Social software applied: Pathable
I experienced an innovation doubleheader last week. First, the inaugural Bizjam event in Seattle, where several hundred independents got…
Category: Innovation
How to innovate on time
I’ve taught the tutorial How to innovate on time a few times now, and the big takeaway for most…
Efficiency vs. Creativity
A recent Businessweek article on 3M highlights the trade off between managing for efficiency and managing for creativity. I…
The best creative thinking books
Between teaching a course on creative thinking at UW, and writing a book on innovation, I’ve read dozens of…
Conversations about creativity
There’s a great series of short interviews with creators over at cecil vortex. Conversations about creativity. Includes interviews with…
The underuse of imagination
One observation from studying innovation is the underuse of the other i-word: imagination. It’s a word for creativity that’s…
The myths of innovation – the cover and reviews
The book has been sent to press – it’s all done! here are some details: Book description: In The…
Can big organizations innovate? Yes.
One great misnomer about innovation is that big organizations can’t do it. There are many stories of great innovations…
Report from e-tech 2007
The theme at etech was technology as magic, and many sessions took it head on. Seth Raphael‘s talk on…
Why research labs fail at innovation
Research labs are an old idea. Edison’s Menlo park lab in the 1870s had most of the elements innovation…
Patents 2.0? Public patent review
Most people I respect have little respect for software patents – they’ve either read one, have their name on…
How to kill innovation hype
You know a big word is in trouble when it’s used repeatedly (inconcievable!) – it means the person saying…
First interview about Myths of Innovation
I had a blast speaking at Adaptive Path’s MX conference recently about the Myths of Innovation book. I had…
Do headlines make us dumber?
In the parade of mis-represented research that is modern journalism, we have this short article from MSNBC, titled “Do…
Introducing “the book” (humor)
What was it like when the world upgraded from sheets of paper to books? Well here’s one humorous version…
How we got here: Legacy of the whole earth catalog
Much of the current web 2.0 vibe was born by the folks who started the Whole Earth Catalog, the…
Cell text messages = the telegraph?
One great read from the innovation book research was Tom Standage’s The Victorian Internet. Among other great histories inside…
I want your photographs
With the first draft done on the innovation book, it’s now time to enlist bright creative minds in helping…
The mistakes of having a VP of innovation
Hypothesis: if ever a VP of something is created, perhaps a VP of quality or a VP of sarcasm,…
Book update: inside scoop + 1st draft complete
10 months down the road, the first draft is in the bag. Although I’ve written nearly 40 posts about…