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To Build Trust, Answer The Why Question
At a recent client, I assisted in implementing AI-based decision-making software. The software was straightforward to use – having a very minimal interface; it was designed to take on the burden of…
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Mine, Or Sell Tools To The Miners?
I read today that several Twitch influencers are feeling burned out because “if they ain’t gaming, they ain’t making” (money, that is.) It’s gotten to the extent that some of them turn…
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The Power of Design Thinking and How to Use It To Develop Innovative Products
Design thinking is a design approach that encourages people from different departments and with different responsibilities to work together collaboratively to address a business challenge. This approach is becoming more and more…
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3 Powerful Ways To Build Innovative New Products, And The Best
What does it take to develop a successful product? This is the billion-dollar question. You can combine several factors in various proportions to innovate your next product. Build Something Better If you…
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How To Leverage Mimetic Theory For Product Innovation
What Is Memetic Theory I lightly covered mimetic theory in previous posts, a theory of human behavior posited by French philosopher Rene Girard. In short, the theory suggests that all conflict is…
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What’s Your Say-To-Do Ratio When It Comes To Innovation?
Typically, most normal humans beings don’t like being hypocrites or seeing hypocrisy in others. What’s a hypocrite? Hypocrisy is the practice of engaging in the same behavior or activity for which one…
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How To Free Your Mind
We all have lots of great ideas. As human beings, I believe that we are all creative – in different ways, of course, but we all have the extraordinary capacity for reason.…
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Force Yourself To Fail To Learn
I used to play video games all of the time – in-between arcades and console games – I loved them all. I may be dating myself, but my absolute favorite arcade game…
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Time And Money: Every Second Adds Up
Typically, I write on innovation, startups, and the future, but today’s let’s talk a little about productivity. Right before the pandemic, I thought I was going to do a lot of traveling…
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Why We Can’t Make Humans Happy
Many people have lamented that over the last half-century, innovation has stalled. The look at the end of the 19th century and the start of the 20th century and marvel at the…
