What is Influence, Really?
Tim Kastelle One of my colleagues is doing research on social network use, and she asked me…
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When Was the Last Time You Were Wrong?
Here’s just one of several examples from me today – I was completely wrong about…
Read MoreThe Jenga Theory of Creativity
I think I actually made yesterday’s post on simplicity too complex. Here’s another try. Earlier…
Read MoreThe Most Important Innovation of All Time
What is the most important innovation ever? There are plenty of candidates. Fire, the telegraph,…
Read MoreLearning From Failure
What’s the biggest new product launch failure ever? The biggest I’ve seen was New Coke,…
Read MoreThere’s No Such Thing as a Good Idea…
Experimenting is a key part of innovating. In his new book REAMDE, Neal Stephenson has…
Read MoreInnovation When All You Have is a Noodle
Most of the inspirational innovation stories that we hear are about technology firms like Google,…
Read MoreTwo Great Innovation Quotes
First up, from John Maynard Keynes in The General Theory of Employment, Interest & Money:…
Read MoreIdeas Are Something You Do
Here is today’s exercise in connecting up ideas. First off, there’s this summary of the…
Read MoreAnything You Want by Derek Sivers – “Experiment. Go!”
Experimenting is the key to innovation success. The new book Anything You Want by Derek…
Read MoreWhen Should You Give Up on an Idea?
Braden Kelley posted a great transcript of a talk from Jeff Bezos of Amazon recently…
Read MoreData Changes Everything
I was talking with a friend tonight over dinner about the PhD that she is…
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