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Innovation in Media and Entertainment with Craig Leddy of Interactive TV Works
Craig Leddy of Interactive TV Works joins us to discuss innovation in the media industry. Innovation in Media and Entertainment Most people don’t think of the media industry as a driver for innovation. People tend to overlook that things like cable TV took decades to get to today. In
The Thinking Skills Needed For Success
How often do we step back and think about how we think? Probably not often enough. However, understanding how we think is important if we want to improve the quality of our ideas and, as a result, our innovations. Periodically throughout my career, I have benefited from reflecting on how I think. It
What is the Biggest Barrier to Innovation?
This episode is a commencement speech I virtually gave on the biggest barrier to innovation. The Biggest Barrier to Innovation Fear is an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous and likely to cause pain or a threat. For humans, fear tends to build on
How To Use First Principles Thinking To Innovate
Thinking is one of the essential skills a person must learn. It allows us to decide, solve problems, and come up with new ideas. And yet, many people never learn how to do it properly. The history of thinking goes back centuries. The ancient Greeks were some of the first people to think about thinki
You Need an Innovation Strategy
An innovation strategy is a plan outlining how a business will create, develop, and bring new products or services to market to gain a competitive advantage. A strategy guides the efforts of individual employees or entire teams and tailored to the organization's unique needs. It also helps ensure
Hindsight Is 20/20 – The Hindsight Fallacy
The hindsight fallacy is a cognitive bias that relies heavily on past knowledge or experience when making predictions about the future. This belief that "hindsight is 20/20" can lead to inaccurate predictions because it causes people to forget that their past understanding might not be accurate.
Why Do Organizations Hire An Innovation Agency?
Let's continue our series about the innovation agency and explore why organizations hire them. Hire an Innovation Agency 1. To help with creative problem-solving. An innovation agency can help organizations find new solutions to their problems. These agencies bring new perspectives and stimulate creativity, allowing companies to overcome
If People Would Behave Decently, The World Would Be Decent!
Charles Dickens is quoted as saying: “If men would behave decently, the world would be decent.” This is so true! If we want to see a change in the world, it starts with each one of us behaving decently. When we are kind, compassionate, and respectful to others, we set the tone for how we […]
What Is An Innovation Agency?
Let us explore what an innovation agency is and how it can help bring you more success in the challenging innovation process. Why Hire An Innovation Agency? Innovation Agency is a term created to distinguish agencies that specialize in innovation from the agencies such as advertising, design, marketing, and PR
(Preparing For) A Failure of Imagination
With organizational failures, the imagination is often at fault. We can’t imagine things going wrong, so we don’t plan for them. Organizations can’t imagine that their employees would do something unethical, so they don’t have policies in place to prevent it. Owners can’t imagine that a natural disa
