Fear: The Anti-Innovator
Fear is one of the most basic human emotions. It has contributed significantly to mankind’s survival. Without it, our ancestors would...
Mission: Innovation
[Author's note: If you find listening to the Mission: Impossible theme music makes you feel like you can run through a brick wall, you...
Simple - Not Simplistic
The world is a complex, chaotic place. Innovation efforts are all the more complicated because they are directed at an inherently...
Why do we make things unnecessarily complicated?!?
A big innovation project fails. A pseudo-post-mortem reveals that Pat and Chris made decisions that turned out to be wrong. Pat and Chris...
What is "Simplicity" in Innovation?
Complexity, Simplicity and Innovation The human brain is an amazing thing. It can simultaneously think about mixing the chicken noodle...
Killing Projects without Killing Project Teams
The ancient Greek storytellers had keen insights on human psychology. The myth of Sisyphus, a legendary king who played a few tricks on...
