USING DESIGN THINKING? 5 PITFALLS AND HOW TO AVOID THEM

2 years ago

Most versions of DT have these components: 1) Empathize     2) Define      3) Ideate      4) Prototype …

Having the Vulnerability to Innovate

2 years ago

“The secret killer of innovation is shame” - Brené Brown Given my “slight” infatuation with Brené Brown, it’s comical for me…

The T-Puzzle

2 years ago

This is a puzzle that occurred to me about 30 years ago, inspired by reading Douglas Hofstadter’s collection of essays…

HOW TO BE PAST-READY

2 years ago

Yesterday it occurred to me that none of my girls actually knew what a letter even was. They knew the word…

The Five Drivers Behind Food Innovation

2 years ago

One of my best friends, Rosa Seidenwar, is a pastry chef, food photographer, and stop motion artist. This gives me…

How Nudgers can be Nudged to Nudge

3 years ago

The work of the duo Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman, further developed and popularized by Dan Ariely and others, has…

Let’s Rethink Our Relations: How to Break Relational Fixedness in the Digital World

3 years ago

Reruns of "Seinfeld" on Netflix are a glimpse into a 30-year-old time capsule that allows one to dig up innovative…

Four Ways A Common Innovation Language Improves Your Business

3 years ago

Over the weekend, I was talking to a good friend who has a VERY IMPORTANT job. Big startup, lots of…

Why Impact Investment is Useless but Why Not All is Lost

3 years ago

In August 2021, a 3-part longish article was published by Tariq Fancy, Ex-CIO for Sustainable Investing at BlackRock, considered to…

31 Chances to Make a Discovery

3 years ago

What if you had a huge discovery in front of you but missed it? Imagine the world today if Fleming…