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JUNE 8, 2011

I love Daniel Pink 's views. He studies the science of the mind. According to Pink "We all have an intuitive sense of what motivates people. Reward behavior and get more - punish and we get less of it." But when scientifically tested, this was not true except on the most mundane of simple mechanical tasks. If the job involved any thinking or creativity, it does not work.

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JUNE 8, 2011

#wif11 Jeanne Meister, author of the 20/20 Workplace spoke about the increasing speed of innovation. 1880 - Industrial Revolution 1980 - Computer Revolution 1990 - Internet Revolution 2010 - Information Revolution Now - Participation Revolution She spoke about the new employee - the millenials. 20% of them come to work expecting to use their own phone and computer.

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JUNE 7, 2011

#WIF11 continues. Jordan Cohen spoke about "getting rid of busy work so you can get to work". This is a huge challenge for us all. "40% of time is spent on necessary but not important" (I am actually surprised it is that low). His solution at Pfizer was to allow staff to send requests for research. Reports would come back the next day once the request was defined.

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Innovation Brainstorming Report Creativity 154

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JUNE 7, 2011

Today I am blogging live at World Innovation Forum (#WIF11). I have blogged before at this event. I love the stimulation I get from going to seminars like this. Attending and listening to speakers helps plant the seeds of innovation in my mind. First speaker is one of my favorites - Clay Christensen. Of course he spoke about disruptive innovation. He is a young guy but recently suffered from a stroke.

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JUNE 8, 2011

I continue to blog at # WIF11. M. S.Kishnan was the first speaker. He is the author of The New Age of Innovation: Driving Cocreated Value Through Global Networks. His view is the increasing communication is changing the way innovation happens. Trends change the way innovation happens. Trends: Ubiquitous connectivity Pervasive Digitization Cloud and Convergence of Technologies Social Networks These trends change the way we compete.

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Innovation Offshoring Trends Outsourcing 140

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JUNE 7, 2011

The current speaker is Tony Hsieh - founder of Zappos. His story is a huge success story. I am looking forward to reading his new book - Delivering Happiness. Apparently the Zappos tour in Vegas is worth going on. His first "real company" was LinkExchange that he sold to Microsoft for $265 million. He sold it because he "was not having fun". "Corporate culture went to hell".

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JUNE 7, 2011

Roger Martin, Dean of Rotman School of Business spoke at World Innovation Forum (#WIF11). I know Roger and have read most of his books. I even have one on my desk waiting to be read now. He sat on the RIM board with me. He certainly is an innovative and deep thinker. "The goal of design thinking is to find the intersection of 100% reliable and 100% validity".

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