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Hello my friend, welcome to the Game-Changer! A blog about innovation, new ideas and how the world is changing. I’m your host Jorge Barba, an Innovation Insurgent. You’re here because you’re interested in being or becoming a Game-Changer in everything you do. Let’s do it!

I’m CEO of Netek and I’m also the President of the Baja California Innovation Cluster.

I also work with startups and corporations. Need help reinventing your innovation capability, developing new growth platforms and revenue streams?

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Stop Chasing AI Productivity. Start Solving Constraints.

A business leader I spoke with recently described his company’s AI strategy in one sentence: “By the end of this quarter, we want to achieve a 10% uplift in productivity using AI.”

Jorge

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The Princesses Love Me

My niece Valeria is three years old. On Sunday, she wore Princess Aurora’s dress to Disneyland. There’s a spot on the side of the castle, easy to miss if you’re not looking for it, where Disney stations its princesses to meet children and take photos. My brother took her there. She met Ariel, Jasmine, and Cinderella. She spotted Snow White walking nearby. Each princess greeted her, looked at her, spoke to her.

Jorge

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Have You Tried?

When people tell me it can’t be done, I don’t ask why not. I ask: Have you tried?

Jorge

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Creativity, entrepreneurship, Innovation, Leadership

Bet On People With These Traits If You Want Innovation

by Jorge in Creativity, entrepreneurship, Innovation, Leadership

Innovation, that mythical activity that results in both incremental and exponential progress gets a lot of attention in the business press. From small business leaders to corporate leaders, they all want it in some way; but most don’t know what it is and how it actually happens.

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entrepreneurship, Innovation, Leadership

3 Threats To A Thriving Company Culture

by Jorge in entrepreneurship, Innovation, Leadership

Culture eats strategy for breakfast. An often misunderstood saying that gets thrown around freely in the startup world. Truth be told, culture does indeed eat strategy for breakfast when an organization’s strategy is clearly defined and its culture thrives.

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Creativity, entrepreneurship, Innovation, Leadership, Psychology

Use These 3 tactics To Keep an Open Mind and Avoid Confirmation Bias

by Jorge in Creativity, entrepreneurship, Innovation, Leadership, Psychology

A few years ago I read Think Like a Rocket Scientist, which is very practical and bursting with insights on how to think better in order to solve problems and achieve your goals. The author, Ozan Varol, is a former rocket scientist. Varol’s insights are based on his own personal journey as well as his extensive research on problem-solving and creativity.