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Agile Innovation Framework

The Agile Innovation Framework

“You can’t predict the future, but you can create it.” I’ve created multiple version of an Agile Innovation Framework to help leaders reimagine how to create and capture value for their Future Business. I also wanted to help make innovation a team sport. I found that business leaders and technology leaders could easily talk past …

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AI Capabilities Summary for Leaders

AI Capabilities Summary for Leaders

“Some people call this artificial intelligence, but the reality is this technology will enhance us. So instead of artificial intelligence, I think we’ll augment our intelligence.” —Ginni Rometty What kinds of things can AI (Artificial Intelligence) do?  That’s one of the first things I wanted to know when I dove into AI a while back. …

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How To Brainstorm Better with Information Models

“The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas.” – Linus Pauling I wanted to share a simple way to brainstorm and come up with more scenarios for digital transformation. There are a lot of very simple ways to come up with more scenarios.  But the real trick is to …

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Vision Narrative Memo Example–The Rise of the Business Evangelist at Microsoft

“What is coming is better than what is gone.” — Arabic Proverb Here’s an example of a vision memo I wrote to try and paint the vision and idea of business evangelism at Microsoft as a way to accelerate and de-risk Digital Transformation. Well, it’s really focused on the idea of building the business innovation …

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How Satya Nadella Outlined the Future of Microsoft in an Email

“A leader must see the external opportunities and the internal capability and culture—and all of the connections among them—and respond to them before they become obvious parts of the conventional wisdom.” ― Satya Nadella Down below is a version of Satya Nadella’s famous email that has been shared on the Web many times. I think …

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I am J.D. Meier. I help you unleash your greatest impact. Former head coach for Satya Nadella's innovation team. 25 years of Microsoft. Learn more...

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