Dana Dolan: generalnews and ideas of general interest related to telework, distributed development, and remote collaborationInnovation categories: my scorecard- November 19, 2006 I've seen innovation successes and failures in all five of Bob Rosenfeld's innovation system categories. With only a cursory understanding of these, I tried to think through examples of each from my personal experience, keeping a mental talley of successes vs. failures. The results were surprising - first here's my quick scorecard... 1. Originator-assisted - a process that helps employees transform their own ideas into business opportunities (usually driven bottom-up). It's hard to...http://radio.weblogs.com/0125927/categories/general/2006/11/19.html#a351 Top City Wannabees need WorkLivePlay strategies- November 7, 2006 "Besides wanting the usual attributes of low crime, great schools, and a thriving job market, members of the creative class want to be in a place that is exciting and challenging, is open to new ideas, and values them as individuals." says Blogger Richard Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class and The Flight of the Creative Class, and public policy professor at George Mason Univerisity, in an interview by Realtor Magazine Online (Nov 1, 2006). Top spots include San Francisco;...http://radio.weblogs.com/0125927/categories/general/2006/11/07.html#a350 The Value of Irriation, or, Of Oysters and Pearls- November 2, 2006 "...irritation is what allows oysters to create pearls." says Scott Adams. He's not talking about innovation (or strategy for that matter), but about humans, yet in the end, isn't it all the same anyway Surely, irritation with the status quo is one of the most influential emotions that drive creativity and innovation. Or maybe you perfer the old adage that "necessity is the mother of invention". But that doesn't explain things like YouTube, you might think, unless people all over.http://radio.weblogs.com/0125927/categories/general/2006/11/02.html#a349 Innovation must fit the Strategy- November 2, 2006 Today's overused buzzword, innovation might be defined as the constant quest for "the next big thing," but is innovation always a good thing Maybe not, if it's not placed right where it belongs, under the watchful eye of strategy. Michael Porter's Big Ideas article in Fast Company is a refreshing reminder, despite the fact that it was published in Feb. 2001. Here's a clip from the conclusion: If people in the organization don't understand how a company is supposed to be...http://radio.weblogs.com/0125927/categories/general/2006/11/01.html#a348 |