It’s an irony of fate that Andy Grove died last Monday just as Adobe’s Digital Marketing Summit was kicking off in Las Vegas. Adobe is (or likes to think of itself as) the poster child for our thoroughly digitized economy and culture, all of which would be unthinkable without Grove — that is, without Intel,… read more >
As I write this I’m on the way to the Global Drucker Forum in Vienna. In honor of Peter Drucker, this fifth annual gathering brings together the bigs and the wigs of management consulting and practice, including Clayton Christensen, Gary Hamel, Rita McGrath, and John Hagel III. Can management manage its own Great Transformation? The… read more >
With $115 billion in revenue, over 170,000 employees, and 76 million customers, Allianz SE is the largest insurance company in the world and the 11th largest financial services firm. Founded in 1890 and now operating in over 70 countries, this enormous enterprise has survived world wars, the San Francisco earthquake, the Great Depression, and Cats‘… read more >
The Annals of Disruption Denial, Part 1 The uproar has died down. Twitter searches for “Lepore” are again dominated by the antics of the one named Chris, the “Vine celebrity” and recently convicted felon. But the one named Jill (no relation, and she doesn’t even appear to have a Twitter account, so you can forget… read more >
