I am all for a bit of process improvement, it moves the world forward, but sometimes process improvement by itself isn’t enough. As the man said: If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses ~ Henry Ford If you really want a breakthrough there is a bit more to […]
How to Push Your Big Idea
There are two ways to push your next big idea: 1. The Business Case Pull together a fancy looking presentation with buckets full of analysis (discounted cash flows, net present values, operations analysis, customer value analysis, competitive positioning, the whole nine yards), it is the professional thing to do. Unfortunately: Your idea will be flat […]
Why Stereotyping Makes Issues Look Like a Wolves
Your brain is amazing It has a rekmabrale kanck of tainkg in ltos of infotmraion, sitfing it and cnretaig mennaig from it. It deos this by mtahcing pttaerns, lokoing for comnomality with tnihgs that it has seen in the psat, and tehn finlig taht infotmarion away. That is why you are albe to mkae ssene […]
You Have to Collect the Dots Before You Join Them
To innovate you need insight You need to know stuff, how things work, how people think, what makes the world tick As you collect ideas, concepts, thoughts, insights in your head then gradually connections will start to form, you will start to see new possibilities and create new things, you will innovate A precursor to […]
Do You Test and Learn or Just Fail?
Samuel Pierpont Langley dreamed of being the first man to fly an aeroplane. His approach was simple, build the most powerful engine he could. Strap a couple of wings to it and watch it go. He was well funded. He and a large staff focused all their attention on developing a big muscular engine, something […]
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