Innovation
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"If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses."
Henry Ford, Innovation, and That "Faster Horse" Quote - Patrick Vlaskovits - Harvard Business Review
5 Traits of a True Innovator – Are You One?
The word “innovation” is thrown around a lot, and a lot of entrepreneurs are called innovators or think of themselves as innovators. But what does that really mean? Is anyone who comes up with a new idea an innovator?
The Dilemma's Innovator: Innovation and Change as the New Pillars of Business Brian Solis
If necessity is the mother of invention, then perhaps imagination is the source of innovation. In December 2010, I was given the opportunity to write the cover story for Entrepreneur Magazine. The article, “Change: Lessons on What’s Next,” explored the innovation behind three (well four) companies — Foursquare, Square + Twitter, and Zappos.
Pop quiz: Which of the following two paintings was made by Leonardo Da Vinci (a Renaissance painter from the early 1500s), and which was made by Pablo Picasso (a surrealist from the early 1900s)? Trick question! Both are Picasso’s.
Breaking the Rules
Presentation I made at recent Planningness conference in Brooklyn about how Mullen has worked to transform form an advertising agency to an advertising agency that gets and practices digital.
In transformative markets, incumbents rarely survive
Understanding How The Innovator’s Dilemma Affects You | Both Sides of the Table
One of the most influential books of my career is The Innovator’s Dilemma by Clay Christensen .
Innovation - Disruption
Six Principles for Making New Things
February 2008 The fiery reaction to the release of Arc had an unexpected consequence: it made me realize I had a design philosophy.
Technology adoption lifecycle
J’explique souvent quand on me demande ce que je fais pour vivre, que mon travail consiste essentiellement à dire à des chefs d’entreprise travaillant des univers technologiques : « Je ne comprends pas « .
Faire comprendre l’innovation : le cas Square
Disrupt Yourself - Whitney Johnson - Harvard Business Review
Years earlier, I had moved to New York City with a degree in music and a husband who was beginning a Ph.D. program. My first job, and the best job I could get, had been as a secretary at a brokerage house.
Ask people what makes entrepreneurs successful and you’ll hear a familiar list of adjectives; agile, tenacious, resilient, opportunistic, etc.