Five Lean Startup Principles
What are the key Lean Startup Principles? The Lean Startup principles are the key to understanding and implementing this approach. They highlight the difference between traditional management which aims to get things done and innovation management which aims to create new things. 1 Entrepreneurs are everywhere Startups don’t just happen in garages. Anyone creating a […]
Why Startups Fail
The Lean Startup and Why Startups Fail The Lean Startup by Eric Ries asks the important question: why startups fail? Don’t let the word ‘startup’ fool you. You don’t have to be starting a whole new organisation from scratch, you merely need to be starting something new. For instance, creating a new product or service. […]
Innovation and Sport
Innovation and Sport are one of the reasons I’m such a big sports fan. I’ll watch almost any high-level sporting event. I love football (AFL), enjoy cricket and right now am giving up my sleep to watch Le Tour De France. Competition Drives Improvement One of the things I love about sport is that it […]
The Innovation Accelerator
Innovation and Coffee Recently, I wrote about Innovation Lessons from drinking coffee. The post was so popular I turned it into a podcast episode also. I was telling a colleague Suzanne Mercier about this and they said, ‘Have you seen the TED talk about innovation in coffee houses?’ I hadn’t and here it is… Steven […]
Innovation Lessons: World’s Fastest Bike
It’s coming around to that time of year again when I stay up late to watch perhaps the most spectacular sporting events in the world: Le Tour De France. And, in the spirit of cycling and innovation we share ten innovation lessons from the creation of Specialized S-Works Venge ViAS bike that Mark Cavendish and […]
Leaders in Your Field
Who are the Leaders in Your Field? Sir Isaac Newton once said: If I have seen further it is by standing on ye shoulders of giants. (Although this appears to come from Bernard of Chartres) And, in his recent blog post, Seth Godin updates this quote by saying: If you don’t know who the must-reads […]
Coffee and Four Innovation Lessons
Some of life’s simplest pleasures can provide the greatest opportunity if we’d just take a moment to explore them. Today, in the spirit of Jerry Seinfeld we look at coffee as a filter for innovation. This is episode 74 of the Ideas Architect Podcast and it is based on a previous blog post. We look at […]
F1 Innovation
Innovation Winners and Losers Formula One motor racing is a hotbed for innovation. As a spectator you literally are able to see the results of innovation through the winners on the racetrack. This year, Mercedes Benz have a taken a big leap in performance resulting in them dominating the F1 Championship. Ferrari has also taken […]
The Three Essential Change Points
As a business consultant, I’m well aware the reason that my job is to create change for my clients. If I don’t create change or worse, I create an undesirable change then that’s not good for my client or for my reputation. I used to think that there was only one change that mattered. Now […]
Nadine Parkington: Digital Strategy
In Episode 70 of the Ideas Architect Podcast we talk with Nadine Parkington about creating digital marketing strategy in the face of dramatic technological change and disruption from global competition. Nadine Parkington Nadine Parkington is the Founder of Think Nimble who provides digital marketing strategy for established brands. Her core philosophy revolves around the use […]