Lessons from the Xerox-914: the first real copy machine
A great innovation in business tech was announced on Sept. 16th in 1959 – The Xerox 914. It is…
A great innovation in business tech was announced on Sept. 16th in 1959 – The Xerox 914. It is…
If you could only pick one, would you rather have power in your home or a working iPhone? We…
[This is an excerpt from chapter 3 of the bestseller, The Myths of Innovation] All the clichés about beginnings…
I do not like Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. I don’t like it because it’s made up, yet people treat…
One of the most provocative chapters of The Myths of Innovation (book summary) is The Myth of Epiphany. This myth,…
Americans are preoccupied by the size of things: big houses, big sandwiches, and big salaries. At leadership retreats, and…
Each week I take the top voted question from readers and answer it (submit one here). I jumped this one, submitted…
A reader took their favorite ideas from The Myths of Innovation and made them into fascinating, but rather hard to…
This essay in the NYTimes, Silicon Valley’s Youth Problem by Yiren Lu, is a kaleidoscopic essay on culture divide, and the…
In honor of the 30th anniversary of the web, here’s my story. I was a senior at CMU in…
I’m a fan of Atul Gawande’s books (here’s my review of Checklist Manifesto). His essay in the New Yorker,…
“The more we elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate.” – J. B. Priestley [Update 1/16/15: Google…
There are two different uses of the word myth: A falsehood, as in “the weight loss myth” A story with…
For years I’ve studied use and abuse of the word innovation. In the business world, it’s often used as…
In making the mega list of 177 innovation myths, I hoped the hours it took to research would pay…
The term Myths of Innovation has become popular on the web, but few articles on the subject link to…
Historical note: a disturbing element of history is its unfairness to women. The majority of our most famous inventors…
Many universities use The Myths of Innovation in courses on entrepreneurship or creativity, but David Burkus lined up his…
One great way to learn is to study a field you know little about. By becoming a tourist, a…
[This post originally published on BusinessWeek] One troubling phenomenon is the push for everyone to be innovators. I suspect…