What (truly open) innovators can learn from religion
Could you be missing something really important in your vision for systemic innovation, just because you can’t tolerate bible thumpers and fundamentalists? Now, before you stop reading because the R...
View ArticleIBM report: The world's 4 trillion dollar challenge
Using a system-of-systems approach to build a smarter planet IBM is urging government and corporate organizations to adopt a systemic innovation approach to solve wicked problems of waste. The starting...
View ArticleFive strategies of agile companies
Everyone knows they should be proactive about change. Everyone says “We need to innovate before the anticipated crisis hits us.” Even so, no one acts until they’re finally forced to. Why? Well, when...
View ArticlePsst, there’s potential for disruption in organization design
While Nicolay Worren explains that his new book is intended for MBA students and executives, one can’t escape the thought that much of the learning it offers could be useful to a much larger audience....
View ArticleTo understand is to perceive patterns
{youtube}iWhO4cwriL0|0{/youtube} We have ignition. Liftoff. If only .... This wonderful little video inspires me, as have all the writing, art, lectures and videos sharing the same theme for the last...
View Article"We are a young team"
Are you sure what you're saying in your company profile is what you intend? For instance, what does this mean? "We are a young team." Does it mean your team is relatively new but includes a diversity...
View ArticleKiva
Over the last couple of years, I've made four small loans of $25 each to people in developing countries. I admit that's not much but I've helped buy a goat herd, helped someone get an education and...
View ArticleLetting Things Go
No one counts or appreciates all of history's noble but lost causes, nor the human toll of misery that is the ignored, larger side of competing in any market. Our grasping obsession with winning blinds...
View ArticleWhy War?
"... wars must be fought in order to give a nation's warfighting capabilities the credibility needed for deterrence ... " I was cleaning out old files from my computer when I came across this old...
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