Innovator’s Dilemmas
A bull is charging us and knowing which which — if any — horn we will take will determine what
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Month: December 2020
The Mindset, Skillset, Toolset for Innovation
What does it take to innovate? We look at the basics and what they mean for individuals and organizations looking
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What Do We Behold With Our Tools?
Algorithms influence our online experience and as that becomes a bigger part of life it has consequences beyond the digital
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Design Thinking’s Triple-B Future
Design Thinking is not only a means to innovate, but as a means to heal and grow. After a year that by most people’s standards was ugly beyond any others in recent memory, our need for beauty, sustainable and responsible businesses, supportive communities, and viable, service-forward industries needs this.
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Inspiration and the Frankenstein Design
It’s possible to design a program or service that hits every note for some and becomes a monster for others.
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The Power in Persistence
While conclusions draw our attention, it’s the persistence of effort that comes before which are the real cause for celebration
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Innovation With Visualization: Seeing Things Differently
Value can be created by building on other products or services. Radio Garden is drawing on other systems to pull together radio stations and providing the same content that can be found elsewhere, but it’s organizing it.
Providing alternative perspectives is value in itself. JimJamPro’s 3-D photo maps technically don’t show anything that isn’t in Google Maps, yet they provide a wholesale different perspective on all of that content, adding considerable contextual value.
Visualizing relationships is systems innovation. Visualizing a system of relationships — a radio station within a country, an apartment block within a neighbourhood — provides insight into a system, not just a product.