In Out-innovate the Competition, we show you how to develop good ideas fast. But that alone is not enough; we also show you how to validate that ideas are worth pursuing before making significant investments in further development of these ideas.We call the method The Innovation Sprint.An Innovation Sprint is a four-day focused effort to translate user or customer problems and needs, into an idea, that can be tested, to validate if the idea is desirable, feasible, and viabl...

SECOND EDITIONCompeting in a digital future describes an innovation-driven, digital transformation and business agility method for industrial age organizations. The intended audience for the book is business leaders who need to drive the transformation and managers and technical experts who will make transforming the business a reality.The book outlines a simple process that any organization can use to see rapid results, fully becoming a corporate citizen of...

Dit is die middel van die twintigste eeu. Net soos die Vaalrivier in vloed die dorpie Koukonap bedreig, bly die Fourie-gesin se lewens ook nie onaangeraak deur groter kragte nie. Lood en Lenie het hulle teësinnig hier kom vestig. Daar is hul seun Dries, gedurig in sy kano die rivier aan’t verken, en sy twee broers. Ênie Malmok en Japie Tarentaal van die Breipaal-lokasie. Oupa Sarel, wat dalk net ʼn regte, egte Boereheld was. Die Davels oorkant die draad. Dik Dawid Daneel en Mank Manie Wolma...

VeriSM: Unwrapped and Applied, the second volume within the VeriSM series, extends the information in the first volume VeriSM: A Service Management Approach for the Digital Age. It shows how VeriSM applies to the digitally transforming organization. This includes information around what digital transformation is, approaches to digital transformation and its implications for the entire organization, especially the people. The book explains how to use the VeriSM model, describing the steps t...

VeriSM: Unwrapped and Applied, the second volume within the VeriSM series, extends the Foundation information to application within the digitally transforming organization. Concrete information around what a digital transformation &quote;looks like&quote; and its implications for the entire organization, especially the people, is the focus of the first half of the book. How to strategically design and deliver the necessary organizationally-wide changes is carefully presented with supportin...