Innovation Copilots: Recent Episodes
Innovation Copilots
We copilot innovation strategies at the crossroad of emerging consumer behaviors and the rapid introduction of game-changing technologies. Since 2008 we have published more than 1,000 articles on entrepreneurship, startup mindset, corporate innovation, and cultural changes. Every Tuesday, we help you rediscover an article from a few months (or a few years) ago that resonates with current business news or market change.
I was discussing last January the latest batch of ongoing rumours about Apple making a VR/AR set of glasses. Mostly? It seems like crap. Let's discuss why.
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The notion of peacetime versus wartime has been often used to describe who should run a company in regard of the current competition intensity. It fails to factor in how innovation is always played on short-, medium- and long-term... at the same time!
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The digital native demographics seems to be the center of many brand targeting, not to mention market research. What if it that just bogus sociology? An article from January, 2023.
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An episode from a recent article this month on the burning race on AI and why/how Europe could be further in the race...
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An article from April last year, explaining and to anticipate possible breakthrough technologies coming up in your market.
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With Elon Musk seemingly losing his mind at Twitter you might already have forgotten about Elisabeth Holmes and a few others.
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When giving public money to startups do we need to be try smart about it, or should we just give the money away?
An evergreen discussion from 2020.
If you want to know more about the Nigerian model of funding entrepreneurship, you can find the research paper from David McKenzie right here.
A friendly (and just a tad angry) wake-up call for European startups that still play safe and believe they're in a cozy environment. They aren't anymore. Risks are building up everywhere, which should be good news for them. How do I know they're late to this realization? Even McKinsey is explaining it.
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When dealing with corporate incubators, a long-lasting discussion is always about the "ideation" phase. I'd like to share why I actively try to avoid working with programs thinking this step is oh-so critical.
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I've been discussing the possible end of the GAFAMs in a near future but we might just be passed the need of social media as a whole.
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A curious case of your brain at work when it really wants to solve problems and what we can learn from it.
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The first-mover advantage seems to be a core law of innovation physics. And yet? It doesn't work. Let's review the story of this concept together...
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Recently, Tesla announced that their long-awaited and long-delayed Tesla Truck would finally enter the delivery phase. It's quite interesting to understand why now, as the business model of electric transportation doesn't really work for semi-trucks.
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It took me a few weeks but last November; I decided it was worth risking not being head over heels for Patagonia's huge philanthropic announcement. While everyone was praising Yvon Chouinard, I felt there was a weird taste to all this. But it's maybe only because I'm a soulless monster. You decide...
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A discussion on the story of the Apple Lisa which turned forty this year and is still read as a huge failure (it wasn't).
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