Innovation Patterns and History Lessons
Those looking to history to shape our future innovations should be wary of the conclusions they draw. Remember the Roaring
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Monitoring, Principles and Impotent Strategy
Without connecting monitoring of our programs with our principles and strategy, we are simply creating impotency in our organizations. The
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Comical Innovation
Innovation has likely never been more important and that’s why its study and practice is no laughing matter. The systemic
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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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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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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.
Conferencing the Pandemic, Part 3: Content
A great conference isn’t much without content, presenting challenges and opportunities for online learners. In previous posts, I highlighted some
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Ties That Bind and Release Innovation
Remote working tools for collaboration can shape our culture of innovation or we can shape the tools themselves, the choice is ours, by design.
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