Idea notebooks
A few weeks back, I went to the San Jose Tech Museum to check out a visiting exhibit on Leonardo De Vinci. One part the exhibit that really hit home was his passion for documenting his ideas and insights in an extensive set of notebooks.
Killer Question #7
When things get tough, the common reaction is to scale back and standardize the processes. The objective is to take costs out of the business. What would happened if you went the opposite direction? Rather than standardize, why not customize?
How To Estimate The Value Of An Idea
Download KI_20090119.mp3 So you have a great idea. How big is it? What is the value of the idea to the organization? Most people get hung up trying to come up with the exact answer. In most cases, you won’t find the perfect answer. Especially if you
What are the unshakable beliefs in my industry about what customers want? What if the opposite where true?
Its easy when we are being successful to stick our heads in the sand and believe our own PR. We can easily brush off minor threats with the argument that the customer wouldn’t go for whatever was being offered. We hold on to the belief that we know best what trade-offs they are not willing to make.
Woman and technology … part 2
When things go wrong with technology (like that never happens!), men and woman react differently.
What devices are in my bag?
A few years ago, someone started the rumor that if you ask me what devices are in my bag, I will pull them out and show them to you. Even if they are prototypes. This is mostly true. I am sometimes barred from showing some prototypes … but if I can, I will show […]
Technology And Woman
During a breakfast I hosted at CES, I shared my view of the role of woman in deciding what technology gets purchased. Radiris over at Hardware Geeks posted about the story I shared in an interesting perspective comparing the reaction woman get at CES and AEE (Adult Entertainment Expo – the “porn” sh
Improve Innovation Adoption By Communicating The Utility and Cost Benefit
Download KI_20090104.mp3 Why are some innovations more successful than others? Innovation success is never just about what is possible. It’s always about the choices customers and markets make from among what we can do. A key consideration when making the choices on which innovations to us is
Could you standardize a custom product?
Target’s (TGT ) focus on value brough unique products to the average consumer with their design-for-the-masses housewares by big names such as Philippe Starck and Cynthia Rowley. So how did Target transform what has been highly customized products for the rich and famous and bring it to the masses?
Killer Question #27
It all started with an idea and a passion. In 1901, William S. Harley, age 21, took an idea and created a blueprint drawing of an engine designed to fit into a bicycle. Over the next few years, its the passion and determination of William Harley and Arthur Davidson that turn the blueprint into a wor
