Enhancing Your Strategic Planning Process
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