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Showing the future at the Disneyland Dream Home
How do you show what’s possible in the future? You could always write a report or create a PowerPoint. I’m a big believer in making the future seem real … How? By putting the users into the future today by creating an immersive experience. Let them see, touch, smell, taste the future today. A fe
The Interns Are Back!!
Yes … I’m doing the “experiment” again by having two of my summer interns stay with me. Based on last summers experience (Start, End, Intern Post), I decided to repeat it again … So far, we have one intern already in the house (Senior from Virginia Tech) with the second one arrive in the next […]
Observation Skills – Find the unspoken needs and wants of customers
Download KI_20080601.mp3 Using observation skills to find the unspoken needs and wants of customers. * Simple approach – Use feedback from customers (complaints, emails, etc) * Go deeper * Active Observation – get our of the chair/office and go to where the customers are * Active Reflection – after the observation, go back and
Creative Economy – Recorded LIVE!
Recorded live April 4, 2008 at the Business Alliance Bootcamp for Growing Companies and Entrepreneurs … Change is something we may try to stop but never will. From the agriculture economy to the manufacturing economy to the knowledge/information economy to that of the creative economy … where wealth creation is dependent
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 best
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
