Question-to-innovate Series: This the nineteenth 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. A few weeks ago I set the record straight about the relationship [...]
Don’t be afraid of Trial-and-error: How to gain evolutionary advantage
Posted on April 2, 2013 // 2 Comments
Why wait for the need to become obvious? Yes, why wait for it? If you are an established company, you have a set of challenges that you need to wrestle with on a daily basis. Growth, is one. Either by strengthening the existing value proposition of your current business, or by creating something entirely new. With [...]
Failure isn’t the goal for innovation
Posted on March 18, 2013 // 2 Comments
What if you could predict with certainty that people will love your new product or service? What if there was a huge scoreboard that would tell you that a massive amount of people will like what you are cooking up before the expensive launch? Business owners, and managers, tell me that they would love to [...]
To innovate, just try it!
Posted on December 22, 2012 // 3 Comments
“We can show mathematically that trial and error is 10 times more effective than knowledge.” – Nassim Taleb A few days ago, I posted a valuable lesson of innovation. That learning, precedes innovation. When you think of big established companies, you immediately think R&D and how they use this capability to push it. Actually, R&D [...]
A lesson from NASA: Learning precedes innovation
Posted on December 19, 2012 // 1 Comment
In the above video, Cosmonaut Sunita Williams, gives us a tour of the International Space Station. It’s 25 minutes long, but I guarantee you it is worth watching. Now, this post is about a lesson from NASA, and Ms. Williams doesn’t talk about any lessons about innovation. But what does, is a short paragraph in [...]
What specific behaviors should be rewarded to drive innovation?
Posted on November 23, 2012 // 4 Comments
This is the tenth 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. Organization get the behaviors they reward. And this is especially true when it [...]
Innovation must reads of the week: Five words that kill innovation
Posted on September 16, 2012 // Leave a Comment
[View the story "Innovation must reads of the week: Five words that kill innovation" on Storify] Innovation must reads of the week: Five words that kill innovation Storified by Jorge Barba · Sun, Sep 16 2012 10:23:49 My new post on the role of open business models and value networks: Why the Future of #Innovation [...]
