Dateline: Palo Alto, CA via New Orleans
Segment 1: Katrina Innovations
– McGyver Effect
– Crisis as a catalyst for innovations
Segment 2: N/A
Segment 3: Killer Questions of the Week
– Reverse Killer Questions
The most expensive failures don't announce themselves. They start as weak signals somebody noticed once and explained away. Second-order thinking is how you stop being that somebody.
Most innovation tools teach you how to win. Inversion thinking teaches you how to lose on purpose, so you catch the failure while you can still change course.
First principles thinking is the most talked-about skill in innovation. It's also the most misunderstood. Here's what it actually looks like.
