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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 […]
What’s wrong with “old think” innovation approaches?
So, what is wrong with the traditional approaches that most companies use to generate ideas/innovations? Plenty!! I’ve seen it, experienced it and in my past, I probably inflicted it on others. There are the four (4) tell-tale symptoms that the approach being used is “old think”. How many of the
The Right To Argue With Your Boss
Do you have the right to question or even argue with your boss? In most cases, people would say ‘are you kidding!!’. Without the right to argue, how can management even hope to avoid the potholes and cliffs that we all face. In the case of innovation, the right to argue is paramount to creating [
What is it that I do??
Over the last few years, I’ve recieved a number of emails asking for a “behind the scene” look into what it is I do and how it relates to innovation. Today there was an article published at thestreet.com based on an interview I gave a few weeks back that gives you a peak behind […]
Shock and Awe!!
A week or so ago I started getting emails and IM’s with a link to an Engadget posting from friends, family, readers to this blog and listeners to my podcast. I knew something was up just by the sheer volume of emails with the same identical URL. Much to my surprise when I […]
How do you know if your boss gets innovation?
Management Support of Innovation My last posting on “permission based innovation” generated a lot of comments and email …. some challenging me on the fact that management still needs to “get it”. So, how do you know if your management team “gets it” with regards to innovation? Some time ago, I came
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
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
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
