What holds us back are not our gender or even biases but the unhealthy long hours locking all of us in an archaic division of labour

There has been much attention over the years on how the LEGO Group works with its super fans. The growth mindset behind the approach is key.

Photo by Nong Vang on Unsplash What makes Elon Musk stand out as an innovator? Is it his audacious goal of going to Mars? Or his determination to challenge t...

Creativity is how we reinvent ourselves and protect our livelihoods from becoming automated. Back in the age of enlightenment learning was about human dignit...

How might brands lead the way and role model responsible business? Richard Straub, founder of the Peter Drucker Society Europe, brings together a great argum...

What does it mean to be authentic as a business, when the very fabric of society is becoming ever more polarised? The world agenda has shifted. The staple he...

Can ecosystems be engineered or are they by default out of control of individuals? Can companies be founded on the explicit intent to nurture ecosystems of v...

Power is changing hands. Connectivity is changing how we communicate, the kinds of products we find valuable and the services that we prefer. For a long time...

Someone asked me a while ago about how we can control the LEGO brand given that it has such a vibrant community? I tried not to laugh, because the person had...

Companies and leaders everywhere is shifting more and more from the traditional command and control way of leading, towards networked collaboration. The pace...

Last week I had the pleasure to be at the Front End Innovation Europe conference, to give a key note on moving towards an eco-system of value creation with c...

Take global warming or government regulation as examples – these are all very complex topics, collections of variables where solving the problem cannot be ac...

Assuming you have a smooth running innovation machine – and you work from solid consumer insight – how come things can still go wrong? Interestingly, cogniti...

Some years ago I came across an excellent paper by Juan Pablo Valencia and Taryn Westberg at the London Business School, where extensive investigations were ...

What are the principles for creating growth? Or rather, what are the things you need to make sure your ideas for growth address in order for you to ensure th...

A friend recently postulated that having budget constraints can encourage better innovation than those with lots of money to burn as this provides a framewor...

Why is it that some individuals become geniuses, others retire as millionaires, business empires get built seemingly from scratch and in other cases talented...

You can take a starting point in anything, to help guide a problem-solving process – but you could say there is value to be had in understanding how to bette...

Followership? Doesn’t have that sexy ring to it like leadership has. Perhaps rather than focus on the term followership, it is worth focusing on what makes a...

Leadership is something you do, not something you are born with. It may not be possible to teach, but it certainly is possible to learn. This list creates an...