Stranova
Interviews exploring the intersection of Strategy and Innovation.
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Interactive Innovation
Stranova Strategic Edge, Vol. 8, Published April 24, 2006. For most of the modern era, business innovation has been a closely-guarded trust, conducted by an elite group of innovators within the corporation. In the past thirty years, weve seen this expand to include cross-company product or servic …
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A Passion for Coffee, with Filipino Entrepreneur Steve Benitez
Stranova Vol. 18, published April 10, 2006. Our guest this week is Steve Benitez, founder and CEO of Bos Coffee Club, the first ever Philippine specialty coffee shop chain. In this episode, youll hear how it isnt always as simple as youd think to transfer a successful business idea from one co …
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Stranova Strategic Edge: The 20 Year Syndrome
Stranova Strategic Edge, Vol. 7, Published April 3, 2006. "The 20 Year Syndrome: Why Some Initially-Successful Companies Don't Survive Past their 20th Anniversary". Back in the 1970s, a major study of modern business concluded that most corporations cant survive past twenty years of existence. …
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The Global Earth Observation System of Systems, with Vice Admiral Conrad R. Lautenbacher, Jr.
Stranova Vol. 17, published March 27, 2006. "The Global Earth Observation System of Systems", with NOAA Administrator Retired Vice-Admiral Conrad Lautenbacher, Jr. In this episode, we talk about the Global Earth Observation System of Systems, a massive project linking together over 60 countries …
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All in Your Mind: The New Brain Theories & Computing
Stranova Strategic Edge, Vol. 6, Published March 20, 2006. Computers have for many years been designed with a brute force approach to handling more and more complex problems, leveraging the ready availability of faster and more complex microprocessors without making any fundamental change in the …
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All in Your Mind: The New Brain Theory & Computing
Stranova Strategic Edge, Vol. 5, Published March 20, 2006. Computers have for many years been designed with a brute force approach to handling more and more complex problems, leveraging the ready availability of faster and more complex microprocessors without making any fundamental change in the …
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Stikipad & The New Wave of Internet Businesses
Stranova Vol. 16, published March 13, 2006. Stikipad & the New Wave of Internet Businesses", with Stikipad founders Jonathan George and Matthew DeWaal. The Dot Com bubble may have blown up in the face of some investors, but the Internet business boom is only just getting started. This week our …
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The Bird Flu Business
Stranova Strategic Edge, Vol. 5, Published March 6, 2006. The deadly Avian Flu strain H5N1 has spread rapidly since its first major appearance back in 2003. Some estimates suggest that over 200 million birds worldwide may have the virus, and the disease is beginning to make small leaps to infect …
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Cross-Company Mentoring for Women Executives
Stranova Vol. 15, published February 27, 2006. Cross-Company Mentoring for Women Executives, with Menttium CEO Lynn Sontag. Having a strong mentor consistently comes up as one of the most important factors in any business individual achieving long-term success. Menttiums programs help rising w …
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Stranova Strategic Edge: Computer Graphics and the Globalization of Information Technology
Stranova Strategic Edge, Vol. 4, Published February 20, 2006. The estimated $50 billion computer animation industry is changing rapidly from being a predominantly U.S.-dominated business to one carried out successfully all over the world. In this episode, we examine the forces that have made this …
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Creating a Market for Non-Cash Currencies, with Joel Hodroff
Stranova Vol. 14, February 13, 2006. Our guest this episode is Mr. Joel Hodroff, CEO and Founder of DualCurrency Systems, an innovative venture that allows people to "trade items like frequent flyer miles and health care benefits in a new kind of business network. Through the concept of Universal …
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Dual Currency Systems, with Joel Hodroff
Stranova Vol. 14, February 13, 2006. Our guest this episode is Mr. Joel Hodroff, CEO and Founder of DualCurrency Systems, an innovative venture that allows people to "trade items like frequent flyer miles and health care benefits in a new kind of business network. Through the concept of Universal …
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Stranova Strategic Edge: Harvesting the Promise of the Human Genome Project
Stranova Strategic Edge, Vol. 3, Published February 6, 2006. Now that the first complete mapping of the Human Genome structure is in place, the pharmaceutical and medical industries are rushing to leverage this incredible database to cure previously incurable diseases and enhance our overall way of …
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Tipu Ake ki te Ora, with Peter Goldsbury
Stranova Vol. 13, January 30, 2006. This week our guest is Peter Goldsbury, coordinator of the Tipu Ake team, from New Zealand. In this episode, we explore the concept of Tipu Ake ki te Ora: "growing from within ever upwards towards wellbeing", the basis for an "organic" leadership model for inno …
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Tipu Ake ki te Ora, with Peter Goldsbury and Chris Eketone
Stranova Vol. 13, January 30, 2006. This week our guests are Peter Goldsbury, coordinator of the Tipu Ake team, and Chris Eketone, chairman of the Te Whaiti school board, both from New Zealand. In this episode, we explore the concept of Tipu Ake ki te Ora: "growing from within ever upwards toward …
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Stranova Strategic Edge: The Impact of Internet Telephony
Stranova Strategic Edge, Vol. 2, Published January 23, 2006. As broadband and wireless internet services are more widely available, the related "WiFi" wireless antennae covering much larger distances, cities across the world setting up large-scale "free" wireless computer networks, and bandwidths o …
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Work and Play, with Jenny Ward
Stranova Vol. 12, January 16, 2006. This episode of Stranova features guest Jenny Ward, CEO of Playward, on how her company brings play and creativity back into our Corporate Lives. There's two ways to explore this episode of Stranova: as an insight into how one unique entrepreneur has found …
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Stranova Strategic Edge: The Home Media - Internet Convergence
Stranova Strategic Edge, Vol. 1, Published January 8, 2006. Its been tried with limited degrees of success before, but 2006 looks to be the year when a very tight integration of home entertainment media and the internet will indeed come to pass. Our Mini Podcast explores the strategic innovatio …
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Leaders Leading Leaders, with Jeff Spahn
Stranova Vol. 11, Published January 2, 2006, features Jeff Spahn, developer of the "Leaders Leading Leaders" consulting practice, on changing the way we as leaders work with each other - in a new and innovative way. For the those of us who learned leadership as a relationship where we lead and t …
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The Business Of Christmas, with Santa & Mrs. Claus
Stranova Vol. 10, Published December 18, 2005, features Santa and Mrs. Claus, in an exclusive interview direct from the North Pole. For this episode of Stranova, you'll have the rare opportunity to hear the original "entrepreneurs" behind "The Christmas Business" share how it all began and their ch …
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