in Innovation
The NBA Finals started yesterday. The young Oklahoma City Thunder versus the veteran Miami Heat. Who’s the favorite? The younger and inexperienced team, the Thunder, are favorite to win.
How did they get to this point? How does a young and inexperienced team become a favorite to win a series against the likes of LeBron James and Dwyane Wade? How does a team become a contender in less than four years?
I think the clue lies in how their coach, Scott Brooks, frames failure:…
in Creativity
Yes. It can.
Starting from scratch is the most liberating, and disruptive, thing you can do. Here are a few sketches from the creative minds at Creature Box and how they’ve reimagined known superheroes:…
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in Innovation
How do you take innovation into practice? It all starts with habits. And these habits, are not the ones you do on a daily basis. Spend 6 hours of your day in meetings? Putting out fires? Responding to excessive email? Obsessively checking up on competitors?
Nope. Those are the habits that you have to replace with “innovation breeding habits”.
What habits are these?…
in Innovation
The hot topic these days is innovation, whether I’m in conversation with relative newcomers or long-tenured companies trying to reinvent themselves. Everything is moving so quickly in markets and inside businesses today. This forces the obvious question of ‘How best to get and stay ahead?’ Innovation invariably becomes the answer – but what kind? How to do it well? How much to risk?…
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in Leadership, Strategy
To be honest, I LOVE to strategize. But, planning by itself is boring. In the last few weeks, I’ve been asked to look at a few business ideas and projects. The central question being: Does the plan look like it is in order?
Me: Nope.
Them: What’s missing?
Me: Why are you doing this? What’s your purpose? Why is this cool? Are you waking up everyday to follow a script?
Them: Dunno.…
