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Moore’s Law, Gutenberg & Commercial Real Estate

Gunnar spoke at a recent regional TEDx conference in Naperville, IL. Moore’s Law and Commercial Real Estate

can casual dress codes become as onerous as formal dress codes?

Apparently, Sir Richard Branson has issues with people who decide to wear ties.  In his latest blog post titled Why it’s time to say bye to the ties, he writes: “I often have a pair of scissors in my top pocket to go cutting people’s ties off. It is time to say goodbye to the tie. [...]

Innovation and IT – A CIO Corner Discussion

I recently hosted a discussion at the CIO Corner with IT leaders Dave Patzwald| , who’s the CEO of Coach America; we also have Tim Mather| , the Chief Technical Officer of PMA Consultants, along with Brandies Dunagan| , who’s the social media specialist at i.c.stars and Ronald Coleman| , a resident at i.c.stars. Tune in and hear their practical approaches to [...]

hack demand’s secrets to unlock innovation

How can one discover and define unmet demand if no one is able to accurately describe what they actually want? This article explores one technique for unlocking demands secrets.

the hidden cost of the status quo

Innovation is often a high-risk pursuit – but is maintaining the status quo a higher risk strategy than many realize? This essay explores the relative fortunes of two computer companies – one that avoids innovation, another than embraces it.

video: hacking real estate

A six part video of Gunnar discussing “Hacking Innovation in Real Estate” has been posted at Real Invest 2.0 – take a look!

the gift of complaints

Despite the incredible success of some people who are optimistic and sunny in their outlook, when innovation is requied the need for negative thinking and complaints is overwhelming.

innovation desire lines

Once a solution to a problem has been found, the biggest challenge is to get others to accept it. Is it possible to innovate without selling change? Desire lines might provide a clue.

the innovation trade-off

Innovation doesn’t come for nothing, it always requires that something is given up in return…and people are more willing to give things up than most realize.

does innovation happen in the middle of a forest?

An analogue to George Berkeley’s question “If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it, did it really fall?” – Does innovation happen if no one buys it?

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