Innovation and Change
Steve Jobs said once that his model for business was The Beatles: “They were four guys who kept each other’s kind of negative tendencies in check. They balanced each other, and the total was greater than the sum of the parts” (60 Minutes, CBS, 2003). This is also the idea behind Corporate Venturing, great things happen…
Strategy
Sharing in cities is not a new idea. In fact, cities emerged as an instrument for taking advantage of the benefits of agglomeration and they are the primary point where communities share: from communal spaces and shared infrastructure, to homes and public services. However, in recent years, collaborative initiatives have multiplied and expanded at an…
Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
The interest in releasing relevant business information (Corporate Disclosure) has grown extraordinarily in the last decade. As with other issues, such interest was preceded by notorious scandals with severe consequences for the companies involved. There is also, however, a significant ethical dimension. We all remember cases like Volkswagen, caught lying about the very real emissions…
Leadership and People Management
A heading in one of our most prestigious newspapers read, “Are the leaks on Trump officials linked with Russia whistle blowing or political warfare?” I don’t know the answer to this question, but it is interesting to reflect a little on what happened recently. I believe that Donald Trump, who has been president for about…