I love backstories! Behind the greatest breakthroughs in human histories are often simple patterns and serendipities that stoke my sense of wonder and awe. They also drive me to proselytize about emergent innovation – the kind of everyday innovation that any enterprise can learn to master.
There’s a nice backstory to Galileo’s telescope that’s as applicable [...]
The Great Recession has changed market attractiveness — perhaps for the long-term — for many, many organizations. The ability to adapt will determine the survivors and thrivers. Therefore, let’s take a closer look at four key points.
First, the ability to adapt and the ability to react are not the same.
We react to a contract being [...]
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On grainy TVs in the summer of 1968, ABC Sports trumpeted something dramatic: a high jumper competing for the gold by leaping over the bar… backwards! Americans ran to their living rooms to gape each time Dick Fosbury made an attempt.
Serial entrepreneur and professor John Greathouse probes the origins of Fosbury’s innovation:
[Fosbury] began experimenting with [...]
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Grasshopper.com promotes their with a nifty video titled “Entrepreneurs can change the world.” Kind of clever — I watched it several times!
Whether you’re starting, repairing, renewing, or reinventing your enterprise, the Infochachkie blog offers a well-considered assessment of the downturn climate and how it can be seen positively.
I found it a worthwhile list — except for the first item which implies that reduced prospects for investor funding may be more blessing than curse. Instead, I’d add [...]
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