“Great work is done by people who are not afraid to be great.” – Fernando Flores This post was inspired by an interaction I had with a fellow down in Mexico and it reminded me that inspiration really has a price down here. Damn … [Read more]
Rethink your business by what you know not what you do
Posted on April 19, 2010 // Leave a Comment
I was talking with a friend business owner this weekend about growth opportunities and our conversation took a turn when he told me that it’s hard to compete when there are a lot of other businesses offering the same thing he does. Well my friend, … [Read more]
#Innovation posts of the week: What if innovation was the standard
Posted on April 17, 2010 // Leave a Comment
What if innovation was the norm – Innovate on Purpose via @jdpuva Four Ways Of Seeing That Set True Innovators Apart – Forbes via @RowanGibson The Role of Empathy in Customer Care and Innovation via … [Read more]
Declare war on yourself
Posted on April 16, 2010 // 1 Comment
Being unconquerable lies within yourself. The guys @ThinkTank_ asked me for some blogging tips a few days ago and I posted some unconventional blogging advice at BM that I’m sure will rattle some cages. One of the actions steps at that I … [Read more]
#Innovation posts of the week: Empathy driven innovation
Posted on April 10, 2010 // Leave a Comment
Innovation Starts with Empathy | design mind found via @ralph_ohr Ten Red Flags for Innovation – Business Week Creativity deserves to be taken seriously Management by Imagination – Harvard … [Read more]
IBM: Early failure is a necessary investment in innovation
Posted on April 9, 2010 // 1 Comment
I’m reading Switch: How to change things when change is hard by the Heath brothers and in one of the middle chapters called Grow your people there’s a very important lesson on the topic of the fear of failure when provoking change. Here are some … [Read more]
A lesson in co-creation
Posted on April 6, 2010 // Leave a Comment
Felt like writing this post because I think it’s pretty awesome. I use Evernote religiously so I was ecstatic to hear that CEO Phil Libin was going to be answering people’s questions on the EN blog today. Why do this? To improve the … [Read more]