How’s That for Creativity!
Question – “What are washing machines used for?”Answer – “(Duh!) Washing clothes…”Result – “WRONG Answer!” Explanation – “In the northern part of India, most people consume buttermilk made out of…
Radical Innovation and Uncertainty
Any kind of Innovation involves a level of uncertainty. (Any kind of change involves some level of uncertainty.) But Radical Innovation involves the maximum level of uncertainty on four major…
Qualities of a CEO
According to Drucker, writing in the Harvard Business Review (June 2004), the best CEOs he encountered in the 65 years of his work were “all over the map in terms…
Creativity
We all now know and realise that Creativity is crucial to our business’ success. There’s potential for creativity everywhere. Every business needs to be looking for creativity in everything it…
Impossible is Nothing
Impossible is Nothing. The ad campaign by Adidas. My version for Organisational Innovation: “It is easier to live in the organisation from the traditional era (use the same methods, procedures…
Service Innovation
Excerpted from Heads-Up! on Organizational Innovation Professors Christopher Lovelock and George Yip noted the four essential differences between products and services back in 1961. The following 4 points use Sasser’s…
Military Innovation
Military Innovation: Hurdles, Bumps and Jumps by Girish Luthra Abstract Military innovation is peculiar and distinctive, and has no direct parallels.The military environment itself, with focus on hierarchy, discipline and…
Six Pillars of Innovation
Pictorial representation by Naina Redhu of the Six Pillars of Innovation by Rich Duncombe, Senior Director, Advanced Products and Device Lab, HP and Joanne Hyland, President and Founding Partner, Radical…
Leadership, Creativity and Time Pressure
Leader Behaviors and the Work Environment for Creativity: Perceived Leader Support-by Teresa Amabile, Elizabeth A. Schatzel, Giovanni B. Moneta, and Steven J. Kramer Employees’ perceptions of team leader support POSITIVE…
Where to find more on Innovation
You could try ORKUT. Ask someone to invite you because you can’t join without someone already on Orkut inviting you. Two communities that I have started there concern the Design…
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