The future of innovation is about access not ownership Most organisations need to wake up to the idea that innovation is about access and collaboration, not ownership. There is a clear business case for recycling the abundance of technologies and outcomes of user and market experiments from adjacent industries. In the hyped start-up scene, everybody is looking to emulate asset light companies like Uber and Airbnb, who are leveraging the under-utilised assets of others. While on the social level, Facebook is indirectly telling the world that no one can own features but rather join in the collaborations that make those specify features great and better. But even though Open Innovation…
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Self Branding; Your Name is Your Brand.
When I was growing up, my father used to say that a name was the most important thing in a society. I now agree with him, your name is your brand, it speaks values for you before anyone sees you. “You are your own brand” I always say. My brand is PKahill, it speaks for me and I add value it. It is talked about, judged, tested, measured and documented every day; with all that I have learnt to nurture, care, cultivate and promote it. Before I learnt what self branding meant, I used to use a lot of names online on different blog platforms that now am faced with plagiarism.…
