One of the big news from last week, apart from Friday’s massive cyber attack, is the merger of AT&T and Time Warner. A few people have asked about my thoughts to said deal…
Failure or imagination. More business as usual. That’s it.…
Archive for: October, 2016
Simplicity Wins But It’s Not Without Its Challenges
in Innovation
Picking up your kids from school shouldn’t be a pain in the ass…
One of my latest ventures is a solution to the “waiting for kids at school” problem all parents face. In the U.S. it might be a little different than in Mexico, but the problem is universal: all parents wait a long time to pick up their kids at school!
This is not a problem I have, but a friend of mine does. So, my buddy and I created On Time to eliminate this pain.…
Want To Hire Innovators? Here’s How You’re Dismissing Them
in Innovation, Leadership
Most organizations are not setup to hire innovators, rather they filter them out. Why? Because they follow the tried and true solid advice for making good hiring decisions: hire for culture-fit.
To hire for culture-fit is to hire for comfort, the short-term, sameness; to keep optimizing what is rather than creating what’s next. The problem with hiring for culture-fit is that if your culture doesn’t reward risk taking and learning from mistakes then you will filter out innovators.
This is how most organizations work.…
10 Industries The Internet of Things Will Change Forever
in Innovation
According to McKinsey, linking the physical and digital worlds could generate up to $11.1 trillion a year in economic value by 2025. In other words: The Internet of Things is a technology that will drive the next economy.…
Focus On What Won’t Change
The most common strategy all innovators use to create new industries is to take advantage of an emerging trend or technology. It’s becoming harder to pull that off because we’re living in the “next big thing” economy, one where every new product and service is a gimmick looking for a market.
Still, a good 99% of the conversations about the future are about what’s changing, what that means and what to do about it. I’m guilty of it myself. And while it’s important to discuss these matters, the flip side of that is even more important: what won’t change.…
Embrace Weird To Find The Next Revolution
Established companies don’t like misfits, renegades, weird people. It’s a fact. I always ask leaders of established businesses if they keep their eyes open for a Steve Jobs to hire; their answer is no.
I’m not surprised. See, most leaders of established businesses are preoccupied with maintaining the status quo, keeping the wheels turning, making sure nothing disrupts their day to day. So, bringing in misfits is out of the question because it means chaos.
Yet chaos is what’s needed to find the next revolution!…