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I’m amazed at the breadth of human ingenuity to solve social, economic, political and even technical challenges.  The one…

Killer Question #54: What are the unshakable beliefs in my industry about what customers want?  What if the opposite where true?
Its easy when we…

Segment 1: Five Hats Method To Finding Hidden Ideas 

Get out of the rut of how you look/evaluate/organize your ideas 
Use the "Five Hats" approach…

Segment 1: Innovation Failure
What are the reasons that innovation efforts fail?

Innovation for awards and recognition
Meaningless innovation
Non-user driven innovation
Innovation as long…

Dateline:  Hong Kong
Segment 1: Innovation Gravity

- Innovation success creates complacency- You you have to fight that complacenty – what I call ‘innovation gravity’- …

Dateline: Saratoga, CA
Segment 1: Brain On Auto-Pilot

- The brain takes over even when the eyes are seeing something else- Example: Riding on an …

 
Any time I’ve given team all of the resources they’ve asked for, the projects have turned out to be unispiring. Why?  Because we solve…