The Hummingbird Effect
Jan 8, 2015
Humanomics
Steven Johnson’s new book, How we got to now is a must read: Insects can stabilize themselves mid-flight because they have fundamental flexibility
Multidimensional Metrics Matter
Jan 7, 2015
Humanomics
Ev Williams on metrics in media: Advertisers don’t really want your time — they want to make an impression on your mind, consciously or
In the Ideas Business, Australia Is in the Centre of the World
Jan 5, 2015
Humanomics
Seth Godin visualises a paradigm shift. Living in Australia this is a powerful metaphor for me. For a long time, Australians thought of themselves
Tom Peters: Whats the One Key Ingredient for Adaptive Organisations?
Dec 31, 2014
People
Adaptivity is more or less a 100% function of the workforce and how it is recruited and developed and encouraged and appreciated—or not. - Tom Peters
Rumelt: Separate Strategic Planning From Annual Budget Planning
Dec 29, 2014
Humanomics
In the Economist: Rumelt argued that strategic planning should be separated from annual resource budgets. “Changes don’t come along in nice annual
Christensen Ideas Are More Useful for Entrepreneurs
Dec 22, 2014
Humanomics
“For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong,” H.L. Mencken wrote. The hedgehog who knows just one big thing
Steve Jobs: To Wait for the Next Big Thing
Dec 21, 2014
Humanomics
Jobs did not enunciate some simple-minded growth or market share goal. He did not pretend that pushing on various levers would somehow magically
Daniel Dennett on Mistakes and Learning From Evolution
Dec 20, 2014
Humanomics
Mistakes and learning from them is key to innovation. So, the more we can understand how to make them, how to enable them, learn from them; the
Technology Innovation Is More Than Technology
Dec 19, 2014
Humanomics
While others will often suggest the best thing you can do as a founder is learn to code, this is in fact one of the worst uses of your time (unless
Heterogamy Strategy for Innovation
Dec 16, 2014
Humanomics
Steven Johnson writing in Where good ideas come from: The water flea Daphnia lives in most freshwater ponds and swamps. Its spasmodic movements in
Why It’s Illegal to Braid Hair Without a License
Dec 8, 2014
Humanomics
The cost of regulation from NPR A few years ago, Jestina Clayton started a hair braiding business in her home in Centerville, Utah. The business
The Long Nose of Innovation
Dec 6, 2014
Humanomics
The Idea.org blog explaining the work of Bill Buxton. Innovation takes years, if not decades. An essay by Bill Buxton, principal scientist at
Safety Can’t Be Built Right at the Start
Nov 28, 2014
Humanomics
‘I constantly see people rise in life who are not the smartest, sometimes not even the most diligent, but they are learning machines. They go to bed
The Tata Values — driving Brand and Ethics for Prosperity
Nov 23, 2014
Value Creation
From Rich Karlgaard: Prosperity, of course, isn’t caused by government. It’s brought about by entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial companies. Few
Infosys Creates a New Company for a New Business Model
Nov 23, 2014
Value Delivery
Infosys is the IT services company from India with revenues of $8.2 billion. For a while its been trying to create a new business focussed on
The Counterintuitive Thing About Counterintuitive Things
Nov 9, 2014
Humanomics
Great post on starting something new by StartupLJackson. Totally relevant to intrapreneurs and entrepreneurs. If your goal is to build a startup,
Apple Pay vs Google Wallet - Innovation vs Invention
Oct 24, 2014
Humanomics
From a discussion on Quora: I have already answered a similar question on Quora. As a summary: Google has been great on the technical part with the
Floodlights and Spotlights
Oct 14, 2014
Humanomics
From The Economic Times After marrying Mukesh Ambani, Nita picked up another trait to support her quest for perfection — attention to detail. She
Beyond Design Thinking
Oct 12, 2014
Humanomics
Payne from Farenheit 212: Payne realized ideas that design solutions for the user are still as unlikely to reach market as those created through
Kogan: We Interrogate Our Business Model Every Day
Oct 9, 2014
Humanomics
We interrogate our business model every day, which is why it is completely different from a year ago. We view retail evolution as similar to Charles
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