Lessons From My Latest Big Mistake
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Mistakes are fine, as long as we learn from them. Here is what I learned from one of my recent ones – about, ironically, a friend of mine that teaches us how to think better!
Tim Kastelle
Innovators: Our Job is to Invent the Future
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The ideas that move us forward often seems nuts. But if we’re trying to make a mark on the world, those are the only ideas that will do the job.
This Week in Innovation – 9 February 2014
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To Innovate, Amplify Weak Signals
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When we try something completely new, people often want to see proof that it will work. Of course, there is no proof if the idea is genuinely new. Instead of proof, we have to rely on weak signals. Successful innovators find these and amplify them.
Your Assumptions About Reading Are Wrong
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The percentage of people reading books these days might surprise you. Identifying our false assumptions can lead to huge innovation opportunities.
Are You About to be Disrupted?
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Is technology about to disrupt your market? Chunka Mui and Paul B. Carroll think so, and they have some good suggestions about how to respond.
Are You Hitting Your Top Gear?
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Most of us have an extra gear that rarely kicks in. The three obstacles to hitting your top gear are ignorance, apathy and fear – and we need to work through all three to innovate.
New Markets Need New Tools
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When markets change, we often try to keep using the same tools that we’ve always used, in the same way. This will lead to failure. We need to innovate the tools we use, or innovate the business model around the old tools.
Will Your New Idea Work?
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If we’re evaluating markets, is it better to start with research or with talking to people? In part, it depends on whether we’re entering a completely new market or not.
The Role of Innovation in Economic Growth & Inequality
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Innovation drives economic growth, but the relationship between innovation and inequality is much less clear. It is possible to be an innovative country with low levels of inequality.
How to Succeed in a TL;DR Culture
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TL;DR – when attention spans get shorter, we can either accommodate this by going short ourselves, or we can do the opposite and go deep.
Don’t Set Goals, Make New Habits Instead
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It’s not enough to want to innovate more. We have to build the habits that will help us take the daily actions that will achieve this goal.