Tag Archives | experiments

Here’s One Good Way to Kill Innovation

By Tim Kastelle on 13 March 2013 in book riffs, Management

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.

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Business Needs More Art

By Tim Kastelle on 25 September 2012 in book riffs, experiments

Business needs more art, as simple as that. Art teaches many critical skills, including risk taking, dealing with ambiguities, discovering patterns, and the use of analogy and metaphor. And we need all of those.

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My Thoughts on Silicon Valley + blog under construction

By Tim Kastelle on 1 September 2012 in experiments, innovation strategy

The blog will be under construction this weekend as I work with Todd Lohenry from e1evation to upgrade the site. Todd does fantastic work, and I recommend him highly. In the meantime, the latest online update to the UQ Business School’s Momentum magazine includes an interview with my discussing my thoughts about my recent trip [...]

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Mistakes versus Experiments

By Tim Kastelle on 14 July 2012 in experiments, innovation

One of the reasons that people try to avoid failing is that it seems like they’ve screwed up if they fail. This can certainly be the case, if your failure is major. But if you set up experiments to test ideas out, and you learn from them, then failing can be very productive. Here is [...]

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