What makes something fresh? Or innovative? Fresh is different, intuitive, and imaginative….like when we see something like the iPhone and it just feels like it should have always worked like this, as if everything to date has failed to perk our imagination until this “fresh” concept came along. It’s more than great because it MEETS […]
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Free from contraints
I wonder if something special happens when we operate in the unknown if that is where great things are born out of. Do we lose all inhibitions, do we shed all self-deprecating personal barriers? Truly we are most dynamic and innovative when we are free from constraints – constraints because of what we know. What […]
I first read about txteagle in the Economist. Since then I have been very very impressed about its model and reach. If you have not heard of or read about txteagle, please get to know this extremely innovative service. “txteagle helps global organizations learn, educate and grow in emerging economies by leveraging the power of […]
“Leadership,is about self-awareness, recognizing your failings, and developing modesty, humility, and humanity.” C.K. Prahalad C.K. Prahalad one my most favorite management and innovation thinkers passed away this last Friday. I am currently reading his book, The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid, so this hit a little closer to home. “Coimbatore Krishnarao Prahalad, one […]
The Economist, “Something new under the Sun” A special report on Innovation, October 13th, 2007 “Stewart Brand, an internet pioneer, has famously argued that ‘information wants to be free.’ So surely the knowledge worker, the creator of that information, also needs the same freedom; Companies and governments can find an innovator inside everyone; they just […]
Over the last six months, I have posted a number of times on my experiences at the Deloitte Center for the Edge working on the Shift Index. First it was the highly anticipated launch. Then it was the inaugural, US-based, macroeconomic report. Finally, just last month, the Center launched the industry-level report. Now in one […]
Strong bold words from Google. I believe such ‘productive friction‘ is good for innovation. Let it continue! “The Google executive in charge of Google Enterprise is talking smack about Microsoft Office, saying that firms will be able to get rid of the software suite in one year’s time … Girouard, one of four presidents at […]