requires collaboration across the business.
People who do not work on projects on a
day to day can see opportunities or pick
up issues that project managers would not.
Adopting a collaborative model is what
propelled P&G to be a global innovation
leader. Just google, ‘How P&G tripled its
innovation Success.’
“Breaking an old business model is always
going to require leaders to follow their
instinct. There will always be persuasive
reasons not to take a risk. But if you only
do what worked in the past, you will wake
up one day and find that you’ve been
passed by.”
Business models innovation is turning
out to be a game changer in how firms
innovate. Organizations that have been
bold enough to change their business
model have reaped bountifully. Good
examples include Uber, Airbnb, Nespresso,
and Netflix
“You may hate gravity, but gravity doesn't
care.”
Competitiveness is far more about doing
what customers value than doing what
you think you're good at. How many times
do we justify new business opportunities
based on existing business lenses? As
a result, we force-fit new products or
services to consumers who do not care.
The result is failure.
Personal Life Quotes
“I had thought the destination was what
was important, but it turned out it was the
journey.”
“If you defer investing your time and
energy until you see that you need to,
chances are it will already be too late.”
“People under-invest in family because it
doesn't pay off until the long term. The
single most important factor in our long-
term happiness is the relationships we have
with our family and close friends.”
“If the decisions you make about where
you invest your blood, sweat, and tears are
not consistent with the person you aspire
to be, you’ll never become that person.”
“The only way to be truly satisfied is to do
what you believe is great work. And the
only way to do great work is to love what
you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep
looking.”
“What you need is a fundamental humility
- the belief that you can learn from
anyone.”
“In your life, there are going to be constant
demands for your time and attention. How
are you going to decide which of those
demands gets resources? The trap many
people fall into is to allocate their time to
whoever screams loudest, and their talent
to whatever offers them the fastest reward.
That’s a dangerous way to build a strategy.”
Bringing it all together
Clayton Christensen was not only a
successful professor and an accomplished
author but a father, husband and friend
to many. It is refreshing to know that we
can achieve greatness at work and in our
personal lives.
He challenges our pursuit of success in
this quote, “It's actually really important
that you succeed at what you're succeeding
at, but that isn't going to be the measure
of your life.”
How will you measure your own life?
Senorine Wasike is an innovation
catalyst with over 10 years’
experience in FMCG, currently
working as the Senior Innovations
Manager at Kenya Breweries
Limited. You can commune with
her on this or related matters via
email at: Senorine.Wasike@gmail.
com.
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