Costas Papaikonomou is one of the founders of Happen.com, one of the fastest growing creative innovation agencies of the 21st century. A career in innovation – studying, dreaming, creating, researching and realizing new products. It’s been an amazing journey, playing in the birth chambers of mass market multinationals. Nevertheless he’s quite grumpy.

Why are so many brilliant ideas culled before they’ve had a chance to shine in the real world?

Why are so many awful ideas pushed throug...

“A key reading for leaders that outlines how to effectively innovate for the future and boost growth, while running the core business.” - Alex Osterwalder, Co-author of Business Model Generation.

Tendayi Viki is nominated for the Thinkers50.

'The Corporate Startup' has won an Axiom Business Book Awards 2019 Gold Medal and the CMI Management Book of the Year Award 2018 in the category 'Innovation and entrepreneurship'.

The Corporate Startup is a practical guide for established companies th...

Innovate or die! How do you achieve long-term growth in a highly competitive business environment? Many established companies are facing a similar challenge. Sales from existing products is declining and the urgency to innovate the existing business and create new businesses is bigger than ever. Scale as a competitive advantage is no longer sufficient to compensate for the slow speed of corporate innovation. We need to leverage the organizations scale and assets and combine this with the spee...

The words ‘technology’ and ‘innovation’ are almost automatically linked with American companies like Google, Apple, Facebook, Tesla or Amazon in most people’s minds. But this association has created a huge blind spot in the West.

While the world focuses on what is happening in Silicon Valley, the Chinese innovation train has left the station and is moving forward at high speed. Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent are the well-known standard-bearers of this fast and furious innovation surge, ...

Are you tired of being stuck in the mundane routine of a 9-to-5 job? Do you crave a more flexible and balanced lifestyle that allows you to be your own boss? Well, look no further than "Unshackled: How to Become a Lifestyle Entrepreneur."

This comprehensive guide is your ultimate resource for lifestyle entrepreneurship. It's packed with practical strategies, real-life success stories, and valuable insights on various freelance opportunities, such as graphic design, consulting, and e-commerce....