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Dare to look where no one does

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The title of this post could have easily been titled “dare to go where no one goes” but to “go” you must first observe and then decide. And when I mean look, I literally mean observe. For example, look at the optical illusion below.

Which horizontal line is the shortest? Your eyes will tell you that it is the first one, but they happen to be exactly the same size.

line illusion

Only by really paying attention will you see that both lines are the same size. Call it what you will, but the art of observation is a dying art. Before you can notice, you must observe. And to observe, you must look.…

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The Best of Game-Changer November 2012

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best posts game-changer

Here are November’s Top Posts on The Game-Changer blog:

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Must read innovation posts of the week: Spreading ideas is highly social

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Must read innovation posts of the week: Spreading ideas is highly social

Storified by Jorge Barba · Sat, Dec 01 2012 16:00:07

"How will we live, learn, work, & play when anyone can make anything, anywhere?" http://ow.ly/fK1Y4 "Think globally, fabricate locally"Steve Case
RT @nilofer: Thinkers ought to be aware that they, too, need to be rethinking. Example: @rgmcgrath http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/ideasatwork/feature/7221933 (definite #FF)Tim Kastelle
Do both. RT @ralph_ohr: Strategic Ambidexterity: Change *and* Continuity. http://risd.cc/U5VjAd via @cochrancreatesjohnmaeda
Spreading ideas is highly social – “@HarvardBiz: Be an Information DJ http://s.hbr.org/116f2UD” cc @timkastelleRalph-Christian Ohr
The Power of Diversity for Innovation: http://onforb.es/Trrl9b #imd_mitbill_fischer

If you like these links, check out all the previous “Innovation Must Reads of the Week“. And don’t forget to

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The Legion of Innovation Doom

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legion of innovation doom

Innovation is a front-and-center part of the CEO agenda in business today – but all too often good ideas die on the vine. Why? Sometimes corporate naysayers are to blame.

Yesterday, I’ve received an email from Innovation Consultancy ?What If! with, what else, 4 comic illustrations of innovation’s greatest foes, including “The Silo, The Yes Man, and the Gatekeeper.” These characters personify the challenges innovators often face in the corporate landscape.

I’m sure you’ve met them before……

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What specific behaviors should be rewarded to drive innovation?

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question to innovate

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 comes to innovation. Let’s suppose you want to become more innovative (who doesn’t?), where would you start? Everyone will start at the front end of ideation. But before you go there, ask yourself these questions:

  • What would encourage people to share their ideas?
  • What would encourage them to act innovatively?

The answer: trust.…

Jorge Jedi Master

Innovation R’Us: A DIY future

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After an 8 year hiatus, I went back to Disneyland last weekend. If you’ve read my Twitter profile, you know I’m a Disney Fanatic. Disneyland, for the most part, is still the same magical place as 10 years ago with a few tweaks here and there.

One peculiar thing I did notice though was that at the end of the Star Tours ride, as you exit to the Star Wars Store, there is a DIY Lightsaber Workstation. Parts of Anakin, Darth Vader, Darth Maul and Luke’s lightsaber are scattered around this huge table. You can combine the parts to create your own lightsaber.

This is Young Padawan’s Paradise.…

Innovation challenges in laggard markets

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A culture challenge

Early this year a Groupon copycat was in my office building: Grupongo.

I don’t know if they exist anymore but they’ve since closed operations in Tijuana. I have no insight into why they closed operations, but I do have an idea since I got to talk to the Regional Sales Manager a few months before.

See, Tijuana is a conservative market. The nature of Groupon, and all its copycats, is that it stimulates randomness. It lowers the barriers to doing things you’ve never done before. This happens easily in markets where diversity exists.…