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.
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.
how new should new be?
At a time of unprecedented change, economic challenge and technology shifts, everything is new and innovation seems to be the solution to many of our challenges.
But can the new thrive without the old? How much new can people take at once?
Once the first adopters of an innovation have latched on to something, can the rest [...]
experience: friend or foe to innovation?
At the heart of innovation lies a difficult paradox. The greatest obstacle to innovation is experience. At the same time, experience is essential to make innovation happen.
jump the groove for everyday innovation
Innovation is both simpler and more difficult than most realize. It’s difficult, as it involves risk, change and the unknown. It’s simple, as innovation is as natural to people as breathing. It’s what human beings have done since the beginning of time. But quite often we forget how to do it, so we rely on [...]
beware the cover art
Change is really hard.
Whenever one considers changing a system – even if it’s to innovate and improve that system, there are always a number of good reasons to avoid the change altogether and keep things as they are. Is it worth the effort, the risk and the cost to change something that works now? Will [...]
what’s your trojan horse?
According to the Kauffman Foundation, 78% of Americans believe innovation is important to our economic health. Western governments are trying to figure out how to stimulate innovation. CEO’s speak eloquently about innovation as they strategic advantage.
And yet…
Most companies seem to be doing anything but change. Instead, they go the standard and sometimes necessary playbook that [...]