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…
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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…
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…
Nobody Wants to Buy Your Products or Services. Here’s Why!
Just as organizations have jobs for which they hire and fire employees, customers have jobs for which they hire and fire tools or solutions. Customers…
Innovation: You Can’t Get There From Here
Innovation extends from our current knowledge, technology and ethnography into what theoretical biologist Stuart Kauffman coined as the Adjacent Possible.[i] Described by innovation theorist Steven…
Innovation is a Team Sport
Great innovations are not achieved by solitary work, created in a vacuum or emerge fully mature when first conceived. Innovations are not the product of…
The 2-Percent Solution
The difference between first and second place in a yacht race is often less than 2 percent of the total elapsed time. The difference between…
Commonplace Genius – Borrowing Ideas from Other Industries to Solve Business Challenges
Borrowing ideas from other industries and disciplines is one of the best ways to make breakthrough improvements at your own organization. It also makes you…
