The CD Project …
A common request I get is to create something that listeners of the podcast can share with their managers and team members. Something that shares the foundational “what” and the “how” of innovation without listening to the +60 hours of audio that now makes-up the podcast catalog. For the last numbe
Innovation Execution – Translating Ideas Into Real Products
Download KI_20080413.mp3 As I've said a thousand time, ideas without execution are a hobby and true innovators are not in the hobby business. True competitive advantage comes from those that can take an idea and turn it into a real innovation that has impact. Innovation execution
Ranking Your Ideas – How to make sure you are working on the best ideas
Download KI_20080330.mp3 Success is not defined by the ability generate a large number of ideas from such processes as brainstorming. Success is to find the best ideas to focus your limited time and resources on. Through a process of ranking your ideas, you can find those ideas that
Job Of The Future: Creativity Guru
As we move from the information/knowledge economy to the creative economy, a new category of jobs will need to be created. These new jobs will be critical to helping companies make the transition from the “old world” to the “new”. One such job of the future – creativity guru. For those of us who wa
Can Better Questions Help You Discover Breakthrough Ideas?
Download KI_20080224.mp3 Can better questions be a catalyst that lead your and your teams to better ideas? Better ideas lead to breakthrough game-changing innovations. * The current method … simple questions get simple answers * Better questions get better ideas * Explore beyond the obvious – SCAMPER * Idea Quota * Characteristics of the
Get Focused On Your Search For Breakthrough Innovations
Download KI_20080121.mp3 Segment 1: Having A Focus For Your Innovation Search Where to focus? * Moving into new competitive arenas * Expansion into new geographies * Improvement in industry structure * Innovation in value delivery system * Innovation in products and services * New or existing customers What customer segments that should be the
Current Methods Versus A Better Way To Innovate
Download KI_20071216.mp3 Segment 1: Why do current methods not work? * Most ideas are either incremental or unrealistic * Not confidence that there aren’t better ideas * Lack of follow-through form the list of ideas generated * Lack of executive and management support Segment 2: Is there a better way?
Reverse Mentoring: Things I learned from Phil
I’ve invited my summer interns to write-up their thoughts/opinions/lessons learned from the summer experiment in reverse mentoring. Below is the first post from Curtis … Things I learned from Phil . . . . It doesn’t matter what you’re doing, always produce. Complete the assignments that you are g
Transformational Innovations
The ultimate objective of any innovation is to transform business and transform lives. How do you know if your innovation is of that transformational kind? Here are my definitions that I use for the different stages/types of business: If you charge for undifferentiated stuff, then you are in the c
What I Did For Thanksgiving . . . .
For Thanksgiving, we went to San Diego to visit family. While there, we spent a day working in the fire area helping families who were impacted during the recent wild fires. We met up with the same team (Camp Hope) I worked with during Katrina (photo, podcast). It was yet another humbling experience
