We like to think that success always breeds more success, but often it breeds failure. When we hit on a model that works, we hone and optimize it leverage market conditions. When those market conditions change, we find ourselves vulnerable. The only way out of this trap is to always explore and experiment. Every…
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We’re entering a new era of innovation! In the years to come the pendulum will to swing from iterating and adapting to new applications to developing fundamentally new technologies. The next few decades are likely to look much more like 1950s and 1960s than the 1990s of 2000s. To learn more, check out my…
Episode 6: Start with the “Why Not?” Simon Sinek says that we should “Start with the why,” but often we can go further by starting with the question, “Why not?” It is by traveling down unlikely paths, we end up in unexpected places that take us in new directions. To learn more, check out my…
One of the mantas of the digital age has been, “You need to adapt to survive.” But the truth is that once you find the need to adapt, you are already losing. Notice how nobody talks about how Apple adapted to the smartphone or how Google adapted to the search engine. Great companies don’t…
Many believe you have to be a jerk to be a great innovator, but in my research I found just the opposite. Sharing ideas and insights helps you build a strong network of others that are willing to share with you. That gives you a much larger knowledge base that you can use to solve…