Disruptive Innovation: Where, Not What
First, a slight diatribe. Why is it that company leaders think their people can do successful innovation when they don’t share a common language?
First, a slight diatribe. Why is it that company leaders think their people can do successful innovation when they don’t share a common language?
"Wizard Chess" Credit: Katie Wheeler
‘It’s not going away, and we have to face that reality.” That’s what the CEO and founder of a quality-centered high-tech manufacturing startup with 180 employees told the leadership team in early July 2020 to convince them of the need to do a strategic pivot to addre
Last night I sat down to watch something that would help me barbecue meat better: a two hour-long movie called Barbecue
He stood on a platform in the early afternoon of a cold November day only a few feet from the edge of Soldier’s National Cemetery. He was dizzy and feverish, suffering with the beginning of smallpox.
I will be writing occasionally for my friends at the Collective, a group focused on autonomy, mobility, and the use of drones. I think this group has an excellent opportunity to create new solutions and influence new pro
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"Disruption" Credit: Molly Steenson
The other day I overheard this comment: “Why does innovation always have to be about disruption? That’s all I ever hear anymore, ‘disruption, disruption, disruption,’ and it makes me uncomfortable.”
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