GOAL!!! The Definitive Guide to Developing Outcomes for Your Innovation Program
The room was hushed. The presenter had completed a very thorough presentation of using their tool to develop a robust innovation program, with all the fixings: the goals were clearly set out, the right...
View ArticleThe Creativity Story
Once upon a time, business leaders were constantly juggling problems like aggressive competition, demanding customers, disgruntled employees, and unsatisfied shareholders. They relied on a combination...
View ArticleThe Rise Of Homo Nexus: Are We Now The Borg Collective?
Recently, I have been binge watching Star Trek: Voyager (such a geek, right – love those 90s hairstyles). One of the key premises of Star Trek (all versions save for the new JJ Abrams dreck) is that...
View ArticleReality Always Wins The Future
How do you predict the future? There are a lots of ways, of course, but here are two which seems to work well for some things: You take something that currently exists today and extend it out in the...
View ArticleStrategies For The Strategists
Today’s article will focus on the typical problems innovators face and the proposed solution for the problems. Most likely you or your innovation stakeholders have day jobs running production critical...
View ArticleGrowth Through Innovation
Growth! Growth! Growth! Everyone is obsessed with growth nowadays. I remember when “growth” was just good old-fashioned sales, but just like mobile homes are being re-branded tiny homes (even if its...
View Article3 Reasons To Stop Ignoring Micro-Innovation
Many people feel that innovation must be a huge, game-changing, life altering event. That when you run an innovation program, that it must create new technologies or new innovations in completely new...
View ArticleYour Career In Turmoil? Do A Startup
Let me know if this sounds familiar. You, or someone like you, or friends you know, have worked for large companies for most of your working life, whether its 10, 20 or 30 years. You’ve gone from one...
View ArticleWEBINAR: Are You Betting on the Wrong ‘preneur?
In a culture that worships at the altar of entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship takes a back seat. There are support systems to mentor, guide, and finance entrepreneurs; meetups and webinars to share...
View ArticleEmbrace Change, Don’t Fear It.
I was recently at a conference with the Institute for the Future, where we discussed what the world is going to be like ten years out. I really enjoy these exercises as it lets my future focused brain...
View ArticleIs The Startup Gold Rush Over?
According to TechCrunch, the startup “gold rush” is over. Pretty funny stuff. As if there ever actually was a “real” gold rush, in the sense that anyone could just show up, buy some equipment and start...
View ArticleHow Our Devices Can Make Us Super Human
Science fiction and comic books are rife with stories of the “more than human” human – either biologically enhanced through stimulants, genetic manipulation and/or mechanical augmentation. I still...
View Article1 Good Way To Innovate: Go Offline And Make
I love Maker Faire – in fact, I’m a big fan of the whole Maker movement. Now, its gone through a few iterations, but I think that the urge to make stuff, to build things, to do things with our hands,...
View ArticleHmm, Well That’s Different: Non-Obviousness
This is the 3rd of 5 posts on patenting your ideas. This episode: Non-obviousness. This is a fun one. Many times, people come to me with ideas which are slightly better than something out there and ask...
View ArticleForget Traction! You Need Audience First.
The startup world is abuzz with the word TRACTION – you hear it and see it everywhere – blog posts promise “The 19 Channels You Can Use to Get Traction“, there are even whole books written about how to...
View ArticleTo Disrupt, You Must Be of Open Mind
I’ve founded startups, I’ve worked at small companies, I’ve worked at huge companies and I’ve worked at medium size companies. Some may even say that I have an interesting background. When you talk to...
View ArticleWhat’s the Difference Between a Snowstorm and an Earthquake? [VIDEO]
What’s the difference between a snowstorm and an earthquake? Well, with a snowstorm, you typically get notified ahead of time, you can plan thing out, you can buy a parka, boots, snow tires for your...
View Article4 Reasons Homestuck Is the Future of Entertainment
If you’re still thinking about how to reach Millennials, you might already be too late. Now’s the time to start appealing to Generation Z. Generation Z doesn’t use smartphones as often as you’d think,...
View ArticleInnovation: War Between “DoIts” and “ShouldWes”
Once upon a time, there were two types of humans… As a futurist, I was always a big fan of depictions of the future – movies like Things To Come, where we’d fly everywhere and even Metropolis, with its...
View ArticleHow to Create Jobs For Humans
While the gig/on-demand/sharing economy has been touted as the growth of a new economic (and innovation) engine, even by myself, I’m finding it harder and harder to see that it has long term legs, at...
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