That innovative idea that you and your team have come up with — is it any good? You'll never know unless you do this step first.
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MAY
2021
Innovation Doesn’t Punch a Time Clock
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Have you ever had a great idea come to you — seemingly out of the blue — only to find that that million-dollar idea has vanished into thin air mere seconds later? Let's make sure that never happens again!
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MAY
2021
Go Past the Lull!
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If you want to come up with the innovative ideas that your competition misses, you have to do the thing the competition won't.
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APR
2021
Are You Going Down the Wrong Rabbit Hole?
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When you and your team are looking for innovative ideas, make sure you aren't going down the wrong rabbit hole!
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APR
2021
Why Brainstorming Doesn’t Work
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Brainstorming! A great way to come up with lots of great ideas, right? WRONG! Turns out brainstorming — at least, the way most people do it — doesn't work. Here's why.
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APR
2021
The Idea that Leads to the Idea
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You may be missing out on your next million-dollar idea — especially if you don't understand the principle behind "the idea that leads to the idea."
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APR
2021
How to Change the World (in one easy step)
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I recently had the privilege of delivering the opening keynote address at the annual convention of Mensa. This can be a little intimidating, because the sole requirement for membership in Mensa is that you be a genius (in the top 2% of IQ). Granted, I’m a member, but I’m pretty sure I got in under some sort of affirmative ...
AUG
2011
So I was reading an online article yesterday about the iPad (because, as we all know, there haven’t been enough articles about the iPad). The article itself wasn’t earth-shattering—something about how the iPad is outselling Mac computers—but I thought one of the comments was hugely insightful. The thread was about why Apple products, particularly the iPod, the iPhone, and the iPad, are so immensely popular. The comment that caught my eye (or, in AppleSpeak, my “i”) was this:
Continue Reading →Everybody else is ...
MAY
2010
You have a problem. I’m not being judgmental, just making an observation. You have a problem. (You: “Wow—it’s like you totally get me!”) Yeah, spooky, isn’t it? But how did I know you have a problem? Because you’re human, and all humans have problems. Bill Gates has problems (for example, he’s never really found a haircut that works). So right now you may be thinking, “All right, so we all have problems. What I really want to know is how ...
Continue Reading →JUN
2009
The Power of Ideas
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I’ve been talking a lot about ideas lately. I love ideas. I love coming up with them, I love watching others come up with them, I love seeing them brought to fruition. It’s been said that, in business, nothing happens until somebody sells something. That may be true, but you know what? In virtually everything—business included—nothing happens until somebody has the idea for it. Look around you. Everything you see (at least everything human-made), from the shoes on your feet ...
Continue Reading →FEB
2009