Leapfrog leadership in nutshell

1. 21st
Century
Innova0on:
New
Opportuni0es
for
Leadership
and
Leapfrog
Mel
Horwitch
Dean
and
University
Professor
CEU
Business
School
September
5,
2014

2. The
Pessimism
Trap
(1)
It’s
High
Time
for
a
New
Public
Discourse

3. The
Pessimism
Trap
(2):
Rankings
The
Problem
With
Snapshots

4. Stuck:
Macro-­‐Reality?
Source:
Global
Innova0on
Index
2014

5. Source:
Global
Innova0on
Index
2014

6. How
We
Frame
Our
World
Has
Implica0ons:
Stages
of
Development
Source:
Global
Compe00veness
Index
2014-­‐2015

7. An
Endless
Loop
With
the
Same
Cast
of
Characters?
Source:
Global
Innova0on
Index
2014

8. But
is
this
True?
Are
there
just
winners
and
losers
in
the
race
to
for
value
Crea0on…..and
is
the
gap
geSng
larger?

9. Viewing
the
World
Via
Global
Ci0es:
Does
that
Help?
Source:
AT
Kearney
Global
Ci0es
Index
2014

10. In
fact,
this
appears
to
an
era
belonging
to
smart
small
countries
and
smart
ciKes
and
metropols
• Switzerland
• Singapore
• Israel
• Denmark
• Taiwan
• Hong
Kong
• Estonia
• Sweden

11. “CiKes
of
Opportunity”
Criteria:
• Intellectual
capital
&
innova0on
• Technology
readiness
• City
gateway
• Transporta0on
&
infrastructure
• Health,
safety
&
security
• Sustainability
&
natural
environment
• Demographics
&
livability
• Economic
Clout
• Ease
of
doing
business
• Cost
Source:
Ci0es
of
Opportunity
6,
PwC,
2014

12. “CiKes
of
Opportunity”
Are
Everywhere
Source:
Ci0es
of
Opportunity
6,
PwC,
2014

13. Some
Fundamentals-­‐Need
to
Move
to
a
Knowledge-­‐Driven
Economy
Source:
OECD
Science,
Technology
and
Industry
Scoreboard
2013

14. Some
Fundamentals:
The
New
Geography
of
Innova0on
Source:
OECD
Science,
Technology
and
Industry
Scoreboard
2013

15. Some
Fundamentals:
Job
Growth
Depends
on
New
Firms
Source:
OECD
Science,
Technology
and
Industry
Scoreboard
2013

16. Surprises
and
Resiliency:
Small
Na0ons
&
Ci0es
(1):
The
Saga
of
Sea[le

17. Surprises
and
Resiliency:
Small
Na0ons
&
Ci0es
(2)
Lagos,
Nigeria
&
the
Rise
of
Nollywood

18. Surprises/Resiliency-­‐
Small
Na0ons
&
Ci0es
(3):
Shenzhen

19. Strategy’s
New
Macro
Fron0er−Nurturing
Innova0on
Ecosystems:
How
Societal
in
Scope
Can
this
be
Applied?
• The
“Japanese
Century”
that
never
was.
During
the
1980s
Japan
(and
a
few
other
na0ons)
a[empted
to
apply
no0ons
of
business
strategy
to
the
na0on
state,
especially
targe0ng
winners.
Ul0mately,
with
the
impact
of
the
Internet
revolu0on,
this
a[rac0on
and
power
of
this
idea
diminished
considerably.

20. Strategy’s
New
Macro
Fron0er−Nurturing
Innova0on
Ecosystems:
How
Societal
in
Scope
Can
• However,
this
be
Applied?
(Con0nued)
a
new
macro
strategy
fron=er
is
emerging.
Na0ons
may
be
able
to
learn
from
firm-­‐based
strategy
today.
Like
pacese@ng
firms,
socie=es
should
explicitly
encourage
and
nurture
innova=on
ecosystems,
where
the
emphasis
is
on
community
building,
fast
collabora=on
and
opportuni=es
to
assemble-­‐disassemble-­‐reassemble−
locally,
regionally
and
globally.
Innovation Ecosystems in Smart Grid Strategy, Circa 2010
GE IBM Cisco
Source: Ari Ginsberg, Mel Horwitch, Subhendu Mahapatra, Chhavi Singh,“Ecosystem Strategies for Complex Technological
Innovation: The Case of Smart Grid Development,” PICMET ’10 Conference Proceedings, July 18-22, 2010

21. A
Macro-­‐Strategy
for
the
21st
Century:
•
Aim
for
the
Hard-­‐to
Imitate
(At
Least
for
a
While)
Spaces
Where
the
Mul0pliers
are
Greatest
•
Cul0vate
the
Ul0mate
Knowledge
Resources:
•
At
the
Individual
(and
Ins=tu=onal)
Levels:
•
Passion,
Crea0vity
and
Commitment
But
Underpinned
at
the
Same
Time
by:
•
World-­‐Class
Management,
Professionalism
and
Sophis0ca0on
•
At
the
Societal
Level:
Nurture
and
Leverage
Powerful
Innova0on
Ecosystems
Linked
with
Other
Ecosystems
Nearby
and
Far
Away

22. A
Prac=cal
Example
for
Developing
Such
Forward-­‐Thinking
&
Ac=ng
“Dual”
Individuals
and
Thereby
for
Nurturing
a
Powerful
Innova=on
Ecosystem
in
Hungary

23. Global
Entrepreneurship
Fellows
Program
Budapest-­‐Based,
Global
in
Scope
gef.ceubusiness.org
Ø Serves
a
key
gap
in
the
CEE
entrepreneurship
ecosystem:
how
to
scale
and
go
global
Ø Serves
already
proven
entrepreneurs
Ø Adds
professional
global
management
to
the
required
repertoire
of
of
the
21st
century
entrepreneur
Ø And
all
this
can
be
taught
Ø CEU
Business
School
is
developing
GEF
with
in
partners
from
industry
Ø Aims
to
help
develop
CEE's
finest
entrepreneurs
into
global
business
leaders
as
well
Ø Doing
so
is
impera0ve
for
CEE
to
be
compe00ve
in
the
21st
Century

24. Design
thinking
behind
GEF:
• Combines
new
thinking
and
ac0on
learning
• Learn
from
successful
global
entrepreneurs,
execu0ves
in
established
mul0na0onals,
relevant
scholars,
and
each
other!
gef.ceubusiness.org
Structure
of
GEF:
Ø Part
One
(Oct
9-­‐
Nov
19):
Founda=onal
knowledge
and
illustra0ons
and
London
study
tour
Ø Part
Two
(Nov
26-­‐
Dec
10):
Applied
project
Part
Three
(Dec
17):
Jury
presenta=ons
and
assessment
Ø Part
Four
(June,
2015):
Update
presenta=ons
on
implementa=on
results

25. Some
Final
Thoughts
• New
and
Essen0al
Role
for
Business
Schools
in
the
Twenty-­‐
First
Century
(Business
Schools
Are,
Almost
By
Defini0on,
Flexible,
Mul0-­‐Disciplinary,
Pragma0c,
Teaching
as
Well
as
Research-­‐Driven,
Neutral
Zones,
Hubs,
Magnets,
and
They
Must
Be
Adap0ve,
Market-­‐Driven)
Statement
of
Opinion:
World-­‐Class
Business
Schools
on
the
Ground
Are
Essen=al
for
World-­‐Class
Clusters
of
Innova=on
• Who
Assumes
the
Mantle
of
Leadership
in
this
New
World?
It’s
Not
all
that
Predetermined
Anymore.
Instead,
it’s
Up
for
Grabs
• Not
so
Silly
Ques0on:
Why
Can’t
Hungary
Be
More
Like
a
“Switzerland”?
• What
kind
of
Leadership
is
required?
• All
this
May
Represent
a
Pathway
for
Leapfrog?