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 […]
One of the frustrating things about following politics is the idea, apparently deeply engrained, that you must never change your mind. If you do, you’re a flip-flopper, or wishy-washy, and you’re clearly not to be trusted. The main problem with this line of thinking is that it is utterly and dangerously wrong. We live in […]
How do business models get killed? It’s an interesting question. I was talking about business models with Jason Potts last week and he said “maybe the definition of a mature industry is one where the business model has stopped evolving.” This suggests that it’s not technological innovation that changes industries, but rather business model innovation. […]
We’ve written a few posts criticising some of the more common innovation metrics in use, so I thought it would be smart to outline some ways that we can actually develop more effective metrics. Here’s a story that might help: A while ago I was in charge of managing student recruitment for a tertiary education […]
What do you think of when you think of Swiss Watches? You probably think of high-end brands, that have been making well-crafted watches for many years. Brands like Rolex, or Patek Philippe, or George Clooney and his Omega: Or maybe you think of innovations, like the perpetual calendar, or 24 hour timezone watch, or the […]
Noun 1. exigency – an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty; I’ve had some jobs in which I’ve performed pretty well, and some where I haven’t been quite so good. Probably the worst job I’ve ever done was part of my portfolio when I was managing sales & marketing for a polytechnic in New […]
I think I actually made yesterday’s post on simplicity too complex. Here’s another try. Earlier this week I edited two different papers for journals. My main contribution was that I cut 2,000 words out of each. I also wrote about 400 words in each, but it was the cutting that helped the papers. This reminds […]
