People often think that innovation is a black box, but here are 20 things that we know are true about innovation.
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There’s No Innovation Without Uncertainty
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.

Three Obstacles to Innovation Diffusion
People often think that having a great idea is the hard part of innovating. Most of the time, this isn’t the problem. Getting the new idea to spread is.

A Seven Step Program for Innovating RIGHT NOW!
Innovation is a powerful tool, and it’s in your hands. Here are some ideas for using it now.

Innovation for Growth
Why all this talk about innovation? Â I get that question a lot. The reason that I think innovation is important is that it is the driver for growth. Â Consequently, we’re changing the name of the blog to Innovation for Growth. Here are some of the reasons that I think it’s important to link innovation with [...]

How to Manage Innovation as a Process
The Innovation Value Chain is a great tool to use to help you manage innovation as a process. This post uses a small case study to show how to use it.

What is Innovation?
People often think it’s weird when they hear that I study innovation – even people in very innovative jobs. Â The biggest reason for this is mistaking invention for innovation. Â If you do this, then studying innovation makes no sense at all – what can you learn about the flash of insight, the stroke of genius, [...]
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Innovation Lessons from the Rise of Tesla Motors
15 May 2013
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Five More Thinkers That I Admire
12 May 2013
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Food, Connection & Innovation
7 May 2013
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Here is Why You Need Business Model Innovation
3 May 2013
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Talk is the Technology of Leadership
30 April 2013
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Reframing Failure
25 April 2013
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Five Thinkers That I Admire
20 April 2013
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Ramon Rivera: I have two new ideas for toyoya cars or for any ot...
- European Design Innovation Platform: Call for proposals | Vizuarna: [...] Here is Why You Need Business Model Innovati...
- Why We Shouldn’t Be Surprised That Managers Don’t Embrace Complexity | Technology: [...] and upend even the most dominant of firms. Â...
- Eight Models of Business Models, & Why They’re Important | Blog de Maria Zaghi: [...] http://timkastelle.org/blog/2012/01/eight-mo...
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Xiameter: Thanks for sharing Tim. We are distributors of Do...
- Westrope Leadership Inc. - Reframing Failure - Innovation for Growth - Westrope Leadership Inc.: [...] Click here to view original web page at Refr...
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Tim was named #5 in the Top 40 Innovation Bloggers in 2011 at Innovation Excellence.
Tim and John were both named in the Top 40 Innovation Bloggers in 2010 at Innovation Excellence.





