One of the reasons people and organizations will never transform themselves is because they’re afraid of making mistakes. Either they never take risks, or they back out on the first sign something doesn’t work if they do make mistakes.
Category Archives: Creativity
Transform Your Customers, Don’t Just Serve Them
Do you or your organization lead its customers? Yes, lead. Not just serve them, but lead them. In other words: Do you look out for them? Do you demand of them when they don’t demand more of themselves? Do you transform them?
How Borderlanders Prepare Us For The Future
in Creativity, Innovation
My friend Rachel Christensen gave an insightful talk at TEDxTijuana titled Beyond Your Border, the story of borderlanders: those people whose lives exist in two countries and prepare us for the future!
Stan Lee: 3 Lessons To Unlock Your Inner Visionary
Illustration by Christian Laborin
We lost a great one! Stan Lee, the creator of Spider-Man, The Hulk, Fantastic 4, X-Men and other super-heroes died yesterday. He leaves a legacy of inspiration behind that will keep inspiring many more generations.
Most of his comic book characters have been adapted to film, creating a franchise that is shaping the world over.
Start With The User In Mind When Integrating New Technology Into A Process
Companies with a restricted view of innovation can miss opportunities to create new value for customers and themselves. The restriction is their perspective on innovation, like believing that technology by itself is innovation; it’s not.
How Does Playing Video Games *Actually* Affect Your Brain And Well-Being?
in Creativity
In my 11 years blogging here I may have written about my love for video games 3 to 5 times. Using those posts to highlight ways that game developers and designers push the boundaries of immersion.
4 Mistakes To Avoid When Hiring Innovators
I’ve talked at length about how companies aiming to attract innovators to their organization shoot themselves in the foot, because the culture they have doesn’t embrace innovation. Still, let’s ask: How do you hire innovators?
To help answer that question from the perspective of an innovator, the University of Texas conducted a study last year and they asked me to take part. They’ve yet to share the results with me, but I’m jumping the gun and sharing my thoughts with you.