The Future Is More Important Than Ever
One of the most challenging things to convince people is the essential need to “look farther out.” Most people are so focused on the very… Read More »The Future Is More Important Than Ever
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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
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.
Expose Yourself To New Everything And You Generate Real Innovation
To innovate – you must absorb many different sources of information – especially in the areas not in which you are trying to innovate in;… Read More »Expose Yourself To New Everything And You Generate Real Innovation
Are You Silencing Your Radicals?
In every company, there are troublemakers. These are the radicals, those who don’t toe the party line, they use different processes, they don’t go through… Read More »Are You Silencing Your Radicals?
Look At The Present With The Lens Of The Future, Not With The Lens Of The Past.
When we as humans encounter something new, it’s normal to compare this new experience to any experience we had in the past. We are creatures… Read More »Look At The Present With The Lens Of The Future, Not With The Lens Of The Past.
Indifference Is The Enemy Of Innovation.
It’s Time To “Make Rejection Great Again” What is worse? Being rejected or being ignored? While the pain from rejection can be severe, the closure… Read More »Indifference Is The Enemy Of Innovation.
Do You Let Your People Go There?
Next Time, Really Put Everything Is On The Table. Go There. The Hope: Your leaders take whatever risks they need to in order to get… Read More »Do You Let Your People Go There?
What Price Innovation?
What Would You Pay To Unearth A Billion Dollar Innovation? What would you be willing to spend to unearth a billion-dollar idea from your organization?… Read More »What Price Innovation?
Innovation Is Dangerous
Innovation is beyond dangerous, awesome, and wonderful. Innovation is central to your company, but at the same time, innovation is dangerous. Innovation can be a… Read More »Innovation Is Dangerous
Robots Are Awesome
Aren’t Robots Great? Just got back from watching Terminator Genisys and of course read the article on how a number of tech luminaries are trying… Read More »Robots Are Awesome
Need 100 Startup Ideas? Check Your Living Room
Innovative Startup Ideas Are All Around You We live in an awesome time, don’t we? As little as 5 years ago, we barely had the… Read More »Need 100 Startup Ideas? Check Your Living Room
Agile Is Eating The World
Forget Software. Agile Is The Latest World Muncher A little while back, Marc Andreessen (yep, the Marc Andreessen from Netscape and Andreessen Horowitz) made a super… Read More »Agile Is Eating The World
Are Smartphones Making Us Stupid?
No, Smartphones Make Us Smarter There has been a lot of talk recently about how horrible it is that we spend so much time on… Read More »Are Smartphones Making Us Stupid?
Remove The Human, Improve The Experience?
In Some Cases, Humans Prefer Robots I don’t know about you, but sometimes I really enjoy talking to robots over people. I can’t remember the… Read More »Remove The Human, Improve The Experience?
Failure Is More Interesting Than Success
Failure is Often More Fun, Too. I watched American Idol a long time ago, but I wasn’t looking for, or even rooting for, the winners.… Read More »Failure Is More Interesting Than Success