How do digital ecosystems defend their business?
Many of the most valuable public companies, like Google, Alibaba, and Amazon, are digital platforms. Valuable startups, such…
Ecosystems Inc.
Managing the excess of ecosystems
In 2013, game developers Ziba Scott and Alex Schwartz set out to create a very bad game. This might seem…
Project-based ecosystems
7th February 2014, 20:14, Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi, Russia: 2.1 billion people are watching Vladislav Tretiak, an all star ice hockey player,…
Ecosystem maturity and the stepping stone strategy
One of the great puzzles in business is why some entrepreneurs benefit…
The end of strategy in business ecosystems?
There has finally been a consensus among strategy scholars that a new era demands a new way of organizing business…
From vertical to horizontal: unleashing change through ecosystems
In my Still Moving: How to Lead Mindful Change, I write of the changing context for change in today’s world: the collapse …
Ecosystems as an engine for innovation and learning
The acceleration of industry change, as measured in shorter S-curve periods, and the profound changes that are taking place …
Gorillas can dance: partnering effectively with innovative small firms in ecosystems
Over a decade ago, I wrote an article titled “Dancing with gorillas” with Julian Birkinshaw about …
The age of community capitalism
We first visited Haier headquarters in Qingdao, China in 2017 and enjoyed an extended conversation with …
The growth ecosystem
As the weeks went by during the COVID-19 pandemic, and most countries were shutdown …
