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The Three Pillars of World-class Corporate Innovation
My good friend Alexander Osterwalder , the inventor of the business model canvas (one of foundations of the Lean Methodology) has written a...
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A Simple Map for Innovation at Scale
An edited version of this article previously appeared in the Boston Consulting Group’s strategy think tank website . I spent last week...
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Mapping the Unknown – The Ten Steps to Map Any Industry
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step Lǎozi 老子 I just had lunch with Shenwei, one of my ex-students who had just taken...
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National Industrial Policy – Private Capital and The America’s Frontier Fund Steps Up
This article previously appeared in The National Interest . Last month the U.S. passed the CHIPS and Science Act , one of the first pieces...
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Finding and Growing the Islands of Innovation inside a large company – Action Plan for A New CTO
This post previously appeared in Fast Company . How does a newly hired Chief Technology Officer (CTO) find and grow the islands of...
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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning– Explained
Artificial Intelligence is a once-in-a lifetime commercial and defense game changer (download a PDF of this article here ) Hundreds of...
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Lessons for the DoD – From Ukraine and China
Portions of this post previously appeared in War On the Rocks . Looking at a satellite image of Ukraine online I realized it was from...
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Cram Down – A Test of Character for VCs and Founders
This article previously appeared in TechCrunch . Cram downs are back – and I’m keeping a list. At the turn of the century after the dotcom...
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Here’s What Happened When Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks visited Stanford’s Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation
It was an honor to host US Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks at Stanford’s Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation ....
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The Quantum Technology Ecosystem – Explained
If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don’t understand quantum mechanics Richard Feynman IBM Quantum Computer Tens of...
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The Semiconductor Ecosystem – Explained
The last year has seen a ton written about the semiconductor industry: chip shortages, the CHIPS Act , our dependence on Taiwan and TSMC ,...
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Save the Date! the 5th Lean Innovation Educators Summit
SAVE THE DATE for the 5th Lean Innovation Educators Summit on The Role of Educators and the University in Building Sustainable and...
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What’s Plan B? – The Small, the Agile, and the Many
This post previously appeared in the Proceedings of the Naval Institute . One of the most audacious and bold manifestos for the future of...