The emerging creative economy …
I’m a big believer that we are on cusp of a change from the information economy to the creative economy. We’ve been through these kinds of changes before with the shift from agriculture to industrial to information and now to the emerging creative economy. Why do I believe that this change is coming
Finding and Keeping Innovation Champions
Download KI_20071014.mp3 Segment 1: Finding and Keeping Innovation Champions What are innovation champions? * Passionate about an idea * Will do almost anything to see the idea become a reality Why are they iimportant? * Give me a person with passion and I can build a team that will succeed * An
Overcoming The Mid-project Blues and a new creativity exercise
Download KI_20070916.mp3 Segment 1: Overcoming the Mid-Project Blues * Project go through three phases * Start-up Enthusiasm * Mid-Project Blues * End-of-Project Euphoria (blog entry on recent launch) * How do you overcome? * Remind yourself why you started the project (e.g. go back to you notebooks and
One Dimensional Innovations
Download KI_20070916.mp3 Segment 1: One Dimensional Innovations – Getting out of the innovation rut * "One Dimensional Innovations" are when you are stuck in a rut and focusing your innovation efforts in the same area as your competitors * Why is it so hard? * People tend to focus the
The launch of an innovation …
Many of you have probably noticed that I’ve been inconsistent on postings to the blog and the release of podcasts. There has been a good reason …. On 5 September, we released an innovation that we’ve been working on for 18 months .. 18 all consuming months since I was also doing my normal “day […]
The Stress Of Innovation
As an innovation program gets ready to launch an idea into the market, the stress level within the team rises. Stress is normal. We start questioning the execution, the love of the idea … Is still the best idea we could have executed? Will the market respond to our idea? Have we done our […]
The New IQ – Innovation Quotient
Download KI_20070819.mp3 Do you have what it takes to be an innovator? Its NOT as simple of question to ask as many think. Experts have been attempting to develop tests to identify those individuals who can have significant innovation impact on an organization. What some are calling the
Over dressed for the AlwaysOn event ……
I apeared on a panel during the AlwaysOn event last week in Stanford. For those who know me, I’m usually the one who is more “casually” dressed compared to my other panelists. In this case, I was clearly over dressed …. Andy Bechtolsheim (co-founder of Sun) came in his usual jeans and shirt … Nick
Finding Hidden Ideas By Using Five Hats
Download KI_20070729.mp3 Segment 1: Five Hats Method To Finding Hidden Ideas * Get out of the rut of how you look/evaluate/organize your ideas * Use the “Five Hats” approach * Alphabetical * Time * Location * Continuum * Category * Look for … * Non-obvious patterns * Strange combinations of ideas appearing next to each other
Fighting Innovation FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt)
Download KI_20070715.mp3 The idea haters will come up with ways to attack, challenge and discredit your idea. They play the Innovation FUD (Fear Uncertainty and Doubt) game. The innovation FUD they can throw, the more likely you will either give up or your boss will be scared off.
