Four Keys To Apple’s Success - Tech Europe. Joswiak: Try to be the best, or don’t enter the market Dressed in a suitably flamboyant shirt, Greg Joswiak (“Call me “Jos”‘) is part of the product marketing team who brought us the iPod, the iPhone and the iOS. Safe to say he knows about marketing. He told the audience at Silicon Valley Comes to Cambridge what he thought were the four key lessons learned from his 20 years at Apple. Focus—”It means saying no, not saying yes. We do very few things at Apple. We are $100bn in revenue with very few products. Simplicity—”Make complex things simple. Courage—”Courage drives a lot of decisions in business. Best—”If you can’t enter the market and try and be the best in it, don’t enter it. 20Calendars. Ispirati e scatta Scarica gratuitamente da iTunes l’App Lavazza 20Calendars e scatta le tue foto.
Divertiti ad applicare i filtri a tua disposizione per rendere le tue foto ancora più interessanti portando alla massima espressione la tua creatività proprio come accade da 20 anni nei Calendari Lavazza. "Espress" yourself Download the free App Lavazza 20Calendars from iTunes, and take photos. Have fun experimenting with the available filters to make your photos even more interesting, expressing your creativity to the fullest just as the Lavazza Calendars have done for the past 20 years Share your photos and see the new talents Share your photos on Facebook and Twitter.
Condividi le tue foto e guarda i nuovi talenti Condividi le tue foto su Facebook e Twitter. Esplora i contenuti Esplora i contenuti speciali presenti nell'applicazione Lavazza 20Calendars. Explore the content Explore the special content the Lavazza 20Calendars App has to offer. How to Pitch an Idea to Your Boss, Colleagues and Customers. Enterprising beings are always in the hunt for good ideas on how to pitch better solutions. Most of these solutions entail a change of some form.
Every change goes through 3 key phases: Ideation – the chemical reaction that happens in your brain as you try to solve complicated problems.Execution – where the idea actually sees the light of the day. Noticed that? Getting ideas and executing them flawlessly is something our education teaches us well, but creating a buy in with your art of influence is a subject that doesn’t find place in those heavy books. So let us discuss a bit about how to pitch your ideas so that they are accepted and executed the way you want.
First, a Basic Principle Before we move any further let me remind you the basic principle – You are a Salesman (or Saleswoman). You are selling at each moment of your life. What is an Idea Made of? This is one of the most important lessons a Himalayan Yogi can teach you. How to Deliver a Killer Pitch 1. 2. 3. 4. Read again. Well both. The Power of Uncertainty. Projects fail all the time because we unwittingly bake the end solution into our initial objective. Rather than enduring an uncomfortable (but highly necessary) period of ambiguity, we fall into the trap of limiting our creativity by setting a project goal that is too narrowly defined from the start. Take the story of the American scientists and the invention of the “space pen,” for example.
The scientists were given the task of designing and creating a pen to deal with the problem of ballpoint pens not being able to write in zero-gravity. They spent considerable time and money developing the idea, which resulted in using nitrogen under pressure, supplying the ink without the need for gravity. The Russians just used a pencil. Whether it’s true or not, this much-told tale illustrates the importance of not backing your idea into a corner early on. Social networks may seem “obvious” now but, at that time, there were any number of ways to “solve” the problem Weinreich identified. 1. 2. 3.
7 Tips For Rapid Iteration (aka The Quirky Approach) My career has been all about rapid iteration – generating lots of ideas and then quickly testing them to find the ones worth pursuing. My latest project is Quirky, which aims to develop a new product every week with the help of an active community of participants and a committed in-house design team. Quirky has rapidly accelerated the traditional product development cycle, but perhaps the better example of rapid iteration is how I have launched three businesses in five years. Five years may not sound like very rapid anything, but trust me, it was. In the spirit of the 99U, I want to share some of the tenets I live by – the ones that have enabled us to accelerate product development and make so many ideas materialize. 1.
It’s been said that it’s not about ideas, it’s about making ideas happen. 2. Part of the idea-killing process is surrounding yourself with critics who aren’t afraid to give it to you straight. 3. Fail and fail fast. 4. This is where people start to think I’m nuts. 5. 6. For Great Leadership, Clear Your Head - Joshua Ehrlich. The Creativity Crisis? What Creativity Crisis? - Michael Schrage. By Michael Schrage | 4:06 PM August 25, 2010 The most important thing to understand about America’s “crisis of creativity” is that there isn’t one. The notion that American business creativity is either at risk or in decline is laughable.
Arguments that “Yankee ingenuity” is ebbing into oxymoron are ludicrous. They invite ridicule. So here it comes. Yes, America’s economy is awful. The evidence overwhelmingly suggests the only measurable “creativity crisis” America faces is an embarrassment of riches. America has a creativity glut. From software to telecommunications to bioinformatics to ecotech to health care, transforming novel concepts to prototype, demo or beta version has never been faster and cheaper. These innovation infrastructures to support creative interaction have never been more accessible or more robust. This point is vital: genuine creativity isn’t about ideas. That’s why cover stories declaring creativity droughts in America feel so faux. What do you think is creative? Four Destructive Myths Most Companies Still Live By - Tony Schwartz. By Tony Schwartz | 11:17 AM November 1, 2011 Myth #1: Multitasking is critical in a world of infinite demand.
This myth is based on the assumption that human beings are capable of doing two cognitive tasks at the same time. We’re not. Instead, we learn to move rapidly between tasks. If you’re on a conference call, for example, and you turn your attention to an incoming email, you’re missing what’s happening on the call as long as you’re checking your email. On average, according to researcher David Meyer, switching time increases the amount of time it takes to finish the primary task you were working on by an average of 25 percent. Difficult as it is to focus in the face of the endless distractions we all now face, it’s far and away the most effective way to get work done.
Myth #2: A little bit of anxiety helps us perform better. Think for a moment about how you feel when you’re performing at your best. Myth #3: Creativity is genetically inherited, and it’s impossible to teach. The Nine Passions Of 3M's Mauro Porcini. Mauro loves his pink lion. One Saturday afternoon last spring, he and his wife, Elisa, front-runners for the title of Minnesota's most glamorous Italian transplants, stumbled onto an eclectic sale in a parking lot on the outskirts of St.
Paul. As soon as he saw the white stone statue of a regal lion, Mauro didn't hesitate forking over a few hundred bucks. He knew exactly what he wanted to do with it. "I painted it fluo [as in fluorescent] pink myself," he says. Mauro Porcini is the resident design guru at 3M, the materials-science conglomerate based in St. He delights in the shock, both in the color and the juxtaposition, of a sculpture associated with ornate European castles or Italian piazzas transplanted to a straitlaced American suburb.
Like Mauro himself. Mauro is about love--easily his favorite verb, as in "You have to love society and the people you design for"--not specs. Mauro loves the first product he designed for 3M. "You wanted to touch it," says Mauro. 10 Amazing Life Lessons You Can Learn From Albert Einstein. Einstein has made great contributions to the scientific world, including the theory of relativity, the founding of relativistic cosmology, the prediction of the deflection of light by gravity, the quantum theory of atomic motion in solids, the zero-point energy concept, and the quantum theory of a monatomic gas which predicted Bose–Einstein condensation, to name a few of his scientific contributions. Einstein received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics “for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect.”
He’s published more than 300 scientific works and over 150 non-scientific works. Einstein is considered the father of modern physics and is probably the most successful scientist there ever was. 10 Amazing Lessons from Albert Einstein: Follow Your Curiosity“I have no special talent. Through perseverance the turtle reached the ark. Focus on the Present My father always says you cannot ride two horses at the same time. Create Value. 30 Really Informative and Beautiful Infographics. Infographics are another sources of interesting information, when you are in need of some. Reading boring, long, color-less articles isn’t such attractive and interesting rather than reading and viewing facts, numbers in an illustrated way. In the round-up of this week, we have compiled more than 30 nice-looking, well-designed and informative posters and infographics.
The Online Communities The following infographic shows us a detailed world map, containing the most popular websites, social networks and communication applications, from all over the world. Critical Thinkers This elegant infographic presents us 25 critical thinkers, in the oppinion of the creator, who lived since 1700. Resume Infographics Michael Anderson created an awesome, modern-looking infographics, which shows us some employment & academics details, skills and different attractive graphs.
Social Marketing Compas The Hierarchy of Digital Distractions Restaurant Spending Up On Driving Infographics The Browser Wars Food Deserts. 79 Totally Awesome Infographics – Creative! Современное образовательное учреждение осуществляют самую разностороннюю деятельность: интеллектуальное развитие, нравственное воспитание детей, развитие творческих способностей, художественного вкуса, укрепление здоровья. Все это вы найдете в Прогимназии № 1633. Здесь Вашим детям предлагаются только современные образовательные программы, современные учебные классы, лаборатории, игровые. Результаты многих исследований и опыта работы, что ученикам дошкольных учреждений и начальной школы самостоятельно достаточно сложно определить сферу своих интересов.
Поэтому в задачах прогимназии – познакомить детей с самыми разными видами деятельности и помочь определиться с выбором. В учебном заведении действует психолого-педагогическая служба, которая может порекомендовать ученикам и родителям подходящую учебную программу, организована помощь социального педагога и логопеда. Особенное внимание уделяется художественно-эстетическому воспитанию детей. Interactive. The World of Seven Billion The map shows population density; the brightest points are the highest densities. Each country is colored according to its average annual gross national income per capita, using categories established by the World Bank (see key below). Some nations— like economic powerhouses China and India—have an especially wide range of incomes. But as the two most populous countries, both are lower middle class when income is averaged per capita. The 10 Commandments of Steve Jobs [Infographic]
Newsweek’s The Daily Beast published an interesting infographic on Steve Jobs and his supposed playbook for managing the creative process at Apple. The “10 Commandments of Steve” are: Go for perfectTap the expertsBe ruthlessShun focus groupsNever stop studyingSimplifyKeep your secretsKeep teams smallUse more carrot than stickPrototype to the extreme Click on the image, visit NewsWeek, or jump below to see a larger version of the infographic and read the subtext. It’ll be interesting to see how closely these ideals are followed now that Steve stepped down from the CEO position, but I’d bet things won’t change much at Apple for quite some time. Steve Jobs: Parting Quotes For Today's Entrepreneurs.
By now you've likely heard that Steve Jobs has resigned as CEO of Apple and plans to continue as chairmen of the board. COO, Tim Cook, who has filled in for Jobs in recent years during his various medical leaves while he first battled pancreatic cancer and then recovered from a liver transplant, will step in as CEO. There is much to be analyzed and reported on regarding this announcement. Every newspaper, blog and tech news outlet in the world is weighing in right now with their take on what this means for Apple, the tech industry itself, Steve Jobs and his legacy. In today's world of 2011, we tend to focus on only Steve Jobs, the CEO. The CEO of one of the largest companies in the world (tech or otherwise, keep in mind Apple just surpassed Exxon). It's easy to forget he was once one of you, the audience we target-- the entrepreneur, the small business owner, the self-employed maverick going your own way.
MBA students will be studying Jobs the CEO for generations to come. On attitude. What I Learned From Steve Jobs. Many people have explained what one can learn from Steve Jobs. But few, if any, of these people have been inside the tent and experienced first hand what it was like to work with him. I don’t want any lessons to be lost or forgotten, so here is my list of the top twelve lessons that I learned from Steve Jobs.
Experts are clueless.Experts—journalists, analysts, consultants, bankers, and gurus can’t “do” so they “advise.” They can tell you what is wrong with your product, but they cannot make a great one. They can tell you how to sell something, but they cannot sell it themselves. Bonus: Some things need to be believed to be seen. A Manifesto For Free Radicals: Less Paperwork, Less Waiting, More Action. 19 Reasons To Ignore Everybody And Follow Your Dreams. Nine Things Successful People Do Differently - Heidi Grant Halvorson. Entrepreneurship as Disease - Jeff Stibel.
The Four Capacities Every Great Leader Needs (And Very Few Have) - Tony Schwartz. Six Keys to Changing Almost Anything - Tony Schwartz. 11 Inspiring Life Lessons from Bruce Lee.