Up at 5 AM, plowed through all the emails from friends and family that were wishing me luck. As I’m writing this I’m heading for north Florida to work on fleshing out some additional opportunities. It’s 2PM. Left at 10. I think I’ve hit every Five Guys Burgers on the…
This morning, after 11 years at Cox Target Media, I resigned my position as Digital Innovation Strategist. After becoming more involved in the entrepreneurial community that’s building in Tampa and St Pete, and after seeing what USFSP’s Gazelle Lab is doing to support innovation and entrepreneurship, I felt that I…
For those creative individuals that are submitting new cost cutting or product ideas, the incentive may not be strictly financial. That may be a portion of it, but the overall thrill of creating something may be from getting an opportunity to participate in bringing the idea or product to fruition.…
Last night I was watching, yet again, The Pixar Story from ’97. I’ve seen this a number of times and each time I usually get something new out of it. This time wasn’t any different – I picked up on something Jobs said about creating spaces to foster ‘unintended collaboration”…
Or… Allow your employees the latitude to become experts on their own. For those rare and truly passionate people who’s outside interests and daily jobs mesh – giving them latitude to grow and be recognized as team, corporate and then industry experts grows you and your business as well. It…
In reality, the 80/20 rule is 90/10 when it comes to innovation. Only 10% of “ideas” that are generated could be considered in the “good” category. However, of the entire population of ideas, 1% would be considered “great.” The difficult part to begin to grapple with is that of all…
If you’re setting out to brainstorm new ideas and concepts, here’s some things I’ve experienced over the past few years that may help. 1) Get a great facilitator. Someone that’s open minded, will keep people on track and will get people to contribute. 2) Put a great question together and…
It’s official! Just got my tickets last night to the last US date for Iron Maiden’s 2011 tour before they head to Europe. I’ve been a fan since Killers came out but never got a chance to see them live. I think the last concert I went to was… Front…
It should be obvious – don’t work with people that you can’t trust when they’re out of your sight. Want a great test to see if you should be working together? Take a long weekend and go camping. Bring almost nothing because you’re going to have to rely on each…
“The focus for 2011 will be on the jobs that are pivotal to driving growth.” -Ravin Jesuthasan On page 14 of January 3rd’s issue of Bloomberg Businessweek, Ravin Jesuthasan of Towers Watson points out that certain job categories will see increased demand… …as companies accelerate growth through product development.. How…
Value Proposition Design: How to Create Products and Services Customers Want (Strategyzer) by Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur, Gregory Bernarda, Alan Smith
Beyond the Obvious: Killer Questions That Spark Game-Changing Innovation by Phil McKinney