Monthly Archives: December 2010

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Creating Value Through Innovation

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Who really gets excited about maximizing shareholder value? Or even profits? Is that enough to get you out of bed and in to work every single day? One of the reasons that I got interested in innovation is that it is about making things better – which to me is far more interesting. That’s why […]

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The Problem of Filters and Silos

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Here is a quote from Why The West Rules – For Now by Ian Morris – explaining some of the issues with the inter-disciplinary approach he has taken in writing the book: This courts all kinds of dangers (superficiality, disciplinary bias, and just general error). I will never have the same subtle grasp of Chinese […]

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The Knowledge Economy is the Economy

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When I started this blogging chapter in an attempt to find the answer to the question in the blog “What does a knowledge economy look like”, I had some half-formed ideas as to where I might go with all this, but nothing to really tie the threads together. I think I do now. It’s a […]

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Are Entrepreneurs Born or Developed?

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Entrepreneurship is now a pretty big deal. Business schools all over the world have courses in this area and some even make it their major focus of teaching and research. Governments are also interested in entrepreneurs and routinely ask themselves how they can develop a more entrepreneurial national culture. Many years ago, an economist called […]

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Don’t Keep Fighting the Last Battle

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I ran across an interesting quote from Will Wilkinson in an article he wrote about wikileaks: The basic question is not whether we think Julian Assange is a terrorist or a hero. The basic question certainly is not whether we think exposing the chatter of the diplomatic corps helps or hinders their efforts, and whether […]

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Always Push the Edge: Innovation Lessons from Children’s Book Author Graeme Base

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Like Tim, I grew up reading a lot of books. However, I just don’t recall the quality and quantity of books that are available for my pre-school age children. Nearly 40 years ago I remember reading a lot of Dr. Seuss but apart from that there wasn’t a lot of literature that I would now […]