Innovation Insights
by Stephen Shapiro
When you ask different questions, you always get different solutions. Here’s a fun story about an airport that had people complaining about baggage claim wait times. Their solutions on the surface seemed good. But it
NASA has done some amazing innovations over the years. But when they tried to create a washing machine in space, it didn’t go too well. But changing the question led to different results. We are
Today we use solving the “education system” problem as an example of how changing the question can lead to different solutions. When questions are too abstract, we get very low quality solutions. We are in
I was recently interviewed by the financial service firm, BBVA Compass. They asked for my thoughts on failure. I said that failure was overrated and that we needed a different mindset. Here are some sound
I was asked by BigSpeak to write an article with three activities that would stimulate innovation with teams. And I needed to do it in under 1,200 words. Here’s the result: Companies are becoming irrelevant
Today we discuss The Goldilocks Principle. This is a method for asking better questions by avoiding ones that are too “hard” or too “soft” and looking for those that are “just right.” We are in
Today we look at the Exxon Valdez oil spill. For decades scientists could not find a way to extract the oil/water mixture from the icy waters of Prince William Sound in Alaska. But when the
Today we move to the “Ask” part of my FAST Innovation Model (Focus, Ask, Shift, Test). In this installment we explore a well-known challenge and one unsuccessful method used to solve it. This method is
Today’s Innovation Minute… In the first video I introduced the FAST Innovation model: Focus, Ask, Shift, Test Then I introduced the 5 D’s of Differentiation. In a previous video I introduced this framework: Today I
Today’s Innovation Minute… In the first video I introduced the FAST Innovation model: Focus, Ask, Shift, Test Then I introduced the 5 D’s of Differentiation. In the last video I introduced this framework: Today I
Today’s Innovation Minute… In the first video I introduced the FAST Innovation model: Focus, Ask, Shift, Test Then I introduced the 5 D’s of Differentiation. Today I discuss the final D of Differentiation – Disseminated.
Today’s Innovation Minute… In the first video I introduced the FAST Innovation model: Focus, Ask, Shift, Test Then I introduced the 5 D’s of Differentiation. Today I discuss the 4th D of Differentiation – Desirable.
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