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Innovation Is Not Clockwork – The Challenges of Innovation Systems
A system is a network of interdependent components that work together to try to accomplish the aim of the system. A system must have an aim. Without the aim, there is no system. – W. Edward Deming
Ignoring the interconnections between organizational subsystems causes havoc when innovation is demanded of all areas of the business, instead of one function, and the competition for resources becomes fierce.
Stupid Wins In The Game Of Innovation – Phil McKinney
Phil McKinney’s latest blog post nails the way in which we are primed to think that creativity and innovation are domains reserved for the “gifted and talented”. So many times our ideas are beaten down by our own ruthless self-censorship, denial and embarrassment-induced conformity. McKinney notes that, “We are a race of innovators – born [...]
Eyes on the Prize – In a CoIN a flexible approach to changing conditions means more wins
In his fascinating research on collaborative innovation Peter Gloor, a Research Scientist at MIT’s Sloan School for Management Center for Collective Intelligence, identified a model he termed CoIN for, Collaborative Innovation Networks. He first named this model in the popular press in his book, Swarm Creativity: Competitive Advantage through Collaborative Innovation Networks. His stated goal [...]
Brand Complacency – Why User Experience (UX) Designers must look to their cultural impact
If there is a future for designers and marketers in big business, it lies not in brand, nor in “UX”, nor in any colorful way of framing total control over a consumer, such as “brand equity”, “brand loyalty”, the “end to end customer journey”, or “experience ownership”. It lies instead in encouraging behavioral change and [...]
I Am Just Like You – Bob Sutton on impediments to self-awareness
Bob Sutton dips into, “David Dunning’s book Self-Insight, which presents a compelling case that there are numerous impediments to self-awareness and that many of these roadblocks are mighty difficult to overcome. I am now on the last chapter, which contains some interesting ideas about how to increase our awareness of how skilled or unskilled we [...]
Pink Slip Blog – Maureen Rogers on Ethics Consulting
With so many people saying so much about so little, it’s great to see one person nail an issue that is fast becoming a stone in my shoe. Consulting about and teaching ethics. Do not get me started on how we ended up with Ethics classes alongside Macroeconomics and Supply Chain Management courses. Maureen Rogers [...]
Space & Place – Using the physical to influence the psychological
One of the great challenges in galvanizing a team to achieve new levels of creativity and innovation lies in the intersection between the tangible and the intangible. Missing from the thinking in the realm of innovation and product development is the way in which space not only influences, but directly informs, the quality and productivity [...]
The Young and the Neuro – Implications for Organization Performance?
A recent David Brooks column in The New York Times highlights the rising impact of neuroscience on the way we perceive social psychology.
The series of studies and research investigations being done by members of the Social and Affective Neuroscience Society isn’t dehumanizing at all, and it is leading to a host of revelations about how [...]
Creative Review – Noma Bar: Negative Space
Noma Bar, graphic artist, specializes in using negative space to create additional layers of meaning in his illustrations. What you see is not always the whole picture. The visual as a priming tool cannot be underestimated; especially when it is used in new and interesting ways.
Creative Review – Noma Bar: Negative Space.
Five New Rules for the Photoshop Era
Jamais Cascio at FastCompany.com has a little to say about not believing everything you see in this day and age.
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