Lessons in strategic agility from two Drucker Forum thought leaders

Abstract

Purpose

Provides lessons in strategic agility from the presentations of two Drucker Forum thought leaders at the annual conference in Vienna in November.

Design/methodology/approach

Summarizes the Drucker Forum conference presentations of Steve Blank, a Silicon Valley serial-entrepreneur, and Professor Carlota Pérez.

Findings

Blank warns that, “Companies and government organizations are discovering that innovation activities without a defined innovation pipeline are likely to result in innovation theater.” 10; 10;Pérez believes the world has an historic opportunity to turn our environmental problems into economic solutions.

Practical implications

Pérez warns “Business is trapped in the illusion that a minimal state is always best.”

Originality/value

Steve Denning highlights paradigm shifting lessons that Blank and Pérez have to offer managers.

Citation

Denning, S. (2018), "Lessons in strategic agility from two Drucker Forum thought leaders", Strategy & Leadership, Vol. 46 No. 2, pp. 11-18. https://doi.org/10.1108/SL-12-2017-0136