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Chris Brogan had a great quote on Twitter yesterday.  It read "Technology is never the solution. It's the facilitator. Strategy aligned to goals is the solution."  I would qualify the last sentence, but considering the 140 character limit on...

There has been a lot of discussion about Design Thinking lately.  It's an important topic and certainly needs more discussion to achieve better clarity in its meaning as we translate from theory to practice.  However, I want to make sure we don't...

By now most of us have heard how Google is planning layoffs and other cutbacks given the current economic situation.  If you haven't, you can find the info in this Wall Street Journal article.  What I find most interesting is that they are significantly...

Interesting article from IMD on why small companies have an edge over their large company counterparts in driving innovation.  The point I found most interesting is that they point to psychological safety as a necessity to foster a culture of innovation. ...

What's the level of visual literacy in your company?  Chances are it's not very high. I define visual literacy as the ability to discern whether your products, services, marcom materials, or anything else you produce, are visually communicating the...

What's the right pace of innovation?  How often should you introduce incremental improvements, new breakthroughs, and how much can the market realistically absorb? Yesterday, JD mentioned in a comment that "consumers are more accustomed to a...

I have to hand it to Seth Godin for his blog post today on what to do about Detroit.  His point of view is this:  Not only should Congress encourage/facilitate the organized bankruptcy of the Big Three, but it should also make it easy for them to be...

Individuals and organizations have one thing in common.  We all must carefully balance the time and energy we spend attending to the things that are important, and the things that are urgent. What's important are the activities that keep you true to your...

There is a good article in Strategy + Business about Consumer Choice Modeling.  Consumer Choice Modeling is a tool to project how well different product options and their attributes will do in the market.  Rather than being a simple preference test, it...

Last week Brandweek had anarticle about Design Thinking, and I'll have to say it was a bit misleading.  I'm not going to nitpick the article, but I would like to address a few points that I think are valuable to understand about the topic. I should start by...