How To Conquer Every Fear
It seems that most of what ails the human race is fear. Fear of the unknown. Fear of change. Fear of looking stupid. Fear of missing out. You’d think, if only we…
February 14, 2022Stop Copying Me: Desire And Design Thinking
Today we’re talking about mimetic theory. It’s an interesting philosophy that I only just came across. When I first heard the name, it had to do with memes because memes are powerful…
July 25, 20217 Tips For Dealing With The Coronavirus And Future Black Swans
There is a tremendous amount of misinformation out there on this pandemic. Much of it is designed, in my view, to throw people into a panic. In our practice, we have a…
March 29, 2020Humans Are Lazy
Stop Asking The Customer To Jump Through Your Hoops In some ideation sessions that I’ve been a part of when attendees start the description of the idea with “the customer needs to”…
January 28, 2020What Use Humans?
In a world With Ultra Smart AI Based Bots, Are Humans Useful? Not a day goes by that there isn’t yet another story discussing how an AI has bested a human in…
September 14, 2017Feel Uncreative? Kill Your Feed.
It’s Called A Feed Because You Are Being Fed. Up That Is. Ever wonder why when you have a spare moment, no matter where you are, whether it’s waiting in line, at…
September 7, 2017Servicing Your Future Hypermobile & Hyperconnected Customers & Workers
Welcome To The World Of Hyperconnected Just-In-Time-And-Place The concept of just-in-time appears in only three spaces according to Wikipedia – just-in-time manufacturing, a production strategy where things are built as they are…
September 5, 2017Focus on Your Core Vision
Have You Strayed From Your Focus? I’ve read Wired magazine for over 20 years – I remember seeing my very first issue in a very eclectic bookstore in Toronto (now sadly gone)…
August 31, 2017How To Conquer The Future: Embrace Uncertainty
Doctor: “I’m afraid the patient is terminal. There is a cure, however, it has some serious side effects” Patient: “I’ll take it! What are the side effects?” Doctor: “Well, mainly cultural change.…
June 1, 2017Are We Seeing The End Of Employees?
What does the employee of the future look like? There’s been a recent article in The Wall Street Journal which I tweeted out to my followers the other day about the future…
February 16, 2017