There’s No Such Thing as a Good Idea…
Tim Kastelle Experimenting is a key part of innovating. In his new book REAMDE, Neal Stephenson has…
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Get the Fundamentals Right First
It’s been a pretty good year for sports in Brisbane. The big highlight for me…
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Most of the inspirational innovation stories that we hear are about technology firms like Google,…
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I missed writing about someone on Ada Lovelace Day this year because I was actually…
Read MoreThe Fundamental Problem in Management
The fundamental problem in management is that the world is uncertain, and people hate dealing…
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Collingwood fan and outstanding economist Nick Gruen wrote an interesting piece prior to last weekend’s…
Read MoreInnovation Aphorisms
Over the weekend I read Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s thought-provoking book The Bed of Procrustres. It’s…
Read MoreRisk Averse, or…?
Here is something I ran across yesterday that confuses me quite a bit. Take a…
Read MoreMake Your Own Map to Make Novel Connections
Connecting ideas is the fundamental creative act in innovation. If this is the case, how…
Read MoreInnovation Obstacle: Bureaucracy?
What is the innovation that led to civilization? There are some interesting answers to this…
Read MoreReciprocity & Sharing
I’m currently attending the XIIth European Conference on Creativity and Innovation. It’s much less academic…
Read MoreInnovation Obstacle: Switching Costs
One of the major obstacles to innovation is switching costs. Here’s a story that shows…
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