Posts by Katie Konrath
What Keeps You From Innovating?
In his TED talk about innovation, Toby Shapshak, shows that in developed countries, people spend a lot of their day doing “time wasters” – which takes time away from the time they spend innovating.
Read MoreThe Big Data 'Opportunity Area' for Innovation
Recently, at the excellent 2014 MBA Innovation Summit put on by Columbia, Yale and Wharton, I listened to Ron Gonen, NYC’s Deputy Commissioner of Sanitation, talk about how his organization is using big data to address big problems faced by the city.
Read MoreStaying Hungry – Michael Phelps and the iPhone
In the world of innovation, shocking upsets lurk on every successful product’s horizon. An amazing product like the iPhone will take over the market. Challengers quickly rise and are just as quickly vanquished. Like Michael Phelps in 2008, the new product seems unstoppable.
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