Arkaro Insights

"One thing we can say for sure innovation outcomes do not just happen by chance, they need to be created, they need to be built. And it takes an effort. It takes a journey to be successful at the business of innovation. And so that's where having a sound innovation process comes in because a sound innovation process essentially helps you to what is almost invariably a very complex journey. "Today we are talking to Simone Arizzi on the importance of an innovation process.Simone is the Managing Director of Arizzi Technology & Innovation Consulting GmbH.   His company provides specialised consulting services on sustainability and innovation management topics to technology driven firms in several countries. Until 2020 he was regional CTO for DuPont for EMEA and Asia Pacific.  Based in Geneva, he was also the Managing Director of DuPont in Switzerland and President of DuPont Italiana.   Previously in his career he  held a variety of technology and business management positions in DuPont in the US and Europe. He holds a chemical engineering degree from the ETH in Zürich, and a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from MIT.To contact Arkaro go to our website www.arkaro.com and follow Arkaro on LinkedIn. 

"If you can answer "yes" to any of these questions what you have is probably a goal, or a plan, or a collection of goals and plans, or in the worst case clichés and truisms."Today we are talking with Peter Compo, author of the new book, The Emergent Approach to StrategyWith a doctorate in Chemical Engineering from the City College of New York, and also a musical background, he spent twenty-five years at E. I. DuPont in a wide range of leadership positions including product, marketing, supply chain, and business management, and he was the corporate lead for integrated business planning. He left the company after 25 years to work full time on developing the Emergent Approach. His mission is to help organizations achieve a new level of clarity in their strategy and to fully embrace the adaptive view of the world.Today we shall learn about the 5 disqualifiers of strategy.  To learn more read the Arkaro Insights article "Have you tested your strategy recently?" on www.arkaro.com

"You would think that there would be alignment on what is strategy amongst experts and practitioners and so forth but despite how much is written about it, and how much is spent on it, there really isn’t that much alignment"Today we are talking with Peter Compo, author of the new book, The Emergent Approach to StrategyWith a background in music, and a doctorate in Chemical Engineering from City College New York, Peter spent 25 years at E.I. DuPont in the US, where he held a wide range of leadership positions in marketing, supply chain, product, and business management. He left the company to work full-time on developing the Emergent Approach.  Despite all that has been written on strategy confusion on the definition remains. Pete summarises the 75 definitions he has identified and propose a solution.  To learn more see the Arkaro Insights article "What is the Definition of Strategy?" on www.arkaro.com and follow Arkaro on LinkedIn.