Should You Be Out on Your Own, or Part of the Herd?
Tim Kastelle Hugh MacLeod’s great daily newsletter (which you should subscribe to here) had this cartoon today:…
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How to Use Networks to Spread Ideas
Here’s a question for you: imagine that you have a package that has to be…
Read MoreThe Innovation Filter Bubble
Here is a must-watch video from Eli Pariser discussing some of the themes from his…
Read MoreMake Little Bets for Innovation Success
To succeed at innovation, you need to be making a lot of little bets. What…
Read MoreThe Problem with Fitting New Ideas Into Old Business Models
Malcolm Gladwell retells the story of the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center in the latest…
Read MoreThere’s More to Innovation Than Novelty
When I went to visit Neil Kay last year, we talked a bit about novelty.…
Read MoreDon’t Push Rocks, Roll Snowballs
Innovation is the process of idea management. One of the critical steps to successful innovation…
Read MoreI Have No Idea How the New iPad Will Do!
With the release of the new iPad just around the corner, I want to be…
Read MoreNetwork Economy Problems: How to Get People to Give Up Old Ideas
One core innovation challenge is this: it’s often not enough to simply have a great…
Read MoreWithout People You’re Nothing – Joe Strummer
I watched The Future is Unwritten again this weekend, the documentary about Joe Strummer by…
Read MoreWhere Do Bad Ideas Come From?
There’s been a lot of buzz about Steven Johnson’s book Where Good Ideas Come From.…
Read MoreCan Your Friends Make You More Innovative?
Social influence is important to innovation. One of the critical steps in innovating is getting…
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