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Meeting. Potential. New 2. The Awesomeness Manifesto - Umair Haque - Harvard Business Revie. By Umair Haque | 2:47 PM September 16, 2009 Innovation: it’s the ultimate source of advantage, the undisputed heavyweight champion of the economic ring. Innovation is what every organization should be ruthlessly pursuing, right? Wrong. I’d like to advance a hypothesis: awesomeness is the new innovation.
Let’s face it. Innovation relies on obsolescence. Innovation dries up our seedcorn. Innovation often isn’t. It’s time to ask: have the costs of innovation exceeded the benefits? A better concept, one built for a radically interdependent 21st century, is awesomeness. Ethical production. Insanely great stuff. Love. Thick value. The vast majority of companies — in my research, greater than 95% — can only create what I have termed thin value.
Let’s summarize. I’ve talked to many boardrooms about awesomeness. What makes some stuff awesome and other stuff merely (yawn) innovative? You might be innovative — but are you awesome? Want to help kickstart awesomeness? 12 Practical Ways To Become More Creative. How to Be Interesting. Innovation Weblog - Trends, resources, viewpoints from Chuck Fre. Creativity And Innovation Driving Business - Innovation Index. 36 Awesome Idea Hubs to Spark Creative Thinking, Innovation, &am. There’s no limit to the number of good ideas out there that could help change the world. Many times, innovative solutions grow from previously existing ideas that are tweaked and customized for current needs. That said, below is a list of Idea Hubs from around the web to stimulate your mind, from conferences to user-submitted idea warehouses to resource centers.
I’ve also included the twitter handles of those that have it. Enjoy! Videos to Inspire 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. ideaCity: An eclectic gathering of artists, adventurers, authors, cosmologists, doctors, designers, entertainers, filmmakers, inventors, magicians, musicians, scientists and technologists. twitter: @ideaCityNews Good Reading 22. 23. 24. User-Submitted Ideas Exchanges 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. the Idea Shower: A launchpad of new ideas for the web. 33. 34. 35.
From Idea to Implementation 36. Further Exploration: Like this: Like Loading... Whats On Your Horizon. Glogster – Poster Yourself | Text, Images, Music and Video.