Digital transformation

Company Valuation Skyrockets When Data Is Core Focus, And Drops When It´s Not

May 30, 2017 Digital transformation 0 Comment

The Economist recently announced on its front page that the world´s most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data. The five most valuable listed companies in the world are all tech companies; Apple, Alphabet (Google´s parent company), Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft. These companies are probably the best in the world...

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Corporate Venturing 2.0 Is Upon Us – What Is Different From 1.0?

January 31, 2017 Digital transformation, Innovation, Managing Change 0 Comment

The startup scene and corporate innovation activities are flourishing these days, and it feels similar to 1999 - at the height of the dot-com era. In the middle of the dot-com burst (summer of 2001), I was part of a team conducting a survey of corporate venture strategies of the...

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The Gray Hooded Sweater Army of Silicon Valley Is About to Get Disrupted

November 29, 2016 Digital transformation, Entrepreneurship, Innovation 0 Comment

The gray suit was the uniform of people shaping business for most of the past century. Then the suit´s power got challenged by the gray hooded sweater army from the West during the dotcom era of the late nineties. Without a doubt, the stars of today´s business world have been the developers in...

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What is the Gig Economy and Why Should You Care?

July 26, 2016 Digital transformation, Gig Economy 0 Comment

For those not familiar with the term, the Gig Economy means accessing products and services on demand. The word comes from "gig" as we know it from the music industry especially, and all kinds of things can be part of the Gig Economy - from cars to workers. The Gig Economy is...

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True Entrepreneurs Get Shit Done

June 10, 2016 Digital Disruption, Digital transformation, Entrepreneurship 0 Comment

When I worked at FAST, which was a rapidly growing enterprise software company, the company had a truly fast-paced entrepreneurial environment. I remember getting told there was really only one thing that could get me fired, and that was walking past a window that seemed partially open, and not look into what was on the other side....

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5 Tips for Going From an “As Is” to a “To Be” Mentality

April 8, 2016 Digital transformation, Innovation 0 Comment

People are creatures of habit. It is easy to seek the trusted – what is well-known. We want to be comfortable and can easily become stressed in unknown situations. The threat behind this comfort seeking safe zone mode is that it makes people become protectors of stability and that they hinder...

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Some Key Steps to Becoming an Intrapreneur

January 21, 2016 Digital transformation, Innovation 0 Comment

These times of change demands new thinking. When working inside a large organization, that is not always the easiest thing to do. Intrapreneurs (Corporate Entrepreneurs) often struggle with finding their form, especially if there is not an outspoken strategy and defined system in place for intrapreneurship within the organization. Here is...

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Embracing Digital Change Means Adopting a Digital Mindset

January 8, 2016 Digital transformation, Managing Change 0 Comment

If you realize that digital developments are changing your industry and your company´s future, you need to lay out a plan of how you are going to digitize your own mindset as well as your employees. Thinking and working digital needs to become an integrated part of everyone´s approach to their job....

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The Many Faces of Entrepreneurship Means You Might Be Rockstar Material

December 17, 2015 Digital transformation, Innovation 0 Comment

The entrepreneur is the rockstar of today. They are the ones kids dream of becoming, and the startup scene has never grown on this scale globally before – ever. We are truly living in great times – where creativity is flourishing and the ones who make ideas come to life based...

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Innovating Sometimes Means Getting your Hands Dirty

November 16, 2015 Digital transformation, Innovation 0 Comment

Innovation is not always as fun and glamorous as one might think. Brainstorms and creative workshops are for sure a lot of fun. I have tossed balls to and from colleagues to spark quick thinking on my feet, wore hats in different colours to put my mind into the right mode, and so on –...

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