Youngjin Yoo For the first time since the pandemic, I had a chance to travel back-to-back to Seoul and London. It was wonderful to be travel again to meet family and friends, to visit new places and enjoy local food and drinks. Below is a short video from my stay in London.
Right before we knew that the world was going to be taken over the virus, I gave a talk at Bremen University at their Diginomics Brownbag Seminar.
If you are interested in what I mean by “Digital First” strategy and what we are trying to do at xLab, please watch this 18-min presentation.
The primary reason I returned to Cleveland 2.5 years ago was a simple conviction that one of the biggest crises and opportunities of our time is the digital transformation of the old economy. What we have seen so far is just the end of the beginning. What we will see will likely come from the … Read more
We are surrounded by all sorts of sounds all the times. Some we choose; some we don’t. We set an alarm clock. We set up music playlist for our exercise. We choose podcasts for our commute. We play music for dinner parties. In between those moments, we have down time. We are surrounded by sound … Read more
Store One: Office Max I went to Office Max to pick up chairs that I ordered earlier. The store was almost empty. I was happy to see my chairs stacked up in the cash register area. I thought it would a quick stop at the cash register to pay for the chairs and leave. Perhaps 5 … Read more
This is my latest contribution to Beyond by the Weatherhead School. Re-imagining Our Cities With Digital Innovation Herbert A. Simon, the late management scientist and Nobel Laureate, argued that we are living in an “artificial” world, one that is shaped by man-made artifacts. Throughout human history, we have mobilized our collective power with increasingly powerful … Read more
얼마전 땅콩회항 사건으로 문제가 된 어느 재벌 집안의 자녀가 전문경영인으로 구색을 갖추기 위해서 내세운 것이 “디자인경영”이라고 한다. 디자인경영 전문가를 모셔다가 강의도 듣고, 디자인경영을 통해서 새로운 아이디어도 얻고 그런다는 내용의 기사이다. 그 기사를 읽다가 화가 났다. “디자인경영”이라는 내용을 연구하고 가르치는 사람으로 분노가 생긴다. 왜냐하면 디자인경영은 그냥 그렇게 폼 잡으라고 하는 게 아니기 때문이다. 디자인경영의 처음은 사람이다. … Read more
An HRB article I wrote with Kyungmook Kim, entitled “How Samsung Became A Design Powerhouse”, stirred up rather strong reactions from some of the readers. I feel that it is important respond to those criticism. Below is the reply that I posted on the HBR site. — The purpose of the article we wrote for … Read more
