A Brief Introduction to Uncertainty in Business
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Risk and uncertainty are two different things. Mixing them up causes problems. Here are some ideas for dealing with uncertainty in particular.
Monthly Archives: March 2013
There’s No Innovation Without Uncertainty
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Frederick Douglass said “Those who profess to favor freedom and yet deprecate agitation are men who want crops without plowing up the ground…” He was talking about political reform, but this is also true of innovation as well.
Here’s One Good Way to Kill Innovation
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If all new ideas get killed as soon as the first see the light of day, you will never be able to build an effective innovation culture. Here are some thoughts on how to work around this problem.
Sticky Innovation
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A medical emergency for my cat Wallace leads to surprising discoveries about a common household product, which teaches some useful innovation lessons.
Strategy Outside the Zone of Mediocrity
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Hardly a year goes by without several new books that ambitiously outline ‘the recipe’ for organisational success. Somewhat less frequently, someone focuses on what constitutes good or bad strategy and what part strategy plays in recipes for success. It’s tempting to believe that we can quickly distinguish between good and bad strategy, especially when we’re […]
When is an Innovation an Innovation?
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Greg and I have been talking about whether or not innovation needs a purpose. While we agree on many points, we can see two differing views on the question. I will argue that within an organisation, innovation does need a purpose, and here is Greg’s post arguing the other side. Let’s start by looking at […]
