This the eighteenth of a series of weekly posts where I will answer a few common questions about innovation. Please feel free to add your own response. Also, if you have any questions you think we should discuss, let me know. On Tuesday, I had the opportunity to interview the authors of The Innovators DNA. [...]
What are the most important things you can do to speed and improve the creative process?
January 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment
This the fourteenth of a series of weekly posts where I will answer a few common questions about innovation. Please feel free to add your own response. Also, if you have any questions you think we should discuss, let me know. This is an interesting question. Here are a few thoughts on how you can [...]
VIDEO: The Process of Animation by Walt Disney Studios and The Simpsons
January 9, 2013 By 1 Comment
Here is the video from the conference we held at our office two months ago. Edwin Aguilar, Assistant Director at The Simpsons, and Jose Zelaya, Character Designer at Walt Disney Studios, talk about the Process of Animation to a large audience at IOS Offices Tijuana.
A signal that you won’t ever innovate
November 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Last weekend my company, Blu Maya, held a small conference at our office building. The theme of the conference was the process of animation. The event was great, but it could have been even better. Here’s why… One thing that stood out for me the most, was how most people don’t go to conferences/talks unless [...]
From Script to End: The Process of Animation
October 30, 2012 By 3 Comments
Blu Maya and IOS Offices is proud to bring you two pioneers in the art of animation for the first time together on one stage to show and talk to you about how they do it: Walt Disney Studios and The Simpsons. I’m proud to say that this is the first time an event like [...]
The first innovation principle non-innovators must embrace
October 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
I’ve mentioned this before, but it is worth mentioning again: anything can be reimagined. And I think this is a key innovation principle non-innovators must embrace. In practice, what does this mean? For an example, read the text below: The ice cream scoop has gone through different iterations. Yet, it isn’t perfect. Why is that? [...]
