More-with-less is our mantra for innovation. But these three simple words are dangerous because they push us almost exclusively toward efficiency. On the surface, efficiency innovations sound good, and they can be, but more often than not efficiency innovations are about less and fewer. When you create a new technology......
In a confusing way, the seemingly negative elements of novelty are actually tell-tale signs you’re doing it right. Here are some examples: No uncertainty, no upside. No heresy, no game-changer. No recipe, no worries. No ambiguity, no new markets. No effectiveness, no success. No efficiency, no matter. No disagreement, no......
Countries want their companies to create wealth and jobs, and to do it they want them to design products, make those products within their borders, and sell the products for more than the cost to make them. It’s a simple and sustainable recipe which makes for a highly competitive landscape,......
It’s easier to spot when it’s a rut of failure – product costs too high, product function is too low, and the feeding frenzy where your competitors eat your profits for lunch. Easy, yes, but still possible to miss, especially when everyone’s super busy cranking out heaps of the same......
For systems with high levels of complexity, such as organizations, business models, and cross-domain business processes, it’s characterize the current state, identify the future state, and figure out how to close the gap. That’s how I was trained. Simple, elegant, and no longer fits me. The block diagram of the......
If you’re sitting in the present, you’re sitting in a good place – you’re more mindful of what’s going on, more aware of your thinking, and more thoughtful of your actions. But there’s one thing sitting in the present can’t provide, and that’s perspective. To create perspective, to understand the......
Own your ideas, not the drama. Own your words, not the gossip. Own your vision, not the dogma. Own your effort, not the heckling. Own your vacation, not the email. Own your behavior, not the strife. Own your talent, not the cynicism. Own your deeds, not the rhetoric. Own your......
We set visions, define idealized future states, define metrics, and create tools and processes to realize them. It’s all knit together, the puzzle pieces fight tightly, and it leaves out the most important part – people and their behavior. Metrics represent the all-important output of our tools and processes, and......
When I think of independence: I know I can speak my mind, but must remember others have the same right. I know how lucky I am, but must keep in mind others are not. I think of my wonderful rights, but steep in the huge obligation that comes with them.......
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