Coursera Project Workbook.pptx.pdf. Unboxed - Company Innovators Ask - What Works? Www.ideo.com/images/uploads/thoughts/Rotman_spring-2007.pdf. Your clothes true colours. Balancing Scooter. Self-balancing scooters, like the Segway™ are often thought to be technological miracles, but it is not actually very hard to build one.
I built the one described here in about a week using off-the-shelf parts. I spent another week tweaking the high-speed stability, improving the steering control, and writing about it. Although the Segway has several exotic components, mine is built from common low-tech parts like wheelchair motors and RC car batteries. Tropical Island resort built inside German aircraft hangar. Evening descends on the beach of the "South Sea" at the Tropical Islands indoor resort in Krausnick, Germany.
Picture: Sean Gallup/Getty Images ON the outside this former Soviet Aircraft hangar looks like a ski resort. Unintended consequences. In the social sciences, unintended consequences (sometimes unanticipated consequences or unforeseen consequences) are outcomes that are not the ones intended by a purposeful action.
The term was popularised in the 20th century by American sociologist Robert K. Merton.[1] Unintended consequences can be roughly grouped into three types: A positive, unexpected benefit (usually referred to as luck, serendipity or a windfall).A negative, unexpected detriment occurring in addition to the desired effect of the policy (e.g., while irrigation schemes provide people with water for agriculture, they can increase waterborne diseases that have devastating health effects, such as schistosomiasis).A perverse effect contrary to what was originally intended (when an intended solution makes a problem worse) History[edit] What is the Source of Innovation? Posted by: Bruce Nussbaum on December 22, 2009 Don Norman, a rare intellect and a major godfather of Design, has launched a provocative broadside against Design that has enormous implications for building an innovative society.
Norman tells designers to get over themselves. It is science and technology that drive truly disruptive innovation, not Design’s focus on the needs and wants of people. Technology First, Needs Last - jnd.org. Note: This is a pre-publication version of my article published as part of my bi-monthly column in the ACM CHI magazine, Interactions .
The final, published version is available on the Interactions website: interactions.acm.org , Interactions, volume 17, issue 2 . Index of 2013 Disruptive Technologies. Above: Like lightning, digital technologies jolt us with energy, the savvy will harness their energy, those who ignore, risk danger.
One Line Goal: List disruptive technologies in 2013 on one page, with your help in the comments. The number of technologies that are creating disruptions to companies and ecosystems are increasing at an alarming rate. The Intrapreneur's Playbook. Intrapreneurship. Intrapreneurship is the act of behaving like an entrepreneur while working within a large organization.
Definition[edit] In 1992, The American Heritage Dictionary acknowledged the popular use of a new word, intrapreneur, to mean "A person within a large corporation who takes direct responsibility for turning an idea into a profitable finished product through assertive risk-taking and innovation".[1] Intrapreneurship is now known as the practice of a corporate management style that integrates risk-taking and innovation approaches, as well as the reward and motivational techniques, that are more traditionally thought of as being the province of entrepreneurship. History[edit] The first written use of the terms ‘intrapreneur’, ‘intrapreneuring,’ and ‘intrapreneurship’ date from a paper[2] written in 1978 by Gifford and Elizabeth Pinchot. Employee intrapreneur[edit] Examples[edit] 2009 Super Bowl Ad Bud Light Office Meeting. Team Notes - The Rules of Brainstorming. We happen to think idea generation is an art form.
It's about setting a safe, creative space for people to feel like they can say anything, be wild, not be judged – so that new ideas can be born. Traditionally, the group brainstorm is an activity to generate ideas in-person. With OpenIDEO, the community is turning that model on its head by creating a digital space where ideas spark and fly. We're excited to see the Ideas phase turning into this new form of digital brainstorming. Moving Windmills. Caine's Arcade. Www.commandthestage.com/stuff/01-24-09 D18 TLC Spring Training/WhackonHead.pdf. 2012interculturalgardens.wikispaces.com/file/view/IDEO+METHOD+CARDS.pdf/295801040/IDEO METHOD CARDS.pdf. Neuroscience Sheds New Light on Creativity. Close your eyes and visualize the sun setting over a beach.
How detailed was your image? Constraints.Handout.pptx.pdf. The "Door" Study. Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation reviewed by Bill Gates. I recently read Steven Johnson’s book, Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation, and found it useful as a way to think about the kinds of environments that foster creative collaboration and innovation.
I picked up Steven Johnson’s book, Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation, with a little bit of skepticism. Lots of books have been written about innovation – what it is, the most innovative companies, how you measure it. The World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies 2012.