innovation force

When I get asked how I see business innovation, the image below is stuck in my mind! Let me explain as there is a critical paradox to understand... Francisco de Goya, Saturno devorando a su hijo (Saturn eating his son). I saw this painting for the first time, over ten years ago, at Museo del Prado, Madrid, and ever since, it has stuck with me as a way to represent the complexity of the business world. In the short-term, Saturn's strategy to swallow his offspring might succeed, yet, in the...