Tag Archive | "Innovation"
The Art of Idea Execution
According to Frans Johansson, research tells us that the single strongest correlation between innovator success is the number of ideas they try to make happen. Example: Einstein published 240 unreferenced papers. That’s 240:1.
Continue reading...Why It’s So Hard To Make Things From Scratch
Monday, January 24, 2011
It’s easy to be obsessed with building a toaster and forget that all we need is toasted bread.
Continue reading...Artificial Creativity
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
The Good: Crowd accelerated innovation. The Bad: An elevation of mediocrity and low expectations. The time of creation comes treacherously close to the duration of consumption.
Continue reading...Autonomous Linchpins Motivated to find Creativity in Liquid Networks
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
My life is a trial of slow hunch and error; semi-baked ideas patiently awaiting resolution. Epiphanies are ideas that move suddenly from semi to mostly baked after a slow burn and ultimately rely on staying connected to adjacent possibilities to facilitate the serendipity of adaptive re-purposing.
Continue reading...Why Do You Do What You Do; Why Should I Care?
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
“Why” is your deepest inside stuff. If you don't know why you do what you do, how can you expect others to believe in you; why should they care? Actions without a cause don’t accumulate followers.
Continue reading...Crowdsourcing is Corporate Jargon
Monday, September 27, 2010
Crowdsourcing is tainted so let's gift it to corporations for their Power Point presentations. It's Jargon. It's not evil, but let’s get real, crowdsourcing isn’t innovation as much as novelty. We need to look past crowdsourcing.
Continue reading...What Is Design?
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Something well designed is compelling; we are drawn to its efficiency, effectiveness, elegance, beauty, and often it’s cleverness and humor. You’re a designer when you arrange your clothes in an order that gets you out the door faster in the morning, or when you plan a route to the office. Then why is “design thinking” more »
Continue reading...Flashing the Middle Finger at the Dreaded Middle
Sunday, August 29, 2010
I’m screwed. The flight is full. I need to go where I’m going but there are only middle seats. Isle seat gate keepers refuse to look me in the eye. Creativity has a middle seat and as with airlines, you never want to be in it.
Continue reading...Look Inside and Make Your Creative Mark
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Perhaps we’re looking for meaning, or overcoming creative block, or simply have too much free time, yet my wager is on the speed of which our cultural environment is changing. We simply can’t keep up so we are gradually choosing an alternative: finding a place to plant our flag.
Continue reading...Graffiti Art Meets Designer Engineer: James Powderly
Thursday, June 10, 2010
In my research for my post on Banksy I stumbled onto James Powderly, an incredible high tech street artist. James gives us a demonstration in this video [via The Creators Project]. You'll be shaking your head by the end.
Continue reading...Video Interviews with Creative Professionals
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