Innovation is about Solving Mysteries, not Puzzles
Innovation is about solving problems in a unique and beneficial way, but how you approach the problem has significant impact on how successful and sustainable…
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How to Take Advantage of Future Trends Earlier Than Your Competition
The future doesn’t just appear, it is constantly developing. By looking for, by listening for clues to how the future is developing you won’t be…
Great Ideas Are Yours to Steal
Are you interested in a source of new ideas that are proven to work and that don’t cost you anything? They’re available through a process…
What I Learned About Product Development from Ordering a Pizza
Think of the last time you ordered a pizza for carry-out or delivery. Did you order a pizza or did you specifically order a hot…
Asking For Ideas Is Bad For Innovation
When you follow the same innovation path as most organizations, two-thirds of your new products, new services and new ideas are likely to fail. When…
How to Avoid a Failed Product Launch
Market research is valuable. It supplies you with statistics about segment spend and customer buying habits. It also helps you understand what your customers say…
Nobody Wants to Buy Your Products or Services. Here’s Why!
Just as organizations have jobs for which they hire and fire employees, customers have jobs for which they hire and fire tools or solutions. Customers…
Innovation: You Can’t Get There From Here
Innovation extends from our current knowledge, technology and ethnography into what theoretical biologist Stuart Kauffman coined as the Adjacent Possible.[i] Described by innovation theorist Steven…
To Avoid Obsolescence Forget Everything You Know
Organizational Learning, the process of creating, retaining, and transferring knowledge within an organization, is a perennial management topic, but Organizational Unlearning is far more important.…
Disrupt Yourself before Anyone Else has a Chance
When trying to solve new problems or capitalize on new opportunities, individuals and organizations often look inward and apply familiar mental models, tools and techniques…
The Power of Profit: How to make more profit from your existing sales
How do you define your best customers? The customers who generate the most revenue for you? The customers who buy the broadest range of products…
Commonplace Genius – Borrowing Ideas from Other Industries to Solve Business Challenges
Borrowing ideas from other industries and disciplines is one of the best ways to make breakthrough improvements at your own organization. It also makes you…
