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An inspiration engine for ideas
A digital company is one in which every employee has the opportunity to be an entrepreneur, as Ries puts it.10 Instead of forming an innovation team with the privilege of breaking the rules, the enterprise should set the rules—processes, practices, bureaucracy, people, management culture, and everything else—to support all employees in being
... See moreMark Schwartz • War and Peace and IT: Business Leadership, Technology, and Success in the Digital Age
idea was based on glanceability, or what cognitive scientists call preattentive processing.
David Rose • Enchanted Objects: Innovation, Design, and the Future of Technology
- Fewer jobs-to-be-done. Focus on just 1-2 jobs-to-be done that are shared by many clients. The more jobs, the harder to productize. You can always expand.
- Scalable access. Find and tap into high-quality talent channels. Mechanical Orchard did this with the Pivotal Labs network (CEO Rob Mee used to run that company). Where’s your leg up?
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The Death of the Big 4: AI-Enabled Services Are Opening a Whole New Market
(The Hasso Plattner Institute of Design—a multidisciplinary hub of innovation at Stanford where all the classes are based on the design thinking process).
Dave Evans • Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life
the technology transition has been moving from cost and efficiency to speed and adaptability (of course, customer value is everyone’s primary fitness function). This transition is illustrated by an article and a book published 10 years apart. In 2003, Nicholas Carr wrote a controversial article in the Harvard Business Review titled “IT Doesn’t
... See moreJim Highsmith • EDGE: Value-Driven Digital Transformation
How your company can adapt to a complex world.
Biodiversity Heritage Library
The metaphor for business organizations has long been the machine. Like machines, most companies are designed to create efficient, predictable outcomes; minimize risk; and eliminate variation. For decades this model—built on standardization, specialization, and
... See moreThere are three unique domains we will cover: the mechanics, the orientation, and the spirit of the creative process.