Why Do Razors Have Five Blades Now?
Tim Kastelle I remember that when Gillette came out with their double-bladed razor, I started joking about…
Read MoreDon’t Be First to Market, Be First to Scale
Often when people have an idea for a great new product or service, they rush…
Read MoreTwo Problems Caused by the Innovation Diffusion Curve
The economist Rudi Dornbusch succinctly describes the way that ideas spread: Things take longer to…
Read MoreWhat doesn’t kill you makes you more innovative
John Most of you would know the Nietzsche quote “that which doesn’t kill is makes us…
Read MoreHow to Think About the Future
Imagine that 100 of us have gathered together in a room somewhere. It’s a social…
Read MoreSo Where Do Good Ideas Come From?
I ran across an outstanding post today by John Battelle reviewing Where Good Ideas Come…
Read MoreReplace Fear of the Unknown With Curiousity
The Shift Index 2011 is out now, and as with the previous two editions, it…
Read MoreInnovation Problem: New Ideas Spread Slowly
There’s a big problem with innovation: ideas spread much more slowly than we expect them…
Read MoreTwo Great Innovation Misquotes
There are two popular quotes that often get used when discussing innovation that were never…
Read MorePlease Reinvent the Wheel
How often have you heard someone say something like “No need to reinvent the wheel”?…
Read MoreThree Signs of Business Model Innovation Opportunities
How can you tell when there is an opportunity for business model innovation? Recent events…
Read MoreInnovation Mistake: Thinking Tools Will Fix Your Problem
I had lunch a while back with two executives from an organisation that the Business…
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