You Better Reconsider Your Assumptions
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Often, when things don’t go the way we expect them to, we’re operating with faulty assumptions. Some recent issues with my cat Wallace illustrate this point.
Tim Kastelle
Reading This Post Will Change Your Brain!
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Using the internet changes your brain. So does drinking a cup of tea. The big question is what actions do these changes enable? I want us to use the ideas here to make work work better.
Is Innovation Part of Your Organisation’s DNA?
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I’ve run across four firms that have been wildly successful in a terrible retail environment. All of them share a few characteristics that result from having innovation embedded in their DNA.
Four Key Issues in Innovation Management
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Ralph Ohr & I met up at the end of last year and talked a lot about the state of innovation. These are the four issues that we identified as the ones that we think are the most important/interesting in the field right now.
Why Either/Or Thinking is Dangerous
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Do people love change or hate it? Are big firms better at innovation or are small ones? The answer to these questions is “both” – and we need to develop some skills for dealing with that.
Innovation Matrix 4.0 – Now With More @Nilofer
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The Innovation Matrix is back, and now I’m collaborating on it with Nilofer Merchant! Here is a sneak peek at some of the work that we’re doing.
A Seven Step Program for Innovating RIGHT NOW!
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Innovation is a powerful tool, and it’s in your hands. Here are some ideas for using it now.
Your Competition is Never “No One”
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If someone tells you that they don’t have any competitors, that is a major danger sign. That’s what the startup I worked for thought, and it’s part of why we blew up. You always have some type of competition.
Innovating by Going Backwards
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We often picture innovation as a relentless forward march of progress. But sometimes, we can make a significant forward leap by first taking a step backwards. Here’s a small case study that shows how.
Innovation for Growth
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Why all this talk about innovation? I get that question a lot. The reason that I think innovation is important is that it is the driver for growth. 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 […]
Your Brand is What You Do
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Here’s the story of one the dumbest decisions I ever made as a marketer. I was managing sales & marketing for a software startup at the time. We were part of a group that included a retail & wholesale computer store as well. The thing that set the retail store apart was that we made […]
Here’s Why Many Innovation Initiatives Fail
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Wouldn’t it be great if you could do customer service like Zappos? Or design like Apple? Or innovation like 3M? Who wouldn’t want to be like those firms? Well, it’s not so simple. Barry Dalton wrote an excellent post called You Can’t Be Zappos (and why would you want to be?) addressing exactly this issue. […]
