Problem-solving produces an emotional benefit, not a financial one
As humans, when we see a problem, we’re actually pretty good at coming up with solutions. Just because we’re good at it, it doesn’t…
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Innovation is about Solving Mysteries, not Puzzles
Innovation is about solving problems in a unique and beneficial way, but how you approach the problem has significant impact on how successful and sustainable…
Overcoming That’s the way we’ve always done it
That phrase and its evil siblings, ‘that’s not how we do it here’ and ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ are, potentially, the seven…
Your Lack of Innovation is Costing You More Than You Realize
Business leaders are fairly confident they know the cost of “business as usual.” They’re good at asking, “what will it cost to innovate,” “what’s the…
What You Don’t Know About Your Customers Can Hurt You
Sensing mechanisms can tune you into the hints and clues of either customer dissatisfaction or opportunity. Sensing mechanisms, when used to their full advantage, can…
How to Take Advantage of Future Trends Earlier Than Your Competition
The future doesn’t just appear, it is constantly developing. By looking for, by listening for clues to how the future is developing you won’t be…
Great Ideas Are Yours to Steal
Are you interested in a source of new ideas that are proven to work and that don’t cost you anything? They’re available through a process…
Leadership is a Foul-weather Job
Great leadership looks easy when it’s smooth sailing and everybody’s happy. It’s during storms that a leader’s true colors are revealed. The environment that both…
What I Learned About Product Development from Ordering a Pizza
Think of the last time you ordered a pizza for carry-out or delivery. Did you order a pizza or did you specifically order a hot…
Asking For Ideas Is Bad For Innovation
When you follow the same innovation path as most organizations, two-thirds of your new products, new services and new ideas are likely to fail. When…
Stop Punishing Your Team For Sharing Their Ideas
You’re sitting on a gold mine of innovative ideas for: Disruptive new products and services More efficient approaches to using company resources How to keep…
Stop Selling Products and See Your Customer Relationships Deepen and Your Revenue Soar
Do you use a traditional sales process: selling a product and never seeing it again? If you are, you’re missing opportunities to deepen your customer…
How to Avoid a Failed Product Launch
Market research is valuable. It supplies you with statistics about segment spend and customer buying habits. It also helps you understand what your customers say…
Why Traditional Market Research Fails innovation
Traditional market research techniques focus on data and metrics; on logical analysis. These provide only a fraction of the available knowledge and insight necessary for…
Autonomous Vehicles May Be the Most Disruptive Innovation in History
Within the next two decades Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) are set to topple industry giants, disrupt or decimate the 20 primary industries listed below, and potentially…
