Empathy and innovation
Tim Kastelle has a good post about Empathy and Innovation. I’m fond of talking about “relationships before ideas” and Tim seems to be in similar territory. One of the supposed challenges of innovation...
View ArticleCollaboration and status
Sometimes I go searching for something in an old post and stumble on other stuff I wrote years ago. This can lead to cringes but occasionally to things I think bear repeating, such as this this...
View ArticleSelf-organisation, traffic lights and empathy
Recommended viewing for contemplating the power of self-organisation and the hidden costs of top-down control. The best line in the commentary was this: “Road capacity might be limited but empathy is...
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Pushback
Everyone’s seems to be into co-creation and crowdsourcing these days. Here’s a lovely reality check for lazy brands who assume too much about what to expect. It’s the phenomenon of “yes I’d love for...
View ArticleCollaboration, the difficult one
Dwight Towers spotted this interesting post on barriers to collaboration. I’ve noticed that collaboration seems a lot easier to talk about than to do and this article looks at some of the issues. I...
View ArticleNetworks and creativity
Keith Sawyer spots some research that looked at some famous “loner” creatives and found that their most creative periods coincided with less social isolation.
View ArticleIncremental innovation
Carl Franzen describes how scientists captured the first picture of atoms vibrating in a molecule. What caught my eye was that the technique used has been around for some years. Blaga said that the...
View ArticleThe hallways of learning
Nancy Dixon has a fascinating post about working with researchers who were getting a new work environment designed to foster casual conversation and collaboration. Basically their new cubes were going...
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The role of connection in innovation
Amy Veltman of On Your Feet spotted this display at MOMA and shared them with me by email. —–
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Two people are walking towards each other along a crowded pavement. Each is carrying a precarious pile of boxes in front of them. They see each other coming, and as they approach engage in a careful...
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