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Law of Innovation #3 – The Law of Resources
In the 7 Immutable Laws of Innovation, the Law of Resources states: Innovation requires a committed level of resources (people, money, time, equipment) over an extended period of time. The level of resourcing is the validation for the importance and commitment the organization devotes to innovation
Are you ever too old for the innovation game?
Are you ever too old for the innovation game? I sure hope not because I have no plans to stop. In the case of David Packard, he retired from HP at the ripe old of 81 yet continued to devote his creative abilities to innovate undersea robots and imaging technologies with the Monterey Bay Aquarium,
Crossing the chasm has a new meaning in today’s world
Geoffrey Moore, the author of “Crossing The Chasm” and I have had the opportunity to spend time together in the past including him agreeing to be interviewed for the podcast (one of the most popular podcast to-date). If you’re interested, here are links to the interview: Part 1 and Part 2. I came a
The 7 Immutable Laws of Innovation – Follow them or risk the consequences
. ? Over the years of being in the innovation space, I’ve discovered a set of laws by trial and error. I have the scars from the school of hard knocks to validate that these 7 laws of innovation are critical for innovation success. If you violate any one of them, the consequences can be […]
The ultimate of constraint based innovation – burn the boats!
Seth Godin recently made a post on his blog about putting yourself into an impossible position and then setting back and watching incredibly things happen. I’m a big believer of constraint based innovation where leaders purposefully restrict some key resource(s) (people, money, time, etc) and then f
Going Beyond The Obvious
Download KI_2011_05_Going_Beyond_The_Obvious.mp3 This weeks Killer Innovations podcast is ~15 minute segment from a one hour talk I recently gave to the team at PureMatter at their annual team offsite at the Computer History Museum. The topic: Going Beyond The Obvious We are faced
Why is it that most organizations fail at innovation leadership?
In most organizations these days, decision making is held in the hands of the few. This is especially true when it comes to innovation. Rather than taking advantage of the passion, insight and expertise of the entire organization, the executives make the call on what ideas to consider, what ideas t
Why best practices does not equal best strategy (video)
Best practices for innovation makes no sense. The consulting industry is built up on the idea of taking the “best” from each of their clients and merging them together and then selling them to all the companies within a given industry. So why is this a bad idea? Best practices make everyone the same
Ignore The Obvious speech on Innovation at Argyle Executive Forum (slides)
This morning I gave a keynote at the Argyle Executive Forum event in NYC. The title of the talk was “Ignore The Obvious” covering a wide range of areas to help the audience better understand and use innovation as a competitive advantage: Doing the obvious is what everyone expects Doing the obvious
