Project Passion Introduction Part 2
Project Passion and How to Bring Your Ideas to Life Project Passion focuses on how to bring your ideas to life. But how do you do that? If only it was as easy as going to Mcdonald’s and putting in an order… This would guarantee a quick response and only cost a few bucks. Plus […]
Eight Innovation Sandbox Rules
What is an Innovation Sandbox? The opposite of hiding innovation is to create a public place to play – an Innovation Sandbox to promote rapid iterations. Did you play in the sand as a child? This might have been in your backyard sandpit or perhaps at the beach. It was a chance to get dirty, […]
Good to Great Summary
What do you need to focus on to transform your company from good to great? This is the fundamental question that underpins today’s book. Our Topic This is episode #49 of the Ideas Architect podcast. And, it’s a Book Rapper recording derived from an important business book. Today we share the Book Rapper Good to […]
Seven Steps to Business Model Innovation
Recently, I ran a webinar with organisational strategist Norman Chorn on Business Model Innovation. It was an extension to the Book Rapper issue The Business Model Game, as derived from Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur’s fabulous book Business Model Generation. Whilst the plan was to share our full recording, Camtasia has spat the dummy again […]
Four Ways to Fuel Innovation
Innovation is an essential part of any growing organisation. Here are four ways to fuel innovation in your team as derived from James Surowiecki, Wisdom of Crowds – we rapped this book as part of the Book Rapper book summary series. 1: Redefine Success To spark an innovation revolution in your industry redefine what […]
Double Sided Innovation Example 3: Football Coaches
Derived From James Surowiecki, Wisdom of Crowds Football Coaches Football games are a great public vehicle for observing innovation in action and the influence of crowds. Three key factors come into play: The decision-making is made in the public arena in front of a crowd. Everyone in the crowd seems to have an opinion. The […]
Double Sided Innovation Example 2: Radio
Derived From James Surowiecki, Wisdom of Crowds Radio In the early days of radio three companies in the US dominated – American Marconi, NESCO and De Forest Wireless Telegraphy. Each of these companies had very different approaches to how to develop and distribute radio. More interestingly each of these companies was sponsored in different ways: […]
Double Sided Innovation Example 1: Motor Cars
Most innovation programs only focus on one side of the problem – the generation of ideas. But unless you also provide and develop champions and sponsors of ideas, the level of innovation results will be minimal. In James Surowiecki’s best-selling book, The wisdom of crowds he shares a number of examples of double-sided innovation. (We […]
The Forgotten Side of Innovation – Side 2
Derived From James Surowiecki, Wisdom of Crowds Step 2: Sponsor Ideas The second step for innovation is for the ideas to be adopted, sponsored and championed by a diverse audience. The archenemy of a creative idea is an audience who doesn’t perceive it’s true value and the result is that everyone takes the same approach. […]
Double Sided Innovation – Side 1
Derived From James Surowiecki, Wisdom of Crowds PROFIT : Most innovation programs only focus on one half of the problem – generating ideas. However, without the fundamental second step of having a diversity of sponsors to bring a range of ideas to life, you may be killing off your best opportunities. Here’s how to include […]