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The Most Interesting Thing in The World
The Most Interesting Thing in The World Is In Your Pocket I was a fan of Last Man Standing before it was canceled and during a recent binge watch there was an…
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Your Startup (or Innovation Program) Needs Both Kirk and Scotty
To Be Successful, You Need Both These Attributes In Equal Measure If you look at most of the successful startups (and internal innovation programs) throughout history, you’ll note a trend – there…
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How to get the best ideas out of people? Cheat.
Prior to the widespread adoption of the web and the internet, I used to run something called a Bulletin Board System (BBS), where we would use phone lines to communicate on message…
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Banish Failure! Did You Win Or Did You Learn?
Ah, failure. Are there still people out there who feel that it is a bad thing? I know of very few cases where, barring a life and death struggle, failure does not…
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1 Way We Innovate: Ask “Why Do We Still…”
With all of the new technologies and ways of doing things seemingly better and faster, do you ever wonder why we sometimes cling to the old ways of doing things? Why even…
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When People Say “We’re Not Like Google”, I Say “Why Not?”
I’ve worked with a number of clients over the years who seem to have a bit of a self-esteem issue. We have very successful ideation sessions, a number of great ideas are…
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Timing Is Everything. Get That Right and You Win.
Everything that we’ve come up with will happen. We just don’t know when. I’ve said before many times that the biggest issue with being a futurist is that you are a lot…
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How To Get The Best Most Disruptive Ideas Out There
Anonymity Helps Innovation As I mentioned in a previous post, our culture and technology are making it much easier to survive and thrive in the world as an introvert, and in so…
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3 Ways to Deal with Innovation Resistance
Having been in the innovation business all of my career and for the last 15 years as a professional innovator, I’ve seen my share of resistance to innovation. Most of the time,…
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This Week In Innovation: Are Corporate Values Worthless?
The Future is Invisible The world is at the precipice of one of the most dramatic shifts in history: the transition from an industrial society to one that is based on a…
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