Question-to-innovate Series: This the twentieth 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. The greatest impediment to creativity is your impatience. Let me explain… Bravery [...]
What Sherlock Holmes can teach us about decision making
Posted on March 19, 2013 // 1 Comment
I’m a sucker for anything that has to do with decision making. And, I’m also a sucker for anything that has to do with Sherlock Holmes. The two go together nicely. That is why I was excited to buy Maria Konnikova’s new book, Mastermind: How to think like Sherlock Holmes. I found this excellent video [...]
What my Mom taught me about questioning assumptions
Posted on May 17, 2012 // Leave a Comment
My Mom taught me to be neat. To keep things clean and organized. And for the most part, I’m like her. But one place where those lessons don’t take effect is in my propensity to keep every single printed receipt of things I buy. Not only that, but notes, biz cards, un-opened mail, and everything [...]
Positive Intelligence: How people and organizations can achieve their potential
Posted on April 23, 2012 // Leave a Comment
Happiness, behavior change, autonomy, purpose… These words have moved into the everyday business conversation and taken on a life of their own in the last few years. They’ve spawned books and conversations. Yet few offer a systematic way towards better outcomes. And not just that, but also helping us become aware of what might be [...]
Why asking ‘WHY’ is so damn important
Posted on January 4, 2012 // 7 Comments
We all think we know how most of the things we work with a on a daily basis work. Take for example your computer, how does it work? How does the screen display those icons? How does the mouse/keypad work? How does the computer know when you’ve written on the keyboard? To answer these questions [...]
How Happy Accidents Happen through serendipity
Posted on August 15, 2011 // 2 Comments
Two weeks ago we had a serendipitous event. A happy accident. We had a scheduled meeting with a partner at 8 am on Wednesday morning and our partner didn’t make it because of family issues. What’s interesting is that our partners office is on an adjacent street to an office building that is the first [...]
