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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 Segment
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.
Reverse Mentoring
Hanging out with staff and interns that are younger than your own children is a real eye-opener. You quickly realize that you are so far out of the loop – you can’t even see the loop. The challenge is how to you get yourself back into the loop without looking like a creepy old guy […]
Prioritizing Your Ideas
Download KI_20070617.mp3 Segment 1: Prioritizing Your Ideas 1. - Rank your ideas by scoring them against the 5 Key Question 2. - Assign an estiamte of when the idea will become a product * 3 timeline buckets (example: 1-2 yrs, 3-5 yrs, +5 yrs) * If on the border, round
Seeing The Big Picture To Innovate
Download KI_20070528.mp3 The ability to keep perspective while continuously innovating is a challenge. We tend to get ourselves hyper focused and risk overlooking really great ideas. So who do keep the big picture perspective while still staying focused to create innovations that have impact? Segment 1: Seeing The
20 Years In To The Future
During my recent trip to Shanghai, I gave a press conference where I presented a vision and timeline of major shifts occurring over the next 20 years. For those of you who are podcast listeners, you know that I’m not a big believer of random long range forcasting. In this case, we’ve been careful
Here Are The 7 Reasons Why Innovations Fail
Download KI_20070430.mp3 Segment 1: Innovation Failure What are the reasons that innovation efforts fail? 1. Innovation for awards and recognition 2. Meaningless innovation 3. Non-user driven innovation 4. Innovation as long as its green 5. Innovation by committee 6. Lightspeed innovation 7. Copycat innovations Segment 2: Killer Question
Profile In The San Jose Mercury News
As I mentioned in last weeks podcast, I was recently interviewed for a profile that was to appear in a local paper. Well — it was released today. For those of you interested, you can click on the link below to read the article. For some reason, the Q&A section that appeard in the […]
