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Strategy versus Execution
Strategy without execution is another form of wasting time. If you plan to do something, but don’t do it, what’s the point? Many companies and marketers, however, do a lot of this. Lots of planning,...
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Treat Crazy Ideas With Respect
The next time somebody approaches you with a “crazy” idea, pause before putting them down. Instead of looking for what’s wrong, look for what’s right. See if you can find a hidden jewel in the idea, a...
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Just Do It – Career Innovation
If there was one slogan that dominated the aughts it was the Nike’s “Just Do It”. I am not a fan of sweeping generalizations, a one size fits all solution. Many have ended up broke and broken by not...
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The Brain and Why Innovation Happens Differently for Everyone
We’ve all had that moment of insight and clarity…the idea just hits you. A-ha! Without knowing why or how, you’ve tapped into something primal, visceral and perfectly suited to the problem you’re...
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How to Discover your Business Model
It’s time to move beyond finding the next big thing. We need to find the next big reason. If you really want to know if your winning business idea will work, you need to... Continue reading →
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Design Thinking Requires Storytelling
Stories inspire, motivate, and shift the way the people think and work. Many civilizations throughout history understood the power of storytelling. From ancient Egypt to modern China story-telling...
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Eight I’s of Infinite Innovation
Some authors talk about successful innovation being the sum of idea plus execution, others talk about the importance of insight and its role in driving the creation of ideas that will be meaningful to...
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Manoj Fenelon Imagines the Future for PepsiCo
Manoj Fenelon helps imagine alternate futures for PepsiCo’s beverage businesses and brands. The way he sees it, the future of business will be about value(s) created through sharing more than...
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Innovate by Looking for Problem Patterns
Clayton Christensen, Harvard Business School Professor, explains how to approach innovation creatively by studying the problem you are trying to solve and how it was resolved by other industries....
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21 Innovators on What We’ll Be Doing in 2013
What will innovators be doing in 2013? When we asked a sampling of our authors/bloggers/community members, inspiration for the New Year tumbled forth! Thank you for big picture predictions, personal...
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100 Things to Watch in 2013
Adult Playgrounds, Chia Seeds and Instant-Erase Apps—just a few items from the annual list of 100 Things to Watch for the year ahead. It’s a wide-ranging compilation that reflects developments that are...
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How Can We Increase Insight?
One key step in innovating is generating novel ideas – and this is based on insight. So how can we increase insight? Continue reading →
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Vision Beats Numbers – How Apple Showed Intel A Better Way to Grow
Can you believe it has been only 12 years since Apple introduced the iPod? Since then Apple's value has risen from about $11 (January, 2001) to over $500 (today) - an astounding 45X increase. With all...
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Insights Differentiate, Not Data
Big Data is receiving a lot of attention and investment at the moment, with the combination of technology and analytics generating enormous possibility. As Greg Satell rightly points out, businesses...
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The Organizational Storytelling Poll
There's a new growth industry in town -- Organizational Storytelling -- half art, half science, and half tribal campfire. Yes, I know that makes three halves, but that's one of the great things about...
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Look Beyond Your Industry for Fresh Inspiration
Looking to analogous fields – other industries who have solved similar challenges – is commonplace in R&D departments. However, it’s often overlooked by other functions (e.g. marketing,...
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6 essentials for asking great business questions
By using these six essential checks to interrogate your questions before you answer them, you’ll save a lot of potentially wasted effort if people disagree with your question later. Continue reading →
View Article4 Visionaries Who Saw Far into the Future and How They Did It
Successful people solve problems. Look at any great fortune, whether it be Carnegie, Ford or Gates and you find that the source of their vast accomplishment was a problem solved. Even more prosaic...
View ArticleUser-centered design: how to merge it with a design thinking program
Sometimes underrated and later-introduced in the process, user-centered design is a fundamental tool for innovation. The design thinking approach most of the time offers a great deal of product...
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Manoj Fenelon helps imagine alternate futures for PepsiCo’s beverage businesses and brands. The way he sees it, the future of business will be about value(s) created through sharing more than...
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