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Cost Benefit Analysis of Innovations
Download KI_20051113.mp3 Dateline: Cupertino, CA and Albuquerque, NM Segment 1: Cost Benefit Analysis – What are the ‘costs’ for using your product/service? – What are the ‘benefits’ to your user? – Validate by observation Segment 2: Observations from Listeners – What ‘jar’ have you put yourself in? Segment 3: Killer Question
Futurecasting and Listener Contributions
Download KI_20051106.mp3 Dateline: Washington, D.C. Segment 1: Futurecasting – Define a future – Document it (competitors, customers, industries, governments, etc.) – Link it back to the ‘current’ – Define the alternative paths to get to this future – Challenge yourself on what you would do different today Segment 2: Weak Signal – India
Why Do The Best Brainstorms Come From Highly Diverse Teams?
Download KI_20051101.mp3 Segment 1: Team Diversity From Tom Kelly’s new book – “The Ten Faces of Innovations” (see link below) * The Anthropologist * The Experimenter * The Cross-Pollinator * The Hurdler * The Collaborator * The Director * The Experience Architect * The Set Designer * The Storyteller * The Caregiver Some additional diversity that I’
Innovation Timing – When is the best time to launch my killer innovations?
Download KI_20051024.mp3 Dateline: London, UK Segment 1: Innovation Timing – Price Timing – Adoption Timing – Displacement Timing – Zero Price Timing Segment 2: Weak Signals – Rich Media Shopping Experience Segment 3: Killer Question of the Week
The Influence Of My Innovation Mentor On My Success
Download KI_20051017.mp3 Dateline: Palo Alto, CA Segment 1: Innovation Mentoring – Early career mentor – Pay it forward Segment 2: Weak Signals – Minipreneurs – Ebay – Multi-level marketing Segment 3: Killer Question of the Week
Stealth Innovations – Keeping innovations below the radar screen of management
Download KI_20051012.mp3 Dateline: Miami, FL and Palo Alto, CA Segment 1: Stealth Innovations (hiding under management radar) * Go quiet until you have momentum * If possible secure a passionate customer * Trust your gut Segment 2: Weak Signals — using “top 10 trend” lists to identify opportunities Segment 3: Killer Question
Katrina Innovations
Download KI_20051003.mp3 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
Overcoming Your Idea Critics and The Conceptual Age
Download KI_20050925.mp3 Dateline: Half Moon Bay, CA Segment 1: Overcoming Your Idea Critics Segment 2: The Conceptual Age Segment 3: Killer Question of the Week
Building on the innovations of others
Download KI_20050919.mp3 Dateline: Palo Alto, CA Segment 1: Building on the innovations of others Segment 2: Weak Signal – Micro-selling Segment 3: Killer Question of the Week
Ethnography and Life Caching
Download KI_20050912.mp3 Dateline: Amsterdam Segment 1: Using ethnography to identify ideas from your customers – Develop holistic view of the customer needs (e.g. transportation) – Expose and record “tribal knowledge” (things that people do automatically) – Identify customer frustrations and areas or less than optimal efficiency. Segment 2: Weak Signals