Beyond knowledge management to better management
Good looking and ubiquitous. Who am I talking about? The Old Spice guy, of course! While I doubt that I'm in their target market, even I couldn't resist watching some of the videos that Old Spice posted on YouTube. [If you've been in a cave or off the grid this week, you may not have... Continue Reading →
Gentry Underwood, Head of Knowledge Sharing, IDEO Background: [These are my quick notes, complete with (what I hope is no more than) the occasional typo and grammatical error. Please excuse those. Thanks! From time to time, I'll insert my own editorial comments - exercising the prerogatives of the blogger. I'll show those in brackets. ]... Continue Reading →
Lem Lasher is CSC's Chief Innovation Officer. CSC is a global tech and business services company. Background: [These are my quick notes, complete with (what I hope is no more than) the occasional typo and grammatical error. Please excuse those. Thanks! From time to time, I'll insert my own editorial comments - exercising the prerogatives... Continue Reading →
Some things cannot be rushed. I was reminded of this truth when reading the description of Joseph Priestly in Jack Vinson's book review of The Invention of Air: The book is engagingly written, describing Priestly in both his positive and negative qualities and how his work fits into the greater context of what was happening... Continue Reading →
Back flips, somersaults, handstands. These acrobats did it all. Standard fare for an acrobat, you say? Perhaps. But these guys were doing it in a New York City subway train. Have you ever tried doing a rapid series of back flips in the narrow aisle of a moving train? Me neither. Perhaps it's not such... Continue Reading →
I had nearly finished drafting the legal documents for a hot new online start-up when the dot-com bubble burst in 2000. With the sudden end to the stratospheric stock prices for these new media companies, everyone felt free to criticize. Do you remember how the bricks-and-mortar supporters derided the notion of doing business virtually? Do... Continue Reading →
Jonah Lehrer has written a thought-provoking piece on why we too often miss the great opportunities presented by failure. In Accept Defeat: The Neuroscience of Screwing Up, he explains how our brains purport to "help" us by screening out information that doesn't fit with what we believe we know. Here's how he describes it: The... Continue Reading →
What's the biggest barrier to innovation? According to Tom Koulopoulos, founder of Delphi Group, your past success is the biggest barrier to your ability to innovate. His theory is interesting. When you have a success under your belt, you have something to protect: your reputation, your confidence, your sense of well-being. Once you're in protection... Continue Reading →
In New York City's glittering social scene, I've never heard of a failure party. Apparently, you have to be on the A-list in Indianapolis to be invited to one. In 2004, The Wall Street Journal published an article on Eli Lilly's failure parties. These parties were started in the early 1990s by W. Leigh Thompson,... Continue Reading →
In an interview with National Public Radio, Nigella Lawson provided the following secret for creating new recipes: try one new frightening thing every day. The examples she gave might not appeal to every palate (e.g., lemon risotto morphing into lemon with linguine, and Ham in Cider moving through Ham in Coca-Cola to become Ham in... Continue Reading →
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