The size of your inbox or your RSS feed or your twitter stream might all argue otherwise, but there’s no such thing as information overload. Or, at least, if there is, it’s not new. Check this out: As long as the centuries continue to unfold, the number of books will grow continually, and one can […]
Guest post by Ralph Ohr One of my main interests is looking at the intersection of organizational and human capabilities. Business is accomplished through people, thus individual mindset, behavior and capabilities determine organizational performance. When it comes to innovation, a recently published research paper, titled ‘The Bias Against Creativity’ serves as a good example. The findings […]
It’s time to vote for the top innovation bloggers of 2011 over at Innovation Excellence. The list of nominees is fantastic – and a great indicator of the growing community of people that are passionate about innovation. You can vote by leaving a comment on the voting page, or by sending a tweet to @ixchat […]
Every time you use wi-fi, bluetooth, a cordless phone (including mobiles), GPS or anything with an RFID tag, you’re using a technology called spread spectrum radio. The first version of spread spectrum was invented during World War II as a method for controlling torpedos using rapidly changing radio frequency to control their direction in a […]
What is the most important innovation ever? There are plenty of candidates. Fire, the telegraph, electricity, and the internet would all have to be candidates. There’s another one though, that has had an enormous impact on every single one of us. And surprisingly, it’s not a whiz-bang piece of technology. It’s a simple process innovation. […]
I’ve been obsessed with this video for the past couple of days: The song is Nouvelle Vague covering Dance With Me by Lords of the New Church. It’s a great cover. The video is an even more inspired piece. Youtube user Luakabopper took the song and put it over this amazing dance sequence from Bande […]
For some insight into another common innovation obstacle, consider this quote from John Maynard Keynes: Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally then to succeed unconventionally. Because it’s pithy and quotable, it might be easy to dismiss – and just as an aside, why aren’t modern-day economists as good with […]
I had a striking reminder of my ignorance on Sunday. I’m currently in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico to give the keynote at a conference tomorrow. I arrived a few days early to get acclimated, and on Sunday, my hosts took me around town, including a visit to the new Museo de la Revolucion en la Frontera. […]
Here is a brilliant post from Randall Munroe on XKCD: There’s a very simple point here – strategy is about making choices. What we choose to emphasise reveals what we think it important. Here’s a simple business example: do we choose efficiency or exploration? In most cases, we need to do both. We need to […]
