Pulled out of the archives......This post still rings true...I’ve been anticipating the arrival of 2019 much like a young child waits for Santa on Christmas Eve. And now it’s finally here! As we ring in the New Year, it’s important to not only look forward, but also,...
This summer I had the pleasure to work with several university research parks and innovation hubs looking to deploy the So what? who cares? why you? methodology on campus with their community of researchers, faculty, post-docs, students and staff. A common theme to...
Welcome back everyone! Ahhh… September – can’t you just feel the energy as we rev our engines back up for the fall? I love these days when everyone is kicking it up into high gear. There’s a buzz and enthusiasm in the air that’s infectious. Many of our WKI Certified...
Innosight has just released its Summer 2016 Briefing: “How to Turn Ambiguity into Opportunity”, by Scott D. Anthony. You can download it here: https://www.innosight.com/insight/how-to-turn-ambiguity-into-opportunity-a-new-approach-to-strategy-under-uncertainty-old/ I...
Lately I’ve had a lot of people ask me about how to generate more ideas in their organizations. I’m not sure what’s prompting this but for sure, more people than normal seem to feel they have a “volume” problem – but is this really the problem? In my experience,...
A few days ago I had the great fortune to connect with an old friend – it had been 10 years since we’d spoken – you see, this friend was 10 years old at the time and lived in my neighborhood. Every day we’d walk our dogs together and talk about life, mostly through...
I am often asked what I think the winning ingredient is to commercialize a new idea – is it having a novel technology? Riding a rising market wave? Capturing an established ecosystem? While these things certainly can contribute to success, throughout my career I’ve...
