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Concept Cards™ – Innovation Tool for Developing Insights

August 14, 2010

In a recent newsletter I wrote about one of the tools we use in innovation consulting engagements to help client teams develop insights. The following short video will introduce you to Concept Cards™ – single frame documents that make complex concepts accessible and usable in the planning process. Imagine having a hundred or several hundred [...]

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Innovation, Trade, and Optimism

May 19, 2010

There was a very fine blog post on a New York Times Science page by John Tierney on Monday, May 17 concerning a new book called The Rational Optimist by Dr. Matt Ridley.  (If you click the link to the New York Times, I apologize on behalf of the Time for the annoying ad you [...]

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Core Competence or Bold Change?

May 14, 2010

Time magazine ran a one page article last month (April 19, 2010, page 44 of the European edition) on the struggles of telecom equipment manufacturer Alcatel-Lucent. The entire piece is an interview with the CEO, Ben Verwaayen, and it’s just 8 paragraphs long.  I bring it up because it illustrates just how difficult it is [...]

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Predicting the Future: Trend Spotting Resources

March 8, 2010

Product Trends and Inspiration Most people who have been engaged in creativity and innovation, at some point, come to realize that cross pollination and lateral thinking are important sources for creating insights and generating breakthrough solutions to complex problems. I imagine most people have come to rely on particular resources for their inspiration and for [...]

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The Future of Business Education

January 25, 2010

There has been a lot written about the rate of change and how the speed of change isn’t going to slow down any time soon. One of the impacts of this condition is the complexity of doing business in any industry or sector of society has increased. This complexity challenges every leader to develop new [...]

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Celebrating Failure (Intelligent Failure that is)

December 3, 2009

The Tata Group is one of India’s most successful and most admired companies.   From its founding in 1868, the company has grown to encompass about 100 different corporate entities, and employs tens of thousands.  The firm’s business units make cars & trucks, steel, tea, electricity, chemicals, consulting services, software, and just about everything else.  You [...]

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