Innovation Insights
by Stephen Shapiro
A friend of mine is a fantastic freelance writer. After telling her how great she is, she asked, “So if I’m that good, how come I’m not working now? Tough market out there.” Yes, it
Many of my recent posts discuss “Innovation and the Bell Curve.” One quick comment on this idea. I often say that the left-hand side of the bell curve is about affordability and accessibility. But sometimes
I hope that everyone will be taking time off to enjoy family and friends. See you in 2009.
In the Karate Kid, Mr. Miyagi once told his student Daniel, “Walk on road. Walk right side, safe. Walk left side, safe. Walk middle, sooner or later [makes squish gesture] get the squish, just like
2008 saw the $4 gallon of gasoline and the start of the current recession. Although car sales are down from last year, millions of vehicles were still sold. What car do you think was most
Today, I am catching up on some bookmarked innovation articles. I will provide commentary on these in the near future. Does Obama Need a Department of Innovation? (NYT) Innovation at Kraft (USA Today) Electric Car
This article was originally published December 2008 Early this week I received an email from a researcher at a major national TV talk show. They are doing a show on New Year’s Resolutions and saw
OK, it is time to branch out from the blog world… For the past 2 days, I have been at the 800-CEO-READ event for authors. Great conversations about books, publishing, marketing, sales, design, story telling,
I am sunning myself with my family in Florida right now, hence the shortage of blog entries. We have been busy every day, so today has been my first day to relax and think. And
One of my last blog entries discussed the need to create affordable and accessible solutions to stay competitive. Given globalization, cheap labor, and a damaged economy, this makes more sense than ever. Here are three
A good friend of mine, Neil Mullarkey (yes, that’s his real name), is one of the funniest people I know. He, Mike Myers, and a couple of other guys founded the Comedy Store Players (an
Clayton Christensen, in his book The Innovator’s Dilemma, discusses how disruptive technologies will kill incumbent technologies. Basically it is about how the crappy and cheap will eventually take over the sophisticated and expensive. The well-worn
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