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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To Innovate, You Must Be Fearless
If you want to be innovative, you have to learn to overcome your fears. Did you know that most people consider the fear of public… Read More »To Innovate, You Must Be Fearless
How Are Those Long Range Scanners Working Out?
Are You Looking Far Enough Into The Future? Since our earliest days as primitive savannah wanderers, we humans have had a natural tendency to prioritize… Read More »How Are Those Long Range Scanners Working Out?
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?
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
Run From Disruption: Pivot Quickly Or Face The Music
Do you remember the time BC (Before COVID)? Everything was awesome, right? The market was going great – you are selling well – your revenues… Read More »Run From Disruption: Pivot Quickly Or Face The Music
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
Subscribe To Everything
You’ve heard of Dollar Shave Club? The scrappy startup which started marketing by putting ironic videos on social media which spoke directly to the burgeoning… Read More »Subscribe To Everything
Constraints Are The Best
We live in a fantastic time. We now have more processing power in our watches than we used to have on our desks or even… Read More »Constraints Are The Best
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
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
Open Your Mind To Alternate Realities
When you think about it, we are all living in a multiverse of realities. What we each experience is our own reality. Even when more… Read More »Open Your Mind To Alternate Realities
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.