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Permission Based Innovation
I was recently presenting to an organization (un-named to protect the innocent) on how to create an innovation culture. During the session, the question was asked “What changes were needed to make the organization more innovative?”. I was awestruck with the string of suggestions, mostly starting w
Making The Innovation Pitch
Download KI_20070114.mp3 Assuming that you have a great idea, the next most important step is to create the pitch so that others will join and support you. You cannot under estimate the importance of a well thought out and delivered innovation pitch if you are to create ideas
Observations from CES
It’s that time of year again to get totally exhausted trying to see everything at CES. This year, there wasn’t much in the way of true innovations being shown or announced at CES (or for that matter, at MacWorld). The hype of the term still continues. When I pushed back on the people staffing differ
Creating White Space Innovations – Using innovation maps to create white space innovations
Download KI_20070101.mp3 Segment 1: White Space Innovations Create an innovation map to find the white space opportunities by mapping this history of your products, markets, industry or customer segments against two dimensions * Vertical dimension: convenience/experience * Horizontal dimension: quality By mapping the history, you will start to see
Tools And Tricks To Overcome Creativity Block
Download KI_20061219.mp3 Segment 1: Tools And Tricks To Overcome Creativity Block * Talking Pictures * Concept Fan * Drawing * Brutethink * Thril * Problem Reversal * Circle of Opportunity Segment 2: Killer Question Of The Week Redefine the problem * ‘There is usually more than one-way of looking at problems. You could also define this
Education And Innovation
On my flight back to the US yesterday, I was reading the Wall Street Journal Europe and came across an editorial piece by Michael Bloomberg, the Mayor of New York City. In the editorial, Mayor Bloomberg takes the current education “industry” (if you could really call it that) to task … “For much of
Being Claustrophobic
Now – I’m not claustrophobic in the traditional sense. I’m fine with getting into elevators, small rooms or especially small office cubes. What I am claustrophobic about is spending too much time in the office and away from customers. Many teams become so internally focused that they get myopic on
India China And The Creative Economy – How to compete in the creative economy
Download KI_20061210.mp3 Segment 1: India, China and the Creative Economy * Developed coutries need to stop focusing on the offshoreing (right-shoring) of work. Offshoring is an issue: * Forrestor predicts that 3.3 million white collar jobs equalling $136 billion is wages will shift to low cost countries such as
Road Closed By Bad Planning
In 1973, the US was caught in the grip of a crisis – the oil embargo. Gas prices jumped +300% overnight. Economic and political turmoil was the norm. During this time, many firms, including the oil companies, were on the verge of failing. Yet during this time, one company – Royal Dutch/Shell – thriv
Innovation Gravity
Download KI_20061202.mp3 Dateline: Hong Kong Segment 1: Innovation Gravity - Ingnore past success - Create new challenges for yourself and your team. Don’t accept the "same as last time" objectives - Consider taking an extended break - Swith to something you know nothing about (new