Is Your ‘Small World’ Network Too Small?
John If you are new to this blog, you may not know that Tim and I…
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How to Innovate Ancient Technologies
Tim Kastelle People were using charcoal for art about 30,000 years ago. And we’ve been consciously manufacturing…
Read MoreAdam Smith Explains the Network Economy
The economy is a network. To understand how new ideas integrate into it, we first…
Read MoreEinstein Explains the Network Economy
Here is a quote from Albert Einstein in his book The World As I See…
Read MoreI Was Wrong
When is the last time that you wrong? Hugely, spectacularly wrong? I’m wrong a lot.…
Read MoreDon’t Use the Same Network for Every Stage of Innovation
Tim and I have recently edited a network focussed issue of a journal called Innovation:…
Read MorePulling in Ideas to Improve Innovation
One of the key ideas in The Power of Pull by John Hagel, John Seeley…
Read MoreUsing Networks to Find Knowledge
Last week Ralph Ohr left me with a challenge to think about how to use…
Read MoreManage Knowledge Flow not Knowledge Stocks for Innovation Success
I am always skeptical of ‘everything is different now’ style arguments. If we think about…
Read MoreGrassroots Innovation
Veronica Vera pointed me to a great talk by Anil Gupta from TEDIndia. He talks…
Read MoreNetwork Math
Metcalfe’s law explains why networks are so valuable – it says that the value of…
Read MoreInnovation: Concentrate on People and Process, not Tools
Imagine that you are a unit manager in an organisation, and your CEO comes to…
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