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Are Your Telling Your People To Innovate?
At this point, you might wonder, “Why is my company so behind the times?” It’s possible that you’re thinking to yourself: Why can we not match the level of innovation displayed by…
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Do What People Want: Don’t Fight Human Nature
What are people like? I have a feeling that we all, on some level, already know the answer to that question. Despite this, we continue to believe that humans can alter their…
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Build What Customers Love, And The Money Will Follow
Even though we talk about improving profitability and our customers benefit from the profitable new ideas we help them generate or generate for them, there are still a lot of creative ideas…
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Embrace Change And Conquer The Future
“I’m afraid the patient doesn’t have much longer to live,” the doctor said. There is a treatment, but it has some serious adverse effects. The patient responded, “I’ll take it!” What adverse…
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To Innovate, You Must Be Fearless
If you want to be innovative, you have to learn to overcome your fears. Did you know that most people consider the fear of public speaking even more severe than the fear…
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You Need To Experiment Like Crazy To Innovate
Your innovation laboratories’ existential question: which concept has the potential to be worth a billion dollars? After implementing an innovation program, the most significant challenge that I’ve seen businesses face, in my…
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Everything Is In Flux
During the time that I’ve managed projects, as we got through the process of implementing any kind of program, whether it’s a software implementation, and innovation architecture, or software development, most project…
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Should I Stay Or Should I Go Now?
You are an innovator, and you are pleased with the role that you play in the world. You take great pride in your ability to anticipate the needs of your customers and…
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How To Leverage Mimetic Theory For Product Innovation
What Is Mimetic 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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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…
