Not as far as I’m concerned. For as long as I can remember it’s always dawned on me that late adopters are not innovative. I mean, how could they be if they are not curious. I know, I know. Sometimes being late to the game is great. There are hundreds of examples of companies that [...]
Chief Error Generation Officer
Posted on March 19, 2012 // 1 Comment
Boss as CEGO-Chief Error Generation Officer. People learn ONLY from screwup-and-adjustment cycle; your role is to accelerate the process. — Tom Peters (@tom_peters) March 18, 2012 Awesome tweet by Tom Peters. It reminded me of the movie K-19 Widowmaker. There are a few scenes in the movie K-19 The Widowmaker, which stars Harrison Ford and [...]
Innovation must reads of the week: Time to redefine “innovation”
Posted on March 18, 2012 // Leave a Comment
The Challenges of Sustainable Innovation 7 Questions to Assess Your Business Model Design via @business_design Building a Culture of Innovation by @innovationfixer The New Rules Of Innovation: Bottom-Up Solutions To Top-Down Problems – FastCo Exist Time to redefine “innovation” - Fortune Why Companies Fail – The Atlantic
Mandatory Innovation
Posted on March 15, 2012 // 3 Comments
Have you heard of Krav Maga? If you have, that’s really cool. If you haven’t, then you’ve seen Matt Damon use Krav Maga to kick butt in the Jason Bourne movies. Krav Maga is a fighting technique that is practiced all over the world. It originated in Europe but was refined in Israel, where the [...]
Ubiquitous to Anomaly: A useful way to begin the creative process
Posted on March 14, 2012 // Leave a Comment
As innovators: We’re on the constant lookout for novelty. We want/need to know what’s happening in the world and what might change it. We’re not really concerned with debating what’s already here. We simply identify what’s already here and think about how we might change or replace it. Innovation skills require ‘connect the dots’ skills. [...]
Everyone wants to follow the leader, not many want to be one
Posted on March 13, 2012 // Leave a Comment
We all have access to the same information. To the same quotes, to the same people, to the same sources. To the same… Regurgitation has taken center stage. For example, those of us ‘in the know’ have a pretty good idea about how Apple works. We know they don’t do focus groups, that they don’t [...]
Innovation must reads of the week: Prototyping is the process
Posted on March 11, 2012 // Leave a Comment
Jonah Lehrer on How to Be Creative – WSJ Prototyping is the process – Metacool Companies can use gamification as a doorway to innovation – Computerworld Disruptive Innovation Explained – HBR Why Great Innovations Fail: It’s All in the Ecosystem – Forbes Incubating ideas from the rank-and-file -Boston Globe
