Dispatches from the FrontierMusings on Entrepreneurship and InnovationMoved to TypePad- June 17, 2007 I've made the move to TypePad. The new URL is http:swni.typepad.comdispatches. The change should not effect many, because the RSS feed has been re-directed to the new URL, and subscriptions should be automatically updated. I published my blog via Radio Userland between August 2002 and June 2007. Radio was a cool tool with which to learn about blogging. However, I have been particularly interested in TypePad since Michael Sippey joined SixApart some years ago. Since.http://radio.weblogs.com/0111718/2007/06/17.html#a344 Building Adaptive Capacity- June 8, 2007 Since last September, I've been making a series of posts that describes innovation through the lens of the evolutionary algorithm. I've struggled to reach some definitive conclusions regarding ways in which companies might build their adaptive capacity. I suspect that I will continue to struggle. Nevertheless, my research and experience points toward a consistent set of ideas that offer promising avenues of exploration: Uncertainty is the dominant characteristic of the social.http://radio.weblogs.com/0111718/2007/06/08.html#a343 Group Decisions are Predictably Ambiguous- June 2, 2007 The other day, my EIP partners and I had a beer with an experienced member of the corporate development group of a consumer products company. With typical candor, this person noted: Show me any idea, and I'll show you at least one fairly senior person in our company who is interested. It's pretty easy to get someone here interested; it's a lot harder to convert interest into action. I'm sure many of you who are inventors can relate. Getting stuck..http://radio.weblogs.com/0111718/2007/06/02.html#a342 |