How to Steal Like An Innovator
Tim Kastelle I’ve been obsessed with this video for the past couple of days: The song is…
Read MoreGet Your Process Right to Innovate Successfully
What wins in innovation, great ideas or great process? Ideally, you’ll have both. But I…
Read MoreInnovation Obstacle: Social Habits
For some insight into another common innovation obstacle, consider this quote from John Maynard Keynes:…
Read MoreYou Can’t Know Everything About Everything
I had a striking reminder of my ignorance on Sunday. I’m currently in Ciudad Juarez,…
Read MoreLearning From Failure
What’s the biggest new product launch failure ever? The biggest I’ve seen was New Coke,…
Read MoreThe Property Ladder Theory of Bubbles
I’ve always thought that the BBC show The Property Ladder provided the perfect illustration of…
Read MoreYou Have a Choice – Act!
There are plenty of excuses for not innovating – for not taking steps to change…
Read MoreDon’t Mistake the Tool for the Goal
Is innovation good or bad? Yes! What do I mean? Tools are neutral – they…
Read MoreEfficiency or Exploration?
Here is a brilliant post from Randall Munroe on XKCD: There’s a very simple point…
Read MoreMalcolm Gladwell on the Norden Bombsight
I’m traveling right now, so I can’t write a lot today. Instead, I have this…
Read MoreThere’s No Such Thing as a Good Idea…
Experimenting is a key part of innovating. In his new book REAMDE, Neal Stephenson has…
Read MoreGet the Fundamentals Right First
It’s been a pretty good year for sports in Brisbane. The big highlight for me…
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