Corporate Entrepreneur
74 notes, 2012 to 2026 · page 1 of 8
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Why ambitious goals win
Ask a team to grow results by 2 percent and watch what happens. They work 2 percent harder. Longer hours. A few more calls. The same approach, pushed a …
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The 10-minute loan
A retail bank wanted to put AI into its personal-loan process. Underwriting a loan has five steps. Market the product. Take the application. Review and …
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Cost savings have a ceiling
Most AI business cases I see are about efficiency. Cut the support team. Reduce the hours. Trim the cost per ticket. Fine. Those gains are real. But they …
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IKEA deployed an AI chatbot, making 8,500 jobs obsolete
Nobody was fired. In 2021, IKEA rolled out a customer service chatbot called Billie. Over two years, Billie handled 47% of customer requests. The company …
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Resistance is a spec, not a symptom
The people in companies fighting against AI are the most valuable asset right now. I used to think resistance was the enemy of progress. Then I looked at what they were protecting.
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What’s your strategy for exponential change?
A company gave everyone a Copilot license: 10,000 seats, about 3.6 million euros a year. Three months later, only a few hundred users were active. AI needs a different playbook.
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How serious is your company about AI?
Are you using AI as an optimization tool, or as a transformation tool? The difference isn’t budget or ambition. It shows up in the projects you’re actually running.
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Corporate Innovation Strategy: Why 80% of Projects Fail (And How to Survive)
Let’s be honest about the job title. If you’re “head of innovation”, leading a corporate innovation strategy or a major transformation project, you’ve a target on …
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How to Decide on Strategic Projects: Why ROI Is Not Enough
ROI has become the default decision filter in most organizations. If a project has a strong return on investment, it moves forward. If it doesn’t, …
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HiPPO isn’t an evil dictator
The Highest Paid Person’s Opinion (HiPPO) appears when decisions default to the highest-ranking person’s opinion —regardless of data or expertise. And the …
