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7 Ways to Make Your Own Luck

3 June, 2012 by James Lawther 2 Comments

Leprechaun

I am all for a bit of process improvement, it moves the world forward, but sometimes process improvement by itself isn’t enough.  As the man said: If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses ~ Henry Ford If you really want a breakthrough there is a bit more to […]

Filed Under: Blog, Wild Cards Tagged With: innovation, insight, luck

How to Push Your Big Idea

31 March, 2012 by James Lawther 3 Comments

Dyson Vacuum Cleaner

There are two ways to push your next big idea: 1. The Business Case Pull together a fancy looking presentation with buckets full of analysis (discounted cash flows, net present values, operations analysis, customer value analysis, competitive positioning, the whole nine yards), it is the  professional thing to do.  Unfortunately: Your idea will be flat […]

Filed Under: Blog, Tools & Techniques, Wild Cards Tagged With: innovation, test and learn

Why Stereotyping Makes Issues Look Like a Wolves

15 March, 2012 by James Lawther 3 Comments

Stereotype

Your brain is amazing It has a rekmabrale kanck of tainkg in ltos of infotmraion, sitfing it and cnretaig mennaig from it.  It deos this by mtahcing pttaerns, lokoing for comnomality with tnihgs that it has seen in the psat, and tehn finlig taht infotmarion away.  That is why you are albe to mkae ssene […]

Filed Under: Blog, Operations Analysis Tagged With: innovation, problem solving, stereotype

You Have to Collect the Dots Before You Join Them

6 March, 2012 by James Lawther 3 Comments

Insight is all about collecting the dots

To innovate you need insight You need to know stuff, how things work, how people think, what makes the world tick As you collect ideas, concepts, thoughts, insights in your head then gradually connections will start to form, you will start to see new possibilities and create new things, you will innovate A precursor to […]

Filed Under: Blog, Process Improvement Tagged With: innovation, insight

Do You Test and Learn or Just Fail?

3 March, 2012 by James Lawther 2 Comments

Samuel Pierpont Langley dreamed of being the first man to fly an aeroplane. His approach was simple, build the most powerful engine he could.  Strap a couple of wings to it and watch it go. He was well funded.  He and a large staff focused all their attention on developing a big muscular engine, something […]

Filed Under: Blog, Process Improvement Tagged With: aviation, innovation, test and learn, video

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