2 days agoMember-onlyStringing together an innovation storyHow convergence and creative collisions fuel invention It was the Covid lockdown that did it. Got me into compulsive listening. As my physical world contracted so I spent more and more time taking voyages inside my head, carried along by music. These days the choice of vessels in my harbour…Innovation13 min readInnovation13 min read
Published inTelling tales·3 days agoMember-onlyWeekend breakFive doors closing quietly in the early morning. Five couples crossing the threshold, moving out to merge with an outside world still gathering itself for another busy day. Five fingers pressing keys on five screens showing silver against the early morning sun. …Thriller4 min readThriller4 min read
Sep 7Member-only5 keys to unlocking creativity… and why it’s good to keep working out at the creativity gym Imagine: · An artist sitting in front of her easel, mind focused as she faces a blank canvas and thinks hard and long about where and how she will make her first mark…. · A games designer…Creativity12 min readCreativity12 min read
Aug 16Member-onlyThe power of position innovationHow creating experiences for underserved markets can be a key innovation strategy It’s summertime, at least here in the northern hemisphere and chances are that August is a holiday month. Which might well see you sitting somewhere and watching an exotic sunset, glass of something suitably refreshing in your hand…Innovation10 min readInnovation10 min read
Aug 13Member-onlyWant to innovate? Try using your kitchen blender …How one woman cooked up some entrepreneurial magic on her kitchen table The kitchen blender has a lot to answer for. These days there are plenty of experiments with what you can cram into the jug and then blur into a fine emulsion — not all of them entirely edible…Innovation10 min readInnovation10 min read
Jul 25Member-onlyPlaying with problemsWhy problem exploration matters in effective innovation Think about someone being creative — and chances are you jump to a well-rehearsed script which sees the thinker’s furrowed brow, the tortured composer, the Van Gogh lookalike artist suffering in wait for that wonderful but elusive moment of inspiration. Then the light-bulb…Innovation9 min readInnovation9 min read
Jul 14Member-onlyWant to scale your innovation? Start by mapping your value networkHow understanding the players in your game can help you scale successfully There comes a time in innovation when you realise you might have taken on something a bit too big. No matter how hard you throw yourself into the challenge, creating value from your idea is going to need…Innovation12 min readInnovation12 min read
Jun 13Time for innovationWhy keeping an eye on the clock matters in the world of bright ideas On 29th September 1707 a fleet of 21 ships under the command of Admiral Cloudesley Shovell was returning from Gibraltar where it had been supporting action during the long-running war with the French. Crossing the Bay…Innovation11 min readInnovation11 min read
May 18Cooking up some innovation magicHow to manage innovation spaces for impact Once upon a time there was a Brazilian entrepreneur, Antonio Jacob Renner. Who in 1912 founded his business with a factory in the Navegantes area of Porto Alegre (down in the southern tip of the country) based on turning the local cotton crop…Innovation12 min readInnovation12 min read
Apr 25Underground innovationHow giving people space can make a big difference to your innovation profile If you’d snuck up behind me last weekend you’d have caught me in the act of painting walls. Not the most exciting of pursuits but it needed to be done so that now I can sit here…Innovation11 min readInnovation11 min read
