

Innovation + Social Impact = Social Innovation: The Prahalad Awards approach
Not all innovations are created equal. Most frequently, innovation is associated with technology in new, profitable, and even...
Dec 29, 20213 min read
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Reintent or Reinvent? Performance in Post-Pandemic scenarios
“Never let a crisis go to waste” Paul Romer “Wei ji” is the Chinese ideogram for both danger and opportunity. Those two opposites stand...
Jan 18, 20217 min read
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Proximity economic development: a new challenge for Barcelona
Heterogeneity in cities like Barcelona requires replacing a uniformizing approach with another one that takes into account, when it comes...
Feb 18, 20201 min read
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Where’s the client? – Keeping Sharing business models honest & sustainable
“Because end-users access our platform for free and we have no performance obligation to end-users, end-users are not our customers.”...
May 8, 20195 min read
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Global, Multinational or International?
Trading products and client experiences across cultural boundaries creates two-way[1] “waves of culture[2]”, forcing international...
Apr 19, 20196 min read
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Roger Kaufman Awards 2019: Civil society, Megarregions, Market-making innovation
The 2019 Roger Kaufman Awards went to new categories of social impact: Civil Society Organizations (Never Again Rwanda), Mega regions...
Apr 18, 20194 min read
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Barcelona "super-blocks": back to the future
Barcelona has launched a radical proposal for transforming the city towards a greener, healthier environment, by creating car-free,...
Apr 12, 20192 min read
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From "Performance Improvement" to system's approach: the New Orleans case.
This year's the traditional International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI) Conference will take place in a city that is a case...
Mar 26, 20192 min read
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From "reducing poverty" to creating prosperity: the power of market-making innovation
The Prosperity Paradox (Christensen, Efosa & Dillon, 2019) discusses a critical component for successfully moving people and communities...
Mar 23, 20193 min read
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Mid-size cities: the hidden renewal force
Urbanists and city planners often look "up" to the mega-cities for keys to success -or even failure-. New York, Chicago or San Francisco,...
Mar 23, 20193 min read
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