Monthly Archives: October 2011
Imagine going into a meeting with the Board of Directors and suggesting that employees should spend some of their time in work daydreaming. How would they react? My guess is that it wouldn’t be a popular idea! Continue reading
An overview of co-creation and 20 different co-creation platforms – this presentation was compiled by www.BoardofInnovation.com & www.Misemo.com
Those of us who advocate innovation as a business methodology or discipline often talk about the different possible outcomes for innovation. That’s because innovation is often defined far too narrowly as a new “product”. Product innovation is the most well-known, and most consistently performed type of innovation. However, there are other potential uses and outcomes for innovation, and several evolving changes in the marketplace that will require far more investment in these other outcomes. Continue reading
What is value creation? Something commonly used in strategic discussions but not well understood among managers as well as business or design school students. If a company needs to reinvent itself, they need put value creation first. If a disruptor wants to attack an industry leader, it needs to put value creation first. If your company want to grow your way to greatness, put value creation first. If your company wants to stay relevant, put value creation first. Continue reading
As I understand it, Peter Drucker (world class management guru) was totally committed to driving fear out of the workplace.
He knew (as you do, on a good day) that you cannot have a successful business if fear is running the show. Fear constricts. Fear depresses. Continue reading
Experimenting is a key part of innovating. In his new book REAMDE, Neal Stephenson has a great description of learning through experimenting: Continue reading
