Archive for September, 2006
Cities need cars in the middle of 10 million people like a fish needs a bicycle.
That quote contains the words of Dean Kamen from the same Time Magazine interview from our last post. He continues:
The reason I moved to a city is I wanted high density. I don’t want to be spread out from […]
If all new technology starts out in a niche, why create a mass market hype storm for your technology?
This is the question we’d like to put to Dean Kamen after reading his Time Magazine interview. His Segway Human Transporter has not enjoyed the sales that the hype before its launch implied.
The “it” device, the […]
As we discussed in the last post, another name for a disruptive innovation is an untouchable reorientation because it flips what’s valuable and what’s not and it’s initially perceived as inferior making it most undesirable for potential competitors.
So let’s take a look at the Airline industry and flip a few fundamental features upside-down. We’re […]
A little Disruption means a whole lotta Opportunity
1 Comment Published by Ontologi in Disruption, Good Ideas.We’ve been cruising through the archives of Michael Urlocker’s On Disruption blog. It’s a great read, especially if you like great ideas. And that’s what disruption is really about, a specific type of great idea that challenges the prevailing beliefs, assumptions and rules of an industry.
Urlocker has a pdf on his blog, A […]
Small Business Notes shares how many small ideas can beat over-zealous attempts at big ideas.
Another name for this is the japanese concept of Kaizen, or continuous improvement.
A few interesting thoughts on encouraging creative thinking in a corporate, (read bureaucratic), environment.
Essentially, these are tools and techniques to help you open your mind. But the real challenge is how do you keep your mind open all the time?
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