One of the most popular tools in my armament for innovation is the under-utilised Blue Ocean Strategy concept. Because the concept is also a book, most of the stuff you find on the internet only pushes more people to buy a copy rather than how to actually use the ideas encapsulated therein. So, because I reckon [...]
Well, Guss Hiddink has done it again. Can you believe it? This man (read, marvel) has yet again taken an underdog team, hopelessly under-achieving on the world stage, turned it around through a solid foundation of expectations and playing methods and then successfully cajoled them into high-performance mode to be 2 wins away from lifting the Euro08 Cup. The [...]
I’ve been ruminating about this post for quite a while and it is being finally ‘penned’ because of the quote I ran into yesterday. “You miss 100% of the shots you never take.” – Wayne Gretzky I couldn’t help but think about the world of entrepreneurship and innovation, where often a shot not taken is [...]
I’ll happily throw my hand up and admit that my financial modeling is not what it aught to be. But I have been learning quite recently from a guy at work who used to be in the Venture Capital industry about just what makes a great, initial, financial model. Yes, I hear you say, World [...]
“It seems that I cannot escape writing this post. Early on in my foray into the blogosphere I crafted a post all about the street mimes in Bogota, Columbia, and their instigator, Mayor Antanas Mockus. The post, however, never saw the light of day as my computer lynched itself and shutdown, losing my masterpiece. I [...]
Is this a test for productivity? I worked from home today, which gave me some perspective about the way that I like to work as well as the ideals of the Brand Me theory that I have spoken about on this blog before. I awoke this morning feeling a little crook, and so [...]
I was given this fantastic article by dad today – It’s a Harvard Business Review piece written by Paul Saffo about how to make effective forecasts. The article reads fantastically well (you know how much I appreciate good writing) and is easy to remember and learn from due to the nature of Saffo’s explanations. Very [...]
I highly recommend checking out this article, in last months Fast Company. It captures some really amazing possibilities around car emissions and the future of auto-construction. Even the ‘Govenator’ is on it!
Stumbled into this one today when searching for innovation unit’s at big companies. I reckon most would be disappointed. Just try the Google search “insert big company name Innovation Unit” and view the disappointment for yourself. Is there someone out there actually IN an innovation unit, can you please say hi – I’d love to [...]
I caught a fantastic documentary on Discovery today, which related to the book I’m reading at the moment, Biomimicry. The doco was about a guy named Shaun Ellis, who left his family and life in society to raise a pack of wolves in captivity. It’s a long story, one that is better capturedhere by ABC [...]