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5 Million? No thanks …

December 10, 2011

At the risk of restating the obvious, it would seem that the most notable thing that happened in the world of innovation in 2011, at least as far as the business world is concerned, was the sad death of Steve Jobs. His biography sits at number one on the best seller lists, and when was [...]

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Innovation for the base of the pyramid

December 19, 2010

There are lucrative markets all over the world that companies are vying for, and innovation is playing a role in all of them. The middle class is growing rapidly in India and China now, and millions of people join the global economic engine in these countries each year. But many people who live at the base of the economic pyramid are also seeing more economic opportunities.

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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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