Product Description
by David E. Ulmer (Author)
The Innovator's Extinction is a unique view of the challenges facing true innovators in the midst of corporate culture, along with tactical tips and tricks to overcome the white blood cells designed to seek out and destroy business innovation. The lessons described are the result of years of trial-by-fire experience in some of the world's largest firms, by a true corporate intrapreneur, with the scars and successes to prove it. You'll be learning both the day to day tactics and overarching strategies to effect change and success in your fight for survival. Just as the body is designed, in its very DNA, to ward off foreign bodies and unfamiliar organisms, corporations follow the same genetic traits. Organ rejection. Antibodies. Fear of extinction. These natural survival instincts are exactly what first help corporations succeed, and then kill off and stifle any attempts to adapt and change, and ultimately lead to a company's extinction. The Innovator's Extinction will clearly and simply apply the lessons of evolution, extinction, adaptation, and the survival of mindless, spineless, single-celled organisms to serve as both an example and a warning to all corporate disrupters and innovators, and give you the tools to survive and thrive. "It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but rather the one most adaptable to change." - Charles Darwin
Author Biography
Dave Ulmer comes to the world of innovation through a long career of creating and launching multiple new businesses and products, both within large multinational corporations as well as within startups. He was recently the Managing Director of New Growth Businesses and Head of Global Cloud Business, for SingTel, Southeast Asia's largest and most successful telecommunications company reaching over 460 million broadband, wireless, and digital TV subscribers across 25 countries. Dave was responsible for driving new businesses and service innovations with a focus on anywhere, anytime, anything experiences. Dave previously led digital media transformations at LG Electronics where he was Global Vice President, Content & Services, Motorola Mobility as Senior Director, Mobile Media & Entertainment, and as the original founder of Roxio, the company that revolutionized the music and CD recording industries. Management consultant, entrepreneur, radio personality, and a sought after speaker, Dave has enjoyed a career of passionately driving strategy, new business models, and breakthrough new consumer media services that change the game and shake up the status quo.
