by Dean van Leeuwen | Jul 12, 2013 | Archive, Change, Future Trends
There is a pattern to the disruption of industries – change happens slowly, with a few early-adopters taking a technology and innovating, but not always in the optimum way. Then it happens quickly – and a whole industry can come tumbling down. Take digital...
by Dean van Leeuwen | Jun 28, 2013 | Archive, Future Trends
Google is winning and you don’t have to search very far to find out why, says Fast Company writer Frahad Manjoo. In a world of the tech giants – battling against the likes of Facebook, Amazon and Apple – Google has the edge, not because it is winning on...
by Dean van Leeuwen | Jun 27, 2013 | Archive, Change, Future Trends, Leadership
A disruptive forces is not a force that results in incremental changes, improving products or services one step at a time. Rather disruptive forces result in a breakthrough or a step change that transforms society forever. Sometimes the disruption is complete and...
by Dean van Leeuwen | May 2, 2013 | Archive, Leadership
Competitive dynamics are shifting and the rules for success and failure are being rewritten across almost every industry and every business function. Exciting new innovative business models are emerging every day and you don’t have to be a fresh upstart to be a...
by Dean van Leeuwen | Apr 22, 2013 | Archive, Leadership
Jeff Weiner, CEO of LinkedIn is on a quest to create economic opportunity for the 3.3 billion people in the global workplace by matching skills with job opportunities. This is a bold and audacious quest and quests are a key element of successful leadership in the new...