is an office is just another type of cage or a fiery pot of stewed yummy ideas & innovation?
RT @lseisig: Feb 18 seminar New title - Enabling or Throttling Innovation: Trust, Risk and Control in Third Sector/State relations http://bit.ly/9WhUty
Café Innovation -- New bottles (or, ways to sell) and old wine http://bit.ly/9wXeHX #bpm #sap
New Post: Café Innovation -- New bottles (or, ways to sell) and old wine: The evidence is growing in how so... http://bit.ly/d4zPeY
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Innovation: Communicatie, innovatie en... frustratie: Sociale media 2B or not ... http://bit.ly/bAX2jU
@bcbusiness every innovation starts with the positive decision to do something new or different: "Yes".
SERVICE INNOVATION: CUSTOMER SERVICE: PART OF MARKETING OR...........? http://ow.ly/18d7v
@TechFlash 's Todd B talked about Microsoft's innovation (or lack thereof) on the @KUOWconvo today. Take his poll! http://bit.ly/ao3IBMFriday, October 9th, 2009
A great talk by George Kembel of the Stanford D.School is available to watch online, so here are a few highlights from the talk that we find interesting here at Innoversity:
The d.school is the means of connecting different faculties in Stanford University. Students work in teams on real challenges with engineers, business students, designers and other varied disciplines on campus. They learn the design thinking process which is usually this:
empathy > define > ideate > prototype > test
Teams are not given a defined problem, based on the belief that half of businesses fail not because they didn’t solve the problem, but because they solved the wrong problem. (more…)
Tags: Design Thinking Process, Design Thinking Team, Greg Kembel, Innoversity
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Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
Overview of Article: Bill Buxton gives a description of the type of person that makes an effective cross-disciplinary team member, and why it matters.
Thoughts on Article: This is a really strong argument for the position Bill takes. His take on the “T” shaped people and the “I” shaped people is very important to anyone working to assemble a Design Thinking Team.
Original Post at BusinessWeek Here
“These thinkers have their feet firmly planted in the practical world, can stretch their heads to the clouds—and simultaneously span all of the space in between”
By Bill Buxton
It has become almost a cliché to say that cross-disciplinary teams are a key component for successful innovation. If certain problems are beyond the scope of any individual—and most of them are—the way to address them is with a team with complementary skills and a common language in which they can all communicate. So far so good. But useful guidance starts to dry up rather quickly beyond that. Since there is no reliable secret formula that can be used by a hiring manager or someone trying to build up appropriate skill sets, I thought that I would share a way of thinking that I have found really useful.
There may be no “I” in team, but every team needs to be made up of “I-shaped” people. (more…)
Tags: Bill Buxton, Business week, Design Thinking Team, I Shaped People
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