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Lessons from Porsche: Why Strategy Must Be Built to Learn, Not Just to Declare

  • Posted by Dan Toma
  • On 31/12/2025
Disruption is rarely about technology itself. What truly disrupts companies is the speed at which markets, customer expectations, and competitive dynamics change—and whether an organization can adapt at the same pace. As the saying goes, “if the speed on the outside is greater than the speed on the inside, the end is near.” Porsche’s recent struggles illustrate this clearly. The challenge was not electrification as a concept, but over-committing to a strategic path before customer desirability was fully validated. By the time real feedback emerged, capital had already been locked in, limiting strategic flexibility. In an environment defined by constant change, strategy can no longer be a static declaration. It must be treated as a series of testable assumptions—designed to learn quickly, adapt continuously, and align innovation with real customer demand.
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From Vision to Value: Why Innovation Strategy Must Be More Than a Strategic Pillar

  • Posted by Cris Beswick
  • On 16/12/2025
In many organisations, innovation gets declared a strategic priority yet still fails to deliver real value because leaders can’t explain how innovation tangibly advances core business goals. Despite widespread agreement that innovation is essential, executives often lack strategic clarity on linking innovation efforts to outcomes like competitive advantage, growth, or operational performance.
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Three Reasons to keep Investing in Ideas not Aligned with Strategy

  • Posted by Dan Toma
  • On 12/11/2025
Smart leaders know that strategy and innovation must align—but sometimes growth demands exceptions. Learn when to invest beyond the plan.
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Growing out of a crisis: five strategy lessons from Garmin

  • Posted by Dan Toma
  • On 13/06/2025
When disruption hit, Garmin didn’t try to outmuscle its competitors—it outlearned them. By turning R&D into a tool for exploration rather than just execution, Garmin used innovation to test new markets, understand shifting customer behaviors, and validate its next growth curve. Its pivot to wearables wasn’t a gamble; it was a strategic evolution rooted in experimentation, learning, and focus.
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Building Strategy as a Series of Experiments

  • Posted by Dan Toma
  • On 09/06/2025
Forward-thinking companies are replacing rigid roadmaps with continuous experimentation—treating strategy not as a fixed plan, but as a series of testable hypotheses. This shift enables faster learning, smarter decisions, and tighter alignment between innovation and strategy—essential for thriving in uncertainty.
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What Is The Role Of Strategy?

  • Posted by Dan Toma
  • On 06/05/2025
It took the telephone 75 years to reach 1 million users. Television did it in about 13 years. Netflix reached the same milestone in just 3.5 years—and ChatGPT did it in only 5 days. We are living in a world where the pace of change and the speed at which information spreads are accelerating exponentially. […]
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Ways of Mapping Your Innovation Portfolio

  • Posted by Dan Toma
  • On 09/10/2024
Innovation-led growth, at its core, hinges on how resources are allocated; it’s not simply a matter of creativity or generating new ideas. The challenge lies in prioritizing a portfolio of initiatives in a way that aligns with a company’s strategic goals and prepares it for the future. Often, companies fall into the trap of using […]
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How to Reboot Your Innovation System

  • Posted by Cris Beswick
  • On 16/07/2024
Having written several books over the past decade and contributed small snippets of thought leadership or entire chapters to over a dozen other books, I still return to the book I wrote with Derek Bishop and Jo Geraghty of Culture Consultancy fame. Despite the world of corporate innovation seemingly moving on from when we wrote […]
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The Decline of Corporate Innovation Arms: Why It Makes Sense and How to Reconnect Innovation with Strategy

  • Posted by Dan Toma
  • On 20/06/2024
In recent years, numerous companies have made the decision to close their innovation arms. Notable examples from this year alone include Migros, ZF, SAP, FWD, and Walmart. At first glance, this trend might seem counterintuitive. After all, innovation is often touted as a crucial driver of growth and competitive advantage.  However, a new study by Boston Consulting Group […]
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Rallying organisations around forward-thinking innovation strategies

  • Posted by Dan Toma
  • On 05/09/2023
Outcome talks to Aleksandra Petkov-Georgieva from Raiffeisen Bank International about the challenges of building innovation capability and culture in large complex organisations, why chasing the radical isn’t always the best strategy and why organisational alignment is critical for driving meaningful change through innovation. Outcome: Many companies tend to discount more ‘adjacent’ innovation activity, i.e., activity more […]
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