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Category Archives: Innovation
Just for fun: the Matrix remix
HT to Maria Popova (@brainpicker), mostly off topic though this reinforces Stephen Johnson’s ideas about adjacent possibility as the source of great ideas. Plus I’m a huge fan of The Matrix and will have to watch it again after seeing … Continue reading
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Tagged adjascent possibility, Maria Popova, Stephen Johnson, The Matrix
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Innovation isn’t really like apple pie
No one dislikes “innovation” as a concept. It’s like mom and apple pie (in the US at least) – no one will ever, ever stand up and say, “I’d like us to innovate less!!” No, that would be too obvious. … Continue reading
The power and limits of controlled experiments
The Freakanomics blog is running a fun contest asking readers to predict whether providing more factual evidence of impact increases or decreases donations. Dean Karlan, co-author with Jacob Appel of More Than Good Intentions is running an experiment in partnership … Continue reading
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Tagged Dean Karlan, Esther Duflo, Freakonomics, Innovation, Poor Economics
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My toothbrush was good enough
My toothbrush was good enough. In fact, it had been good enough for a while. I didn’t need the Colgate 360 toothbrush, and I doubt you did either. Admittedly, it’s an impressive toothbrush. Look at all the features packed into … Continue reading
1/100th the cost
Faithful readers will recall that two months ago I gave in to years of craving and ditched my BlackBerry for an iPhone. What I’ve discovered since then is that the iPhone is a Trojan Horse, an uber-device pretending to be … Continue reading
The core skill of innovators
In reflecting on how we create innovation in the social sector, I came across this great talk by Randy Nelson of Pixar University. He starts off by describing the problem NASA had: when they were looking to hire someone to … Continue reading
LIFE photo archive now available on Google
In its continued quest to organize the world’s information, Google images now has never-before-seen images from the LIFE photo archive. I categorize this under “just plain cool,” and it’s a reminder that new, interesting, and useful information is available daily … Continue reading
Dr. Sono and Anant Kumar: leaders who are changing the world
You’ve probably never heard of Dr. Sono Khangharani or Anant Kumar, but they are two truly incredible leaders who have devoted their lives to making the world a better place for the poor in Pakistan and India. Pakistan’s Dawn paper … Continue reading
Do you have someone whose job it is to say no?
I’ve worked in organizations big and small, and what’s interesting about the big ones is that there are often a few people whose principal function seems to be to say “no” to things. Sometimes they are lawyers but it really … Continue reading
