The Innovation Loop
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Here is a simple process that will help you innovate more effectively.
This Week in Innovation – 23 February 2014
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My weekly roundup of great reading – the theme this week is that innovation is hard, but here are some ideas that can make it an easier journey.
When Should We Adopt a New Idea?
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When new ideas arrive, it might be easy to see that they will eventually win. But when should you adopt these ideas? It’s a hard question to answer.
Five Questions that Will Help You Build an Innovation Culture
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How do we innovate in a risk-averse culture? By realising that a culture is something that we create ourselves, through our interactions with people daily. When we change the way we act, we start to change out culture.
This Week in Innovation – 15 February 2014
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To build our innovation capability, we need to have a clear purpose, and a strong community. We also need to integrate innovation with our strategy. The posts that grabbed my eye this week all address these issues.
Lessons From My Latest Big Mistake
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Mistakes are fine, as long as we learn from them. Here is what I learned from one of my recent ones – about, ironically, a friend of mine that teaches us how to think better!
Innovators: Our Job is to Invent the Future
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The ideas that move us forward often seems nuts. But if we’re trying to make a mark on the world, those are the only ideas that will do the job.
This Week in Innovation – 9 February 2014
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To Innovate, Amplify Weak Signals
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When we try something completely new, people often want to see proof that it will work. Of course, there is no proof if the idea is genuinely new. Instead of proof, we have to rely on weak signals. Successful innovators find these and amplify them.
Your Assumptions About Reading Are Wrong
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The percentage of people reading books these days might surprise you. Identifying our false assumptions can lead to huge innovation opportunities.
Are You About to be Disrupted?
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Is technology about to disrupt your market? Chunka Mui and Paul B. Carroll think so, and they have some good suggestions about how to respond.
Are You Hitting Your Top Gear?
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Most of us have an extra gear that rarely kicks in. The three obstacles to hitting your top gear are ignorance, apathy and fear – and we need to work through all three to innovate.
