Project Loon From Google X - Idea to Product Aug 12, 2015 Linkblog Design thinking requires a prototyping mindset. So how does that look like? This is a great example from Google’s effort to build a worldwide In Creativity, Mistakes Aren’t Mistakes—They’re Clues Sep 11, 2014 Humanomics & Linkblog Marty Neumeier has a good way of talking about failure. If you are serious about innovation we understand the need for failure. I am trying The Power of Human Energy Aug 10, 2014 Linkblog From Vogue: The basis for all human relationships, and where we derive our greatest strength and power, trust is single-handedly the most powerful Technology and Measuring Growth and Impact Aug 10, 2014 Linkblog Tim Worstall Put these two together and thus my claim in the headline. We can see in our own lives that things are getting better at an ever Stories of Co Jul 10, 2014 Linkblog The Dept. of Premier and Cabinet in South Australia Better Together initiative put together a showcase last week on the ideas, projects and tools Frugal Innovation Jul 9, 2014 Linkblog Charles Leadbeater on Frugal Innovation: (H/T: Martin SW) Leadbeater looks at the developing world and thinks about how innovation happened in that Why Did Amazon Make a Phone? (And What Can You Learn From That) Jun 19, 2014 Linkblog Bezos: Why did you make a phone? A. Our product development process always starts the same way. We don’t start out by saying, “We have to build Worldview and Stories Jun 15, 2014 Humanomics & Linkblog Understanding the context of the customer and their beliefs and values are key first step of innovation. To get to this kind of deep understanding Can MOOCs Scale Iit Across India Jun 12, 2014 Linkblog From NitiCentral: We need a plan to remove capacity constraints on the Indian education system, while delivering high quality education. There has Modi`s Stop Doing List Jun 8, 2014 Linkblog One of the key tenets of Innovation is to abandon things which have stopped creating value and start a stop doing list. The new prime minister of India`s Csr Law Creates Massive Opportunities Jun 5, 2014 CSR & india & Linkblog From The Economic Times: Given the mandate it is estimated that nearly 16,500 companies will invest Rs 22,000 crore towards CSR,” Vijay Ganapathy Quantity for Quality Jun 4, 2014 Humanomics & Linkblog A great story about a ceramics teacher from the book Art & Fear which is very apt to understand experimenting and prototyping for innovation. Roger Martin on Learning From Aristotle Jun 3, 2014 Humanomics & Linkblog Roger Martin on tradeoffs and learning from Aristotle. The same applies to corporations. If they make it their purpose to maximize shareholder The Outside-In Perspective May 28, 2014 Linkblog & People From Reorganize for Resilience: Putting Customers at the Center of Your Business by Ranjay Gulati: “Those companies built around an inside-out Darthmouth Launches a New Minor Around Design May 21, 2014 Linkblog The course looks like a good start The ethnographic methods portion aims to teach students how to study how people interact with their Every Company Is a Tech Company May 21, 2014 Linkblog & Quote The concept of a “tech sector” is out of date, and we should stop talking about it. That doesn’t mean the idea it stands for is over — in fact, it’s Bezos’s Washington Post Strategy May 19, 2014 Humanomics & Linkblog It’s been a while but worth remembering: “There is no map, and charting a path ahead will not be easy. We will need to invent, which means we will What Should You Leave Out? May 15, 2014 Linkblog From Konrad Gorak: So what happened to Lego, that might be also happening to your business? What was the thing that almost destroyed this giant and Powers of Ten May 14, 2014 Linkblog & Video ™ (1977): H/T Idil Lei Jun on Xiamoi Strategy May 2, 2014 Linkblog “We treat users as friends, asking them to help us improve, and we follow a strategy of product excellence with only seven or eight products.” - Lei Welcome to Vox: A Work in Progress Apr 9, 2014 Linkblog & Quote Ezra Klein : We’re launching this fast for one simple reason: there is no better way to figure out the best way to do explanatory journalism on the America’s Greatest Inventors Don’t Dream up Novel Ideas — They Execute on Old Ones - Forbes Mar 31, 2014 Linkblog & Quote From Forbes.com View Inc. CEO Rao Mulpuri, who sells a smarter pane of glass, has a similar story. His product adjusts to the amount of sun hitting Learning from Lincoln: How to handle setbacks Mar 30, 2014 Linkblog & Link Larry Page @ Ted Mar 28, 2014 Linkblog Lots of learnings. Some amazing videos. 10x changes. Corporations as creating things for a better life. Innovation and not just invention. Inspiring If You Want to Innovate, Read Mar 16, 2014 Linkblog & Link I can’t argue with this. The more I read, the more I think there is to read. One learning from this article is the need to read broadly. More here