Tim Kastelle
Think Like a Biologist to be a Better Manager
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The first Archaeopteryx fossil was found in 1861, and it now resides in the Natural History Museum in London. It was an important find – two years after the publication of The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin, Archaeopteryx was the rarest of fossils, and one that was quite useful for Darwin’s theory – an […]
Innovation, Metrics and Incentives
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Electric Cars & Business Model Innovation: Better Place
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Design and Innovation
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Which of these two things is better designed? The Robert Graves Tea Kettle by Alessi? Or the little plastic thing that goes in the pizza box to keep the cheese from sticking to the box? And which of the two is more innovative? Does the Graves tea kettle heat water more effectively than other tea […]
The World’s First Social Media Expert
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Innovation: The War of Ideas
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Innovate It Like Beckham
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Take a look at David Beckham’s goal against Greece that sent England to the 2002 World Cup Finals: If you ask famous athletes how they do things like that, they find it difficult to explain. How can you make a ball dip a meter while curving two? Who knows? Actually, there are some researchers that […]
Three Ways to Experiment for Innovation
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I think that a lot of time when we talk about the importance of failure in innovation, people think about big, major failures like the Ford Edsel and the Apple Newton. But the whole point of driving innovation through experimenting is to figure out ideas that won’t work early. We want to find our failures […]
The Exercise Equipment Theory of Innovation
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I’ve been thinking of the issue of process versus tools, and I thought of a good analogy. Innovation management for organisations is like fitness training for people. How many of you have ever bought a piece of exercise equipment because you thought that having the tool would make you more motivated to exercise? I have, […]
Three Key Ideas for Leading Innovation
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I just finished doing a series of talks for the Australian Industry Group. I was on an expert panel with Kate Morrison and Roger La Salle and we discussed the topic Innovation: Where to next for your company? We spoke to 200 people over four events in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. It was great […]
How to Win in a Network Economy
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The economy is a network. I’m Reading Smart World by Richard Ogle and he talks about a couple of the important implications of this. The networked nature of the economy tells us a lot about how innovations diffuse – particularly some the difficulties new ideas face in getting adopted. It sheds light on some questions […]
