Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards

Colleague Louis Killeffer reports on the

" .... 6th Annual Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards. As in every preceding year, the scope and scale of this year’s honorees’ ambitions and achievements are breathtaking

And if that sounds over the top - or you’re running short of time or having a bad day/week/month – please just watch this brief video  . It’s about Aaron “Wheelz” Fotheringham, a twenty-two year old athlete, born with spina bifida, who’s invented a whole new sport, WCMX. It just might re-orient you and your week/month/year

You’ll find a brief piece on the event and the rest of its audacious award winners here ... .... " 

Spontaneous Discovery

Thoughtful piece via a scan from the Tom Peters Blog:

Surprise, Transformation & Excellence through “Spontaneous Discovery”:
A Personal Saga,  this is a revision of an antique—but arguably more relevant than ever (PDF version also available):  "Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious and anything self-conscious is lousy. You simply must ... Do things."—Ray Bradbury.

Defining Your Business

In Innovation Excellence:   by Ty Montaque.  " ... Whitespace vs. Rightspace: How Quest-led Innovation Finds Right Space for Breakthrough Innovation   ... " .  Figuring out how to manage your innovation process.  Have seen this in startups and in mega enterprises.

Art of Being Discontinuous

Set of slides that talks about the process of being discontinuous.  Some good thoughts.  With recommendations about how to include this in strategic thinking.  By Ian McCarthy, Professor of Technology and Operations Management at Simon Fraser University

Taking an Opportunity View

In the HBR, may require registration: " ... The innovative ideas that led to the companies Nest and Square started when their founders sought to improve everyday items, writes Warren Berger, author of "A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas." This emphasizes the power of what George Carlin referred to as "vuja de" -- the ability to see mundane things through fresh eyes ... "

Discomfort as Innovation

In Innovation Excellence:   I don't see it as the key to innovation.  Yet it is not by itself a bad sign. Some discomfort is always a sign that any change has been made.

Accelerate Disruptive Innovation

Innovating faster.  And focusing your innovation to value.   Part of that task  is to be able to evaluate innovations in context, as quickly and accurately as possible.   Simulation and analytics are good tools to address this problem.

Managing Discontinuous Innovation

Manager at Unisys Posts:  How do we manage disruptive trends?  Some good thoughts here.  Match our own experiences in the enterprise.  Remembering that roughly 20 percent of these efforts fail in private industry.  About 50% in government applications.  " ... Nick Evans draws on his experience managing global innovation programs and consulting to clients over the years on emerging technologies including cloud, mobile and social computing, big data and Cybersecurity. ... "  

 

Innovation at the Tipping Point

Poses an interesting question:  " ... We all know innovation is important because it is the lifeblood of any business. But compare upcoming digital era to previous industrial era, is innovation becoming more important or less, does the content or context of innovation stay at the same or be different, is innovation trying to reach the next level, but what is tipping point? ... " 

I am convinced it is about understanding the real decision process for innovation in a company, and acquiring the right data to make it work well.

Disruptive Technologies from McKinsey

McKinsey looks at disruptive technologies.  " ... Disruptive technologies: Advances that will transform life, business, and the global economy, a report from the McKinsey Global Institute, cuts through the noise and identifies 12 technologies that could drive truly massive economic transformations and disruptions in the coming years. The report also looks at exactly how these technologies could change our world, as well as their benefits and challenges, and offers guidelines to help leaders from businesses and other institutions respond. .... "

Disruptive Innovation

Useful thoughts on the topic in a short post.  And the start of a conversation:  " ... What are the secrets of companies that manage to bring disruptive innovation to market? I often argue that you cannot plan for disruptive or breakthrough innovation, but you can definitely create the right framework and conditions for this to happen. But what if there is some secret sauce that can inspire others? What would this look like? ... " 

P&G Seeks More Discontinuous Innovation

In InformationWeek: Seeking to use some of the $2.7 Billion cash that they will receive from the Pringles sale to Kelloggs.
" ... Procter & Gamble CEO Bob McDonald is pushing the consumer goods giant for more "discontinuous innovation," meaning products or technologies that create entirely new brand categories or new capabilities, rather than just improve an existing product... "