by Paul White | Feb 21, 2018 | Best Management Practices, Cultural Aspects of Innovation, Innovation management, Leadership
Very similar opinions. Small differences. Most significant is the consensus on which practices – Factors – are most important!
by Paul White | Aug 13, 2016 | Best Management Practices, Cultural Aspects of Innovation, Innovation management
Few companies would admit that they are not innovative. While some companies place little emphasis on innovation and prefer to remain as ‘followers’ in order to reduce risk, others take the opposite view and desire to be effective at innovation, believing...
by Paul White | Apr 24, 2016 | Best Management Practices, Cultural Aspects of Innovation, Innovation management, Leadership
The author is Peter Farwell, CFA and FCPA, a former partner of Ernst & Young, Canada. For further information, please visit Peter’s bio on the web site. This strategic review of IBM’s business and management style is intended to provide a basis for answering the...
by Paul White | Dec 21, 2015 | Best Management Practices, Cultural Aspects of Innovation, Innovation management, Leadership, R&D investment
Recent announcements suggest that Rolls Royce has two major challenges. One is the obvious challenge of improving its financial performance but the second is more difficult and could have disastrous results if not handled well – its ‘stiff’...
by Paul White | Dec 7, 2015 | Best Management Practices, Cultural Aspects of Innovation, Innovation management, Leadership, R&D investment
HP, went from a company which was a great place to work – pre 2000 – to where some became demoralized, some left, and just this October was split into two quite separate organizations. Radical surgery. We revisit our earlier report on HP – up until...
by Paul White | Nov 23, 2015 | Best Management Practices, Innovation management, Leadership, Risk tolerance
Our analysis of on-line survey data shows that while there is much similarity as between U.S. and Canadian registrants, there are differences when considering the attitude to risk. Canada versus U.S. comparison.
