All the eleven Microsoft founders, way back in 1978. Top row: Steve Wood (left), Bob Wallace, Jim Lane. Middle row: Bob O’Rear, Bob Greenberg, Marc McDonald, Gordon Letwin. Bottom row:…

A question of outsourcing or innovation?By Anthony BradleySpecial to Knight Ridder/Tribune An edited excerpt follows. For the complete original article go here. The article discusses the issue of outsourcing of…

Click the picture for larger image. (Picture courtesy www.economist.com) For the complete story go here. How did the “BRICK” phones turn into a varied-design bonanza? The answer:  Design INNOVATION Customer Feedback…

Free Article 1: Imagineers at Work by Emily Ross in the Current Issue of the BRW, Australian Business Magazine. This issue itself is dedicated to “The Innovation Issue”. The Table…

This Blog is now searchable on Google! Use the search term “asideconsulting” and this is the only reference you’ll get!And I had no clue that it was so easy!! All…

I recently introduced myself to my Co-Authors on Innovation 2004 and invited everyone to visit this Blog. Charlie Garland of Business Brainstorm gave me a wonderful insight – that of…

By Mohammad Javad Salimian (Teheran Times)In today’s complex, competitive, and changing global business world, creativity plays a significant role in an organizational success which is applicable at all levels of…

Visit Saipan Mission One of Innovation on News-Press.com where a Vet recalls schemes of island invasion by US soldiers.

Investigate: analyze the project. What resources will this require? Who all will be required to work on this? Which departments will be involved directly/indirectly on this? Will this be good…

For the latest on Innovation, visit Innovation 2004 on ThinkSmart. A whole host of professionals have come together with the following Mission: Create a collaborative learning process that gathers the…

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…

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…

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…

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. 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…

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: 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…

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…

“The degree to which the opportunity to use power effectively is granted to or withheld from individuals is one operative difference between those companies which stagnate and those which innovate.”…

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…

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…

The latest on Innovation is the Fuzzy Front End of Innovation Conference happening just outside of Boston. Last year there were 140 attendees. This year 400! Check out the Heads-up…

Communication and Confidence The Speaking Tree Evolution No Time!? Holiday in Goa Creative Destruction Capturing Creativity Innovation Scenario Planning Innovation Roadmapping How Companies Turn Customer’s Big Ideas into Innovations Ideabroker…