Moneyball – a movie about disruptive innovation
On the surface of it, the movie Moneyball is about baseball. But it is also a great movie about disruptive innovation too. The film is based on Michael Lewis’s 2003 nonfiction book of the same name,...
View ArticleDollar Shave Club shows that no company is safe from disruption
Dollar Shave Club – the quirky, cheeky in-your-face US razor subscription service, was recently sold to Unilever for $1 billion. That a lot for an e-commerce business that’s just 5 years old and has...
View ArticleBlackberry is finally no more
The classic business school bell-curve. At one stage, Blackberry was the hottest brand in South Africa. Every kid wanted to own the device which was a symbol of the new mobile age. But Blackberry was...
View ArticleProof that your connections determine your success
The system is rigged. You’ve probably heard that being said somewhere recently… and it’s safe to assume that half of you vehemently agreed with that statement – and the other half chuckled a bit. Well,...
View ArticleFuture News: 5 Things you need to know this Friday, 24 February 2017
In this week’s news from the future: An Australian consortium has just launched the world’s first digital energy marketplace for rooftop solar – effectively making ideas around central...
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