Tag: Innovation

Entrepreneurship

An Example of Product Development Being Done Right – Wolk Company

When it comes to developing a new product, I have always been advocating that you first need to define a target market and then work hard to understand their needs (stated or otherwise) before you even go to the drawing board. This is at the heart of great product development. I came across “Wolk Company” today and was totally taken blown away by the work that they are doing. They have developed an air bag for the elderly to prevent damage to their hips when they fall. With more and more countries becoming home to more and more senior citizens, […]

Recommendation

25 Insanely Interesting People I Came Across in 2014

One of the goals that i had for 2014 was to discover new people and learn from new sources. I must say that I was fortunate enough to discover these people online and learn so much from them. So, here is a list of some of the insanely interesting people that i came across in 2014. I do hope you will find some of these people and the great work that they are doing interesting enough to start following them. Bernadette Jiwa: She has a great blog called “The Story of Telling“. This is one of the best blogs that […]

Innovation

How to Build an Insanely Successful Product or Service

I was at a tech startup event last week and as is at all these events, there was a discussion about how do you build new products or services that have a good chance at success. I have learnt from my personal experience and from observing a lot of successful and not so successful startups that every entrepreneur trying to create a new product or service could follow the following process to have a good chance at building a successful product or service: Step1: Know thy user My personal experience in having facilitated numerous innovation workshops and from observing some highly […]

Innovation

What can We Learn from A String Quartet About Creativity, Innovation & Branding

Quartets playing classical music have been around for centuries. However, with the explosion of music genres and musicians (thanks to YouTube and Kickstarter), they have been finding it tough to remain relevant. The challenge that they face are: How to leverage their core strengths and still be relevant for their existing audience? How to attract new audience to come watch them play? And do both at the same time If you look at it closely, this is the same questions that many mature brands are grappling with. How do they continue to remain relevant to their existing customers and at […]

Innovation, Podcast

We Cannot be Allergic to Failure and Still be Innovative – @windspike

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Who is on the show today: In today’s episode, we have Aaron Anderson. He is currently, Director of Strategic Organizational Initiatives at San Francisco State University, College of Business. Why is he on the show Aaron has been a consistent contributor to the Managament Innovation Exchange and won a MIX Prize for an experiment that he has been running in how he works.  His entry titled: “Working in Plain View: Using a Wiki & Social Media to broadcast as you work” won the prize in the “Digital Freedom Challenge”. He has been working in plain view of all his organization by using a wiki […]