Here’s an article by Ryan McCarthy that describes how Nokia could have been ahead of the game on the iPhone type phone, and then dropped the ball: Counterparties: Why big companies are bad at innovating. …as early as 2000, the Finnish phone maker had designed a proto-iPhone – complete with a color touch screen and… Read More On Innovation, Paradigm Shifts, and Intentional (Or Unintentional) Blindness
So, Apple had their newest big roll out yesterday. (Watch the WWDC keynote here). I am an Apple fan, but really only barely use my Apple devices (I have three; iMac, iPad, iPhone) to their capabilities. But I loaded the Macrumors live blog of the event, glanced at it frequently, and followed along. (And I… Read More Innovation + Communication – 2 Obvious Lessons From Apple’s Latest Big Event
The jury came in long ago. No change, no innovation = real trouble for any and every organization. From Gary Hamel, What Matters Now (notice the subtitle: How to win in a world of relentless change, ferocious competition, and unstoppable innovation): Innovation isn’t a fad—it’s the real deal, the only deal. Right now, not everyone… Read More Innovation, Innovation Everywhere – and Not a Drop to Drink in so many companies/organizations
…successful products and strategies are quickly copied. Without relentless innovation, success is fleeting. …there’s not one company in a hundred that has made innovation everyone’s job, every day. In most organizations, innovation still happens “despite the system” rather than because of it. …innovation is the only sustainable strategy for creating long-term value. Gary Hamel, What Matters… Read More Two Questions for your Next Team Meeting – Where are we missing it? Where are we hitting it?
America seems to be suffering a decline in innovation advantage. America seems to be experiencing an increase in the number of people who work alone. Is it possible that these are connected? I have read a lot of books on innovation. And a few on creativity. (Bob Morris, our blogging colleague, is good at reminding… Read More Is It Tougher To Come Up With Ideas When You Work Alone? (A Few More Thoughts on Creativity & Innovation)
What do we mean when we say that every company, every organization, needs to continually innovate? It means that every company and every organization needs to continually innovate! Or, they will be left behind, and maybe even cease to exist. There is no alternative. This post is prompted by a question that I asked a… Read More Continually Innovate, Or Else – Hinting At TED’s True Value
Here is an enlightening, simple look at the fall of the Soviet Union by Leslie Geib: The Forgotten Cold War: 20 Years Later, Myths About U.S. Victory Persist. The primary argument in the article is that the United States came out ahead in the contest due to the economic strength of the United States, and… Read More A Lesson on Innovation, and “Openness” – (from the Fall of the Soviet Union)
Consult any of the current works unlocking the mysteries of the leadership and management arts by revealing “7 miracles,” “12 simple secrets,” “13 fatal errors,” “14 powerful techniques,” “21 irrefutable laws,” “30 truths,” “101 biggest mistakes,” and “1001 ways.” Chris Lowney, Heroic Leadership: Best Practices from a 450-Year-Old Company that Changed the World —————- Bob… Read More This Baffles Me: So Much Emphasis On Innovation, and Leadership – So Little Actual Innovation and Leadership
On Slate.com today, there is a post mortem on Second Life, and a pre-mortem on the “doomed” Google+. The authors are the Heath Brothers (the Second Life piece: Why Second Life Failed), and Farhad Manjoo (the Google+ take down: Google+ Is Dead). So, what do we learn? (By the way, I am a big fan… Read More Second Life, Google+ and the Very Rough Road to Successful New (or Sort-Of-New) Endeavors
The first steps of a creative act are like groping in the dark: random and chaotic, feverish and fearful, a lot of busy-ness with no apparent or definable end in sight. There is nothing yet to research. For me, these moments are not pretty. I look like a desperate woman, tortured by the simple message… Read More Where Do You Find The Very, Very Best Idea? – Insight from Steve Jobs, from 2004
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