Do What People Want: Don’t Fight Human Nature
What are people like? I have a feeling that we all, on some level, already know the answer to that question. Despite this, we continue… Read More »Do What People Want: Don’t Fight Human Nature
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Embrace Change And Conquer The Future
“I’m afraid the patient doesn’t have much longer to live,” the doctor said. There is a treatment, but it has some serious adverse effects. The… Read More »Embrace Change And Conquer The Future
Why We Can’t Make Humans Happy
Many people have lamented that over the last half-century, innovation has stalled. The look at the end of the 19th century and the start of… Read More »Why We Can’t Make Humans Happy
Why Do I Do This?
Once upon a time, a corporate innovator was having trouble bringing innovation into their organization. No matter how hard they tried to guide the culture… Read More »Why Do I Do This?
Stop Copying Me: Desire And Design Thinking
Today we’re talking about mimetic theory. It’s an interesting philosophy that I only just came across. When I first heard the name, it had to… Read More »Stop Copying Me: Desire And Design Thinking
Why You Should Ignore The Past
I love the “success literature” space – it’s actually pretty humorous. I think of all of the books I’ve read; there are maybe three that… Read More »Why You Should Ignore The Past
How Do You Feel About Taking Risks?
After facing the future and feeling empowered to change yourself or your organization to design your ideal future, one of the next steps in my… Read More »How Do You Feel About Taking Risks?
Punching The 10000 Hour Myth In The Jaw
You’ve heard it. We’ve all heard it. Countless business books and life books have touted the “10,000 hours to mastery” rule. I think Malcolm Gladwell… Read More »Punching The 10000 Hour Myth In The Jaw
Stepping Into The Same River Twice
Determining the correct decision in any specific situation requires the ability to look at both qualitative and quantitative data. However, all of this data comes… Read More »Stepping Into The Same River Twice
Brainstorm This: Tell A Story Of Things To Come
In many of our ideation sessions, we have to start by contending with those who are stuck in “today”—those who will shoot down any suggested… Read More »Brainstorm This: Tell A Story Of Things To Come
The Upside Of Black Swans
The Coronavirus is a Black Swan: The black swan theory or theory of black swan events is a metaphor that describes an event that comes… Read More »The Upside Of Black Swans
Denying Your True Human Nature? Here’s What Happens When You Do
What are humans really like? I think we all, deep down, know the answer to that question. Yet, we still hold out hope that humans can… Read More »Denying Your True Human Nature? Here’s What Happens When You Do
Unearthing Your Customers True Core Desires
We’ve talked about how most companies focus on the digital first, looking at transforming their businesses by using technology. This technology first approach works for… Read More »Unearthing Your Customers True Core Desires
Get More Things Done By Understanding Our Basic Humanity
I just got off a great podcast interview where we discussed the need to be more human in our communications. More personal. The days where… Read More »Get More Things Done By Understanding Our Basic Humanity
We Can No Longer Live Our Lives Without Augmentation
We’ve nearly reached the point – or have passed the point in some cases, where we can no longer operate without augmentation. When was the… Read More »We Can No Longer Live Our Lives Without Augmentation
Say Yes To Everything
Being a huge Star Trek fan – (growing up during reruns of the Original Series and the Animated Series, Kirk has always been the best… Read More »Say Yes To Everything
Don’t Do Your Best!
Stop Trying to Excel! If you watch anime or read manga, you’ll come across pretty common phrase – when a character is about to complete… Read More »Don’t Do Your Best!
What You Don’t Know Will Probably Hurt You
Don’t Let The Fear of The Unknown Stop You From Innovating I’m not sure where the phrase “what you don’t know can’t hurt you,” came… Read More »What You Don’t Know Will Probably Hurt You
To Innovate, Observe The Tripwires, Then Trip Them On Purpose.
Everyone who’s worked in teams and enterprises for any length of time knows that there are tripwires everywhere that people take great pains not to… Read More »To Innovate, Observe The Tripwires, Then Trip Them On Purpose.
Eliminating Human Bias By Eliminating Humans.
In a previous post, I talked about how Amazon shut down their AI-guided recruiting experiment because they could not successfully drive out bias, for both… Read More »Eliminating Human Bias By Eliminating Humans.