Category: Ideas

Ideas, Marketing

Intentions (Announcements) Vs Actions

The Announcements We have recently had a lot of announcements around businesses deciding not to use plastic straws as they wreck havoc on the environment specially on marine lives. Disney Is The Latest Major Company To Eliminate Plastic Straws Starbucks to ban plastics straws in all stores by 2020 Hyatt Announces Global Efforts to Reduce Single-Use Plastics American Airlines Lays Down the Straw Marriott International to Remove Plastic Straws Worldwide by July 2019 And many more. All of this is action is in part a response to a social media campaign by celebrities and a horrifying viral video of a Sea […]

Ideas, Innovation, Strategy

Feeling Stuck When Solving a Complex Problem?

When we are working on a complex problem and are stuck, one the best ways to find inspiration to unstuck ourselves is to move away from our regular environment where we got stuck to a different novel environment. Here is a great post from IDEO university that talks about an activity that could help us find inspiration outside our context – https://www.ideou.com/blogs/inspiration/an-activity-to-help-you-find-inspiration-outside-your-context. The post talks about a three-step process: Step 1: Start with Emotions Step 2: Identify Analogous Experiences Step 3: Reflect and Connect This is one way to find inspiration. We could also find inspiration to solve a complex problem […]

Ideas, Leadership

Lessons in Creativity and Leadership

The team at FilmBilder has done it again. They have created another fun way to depict an important concept in a fun and engaging way. Have a look at the video before we can go further. What I learnt from the video: 1) The most important criteria for creativity to flourish is the presence of exploration and fun. True innovation happens when we step back from our routine. Creative ideas come when we are looking to have fun while working. 2) Creative ideas will start off by causes some disruption or negative effect before it can effect positive change and […]

Ideas, Innovation, Marketing

Lessons from Apple and the Swiss Watch makers

Premise: I read this post that shared the fact that in the previous quarter, Apple sold more watches than all Swiss watch makers put together. I personally think that this is a pivot point in the watch industry and there is a lot that other entrenched players can learn from how the Swiss watch makers missed the plot.  Why is this important: Typically, the Swiss watch makers are considered to be the best watch makers with brands like TagHeuer, Rolex, Breitling, etc coming out from there. It took decades of innovations and millions of dollars in advertising for the Swiss […]

Ideas

Best Among What I Read this Week

1. A Cult of Creation : In this post, Sam Yen shares his thinking on the importance of creativity in the innovation process and also how can enterprises scale creativity in their organisations. He shares the importance of finding the right problem to solve in the innovation process. I totally agree with him on the importance of finding the right problem to solve, before even attempting to solve any problem. 2. If you are determined to help, you can always find a way : In this video, Mr. Bean (yes, THE Mr. Bean) decides to help a roadside musician and […]