QAspire

JANUARY 21, 2010

I was thinking about why engineering disciplines focus so heavily on checklists? People get blinded so much by checklist that they stop innovating, experimenting and learning. You can have detailed checklists for specific engineering activities (where outcomes solely depend on inputs and process). Why checklists?

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 20, 2024

Next, they compared these personality profiles to data from Crunchbase, the world’s biggest startup directory. Furthermore, the study revealed that startups with a mix of different founder types, like an adventurous leader, an imaginative engineer, and an extroverted developer, had significantly better chances of succeeding.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 1, 2017

Think of them as “selvesware,” analogous to recommendation engines for books to read or movies to watch. The designer could run their designs through “visual recommendation engine” selvesware that offers bolder, more energetic styles based on their sketches and use cases.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2015

Priceline’s unique “conditional purchase offer” – which allowed bidders to make low-ball offers which they were bound to honor if accepted – was an innovative solution that taught a big lesson: when underused assets are more fully exploited, everyone can win.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Armed with the art of the possible, innovators are seeking to apply disruptive consumer technologies to enterprise class uses — call it the consumerization of IT in the enterprise. A Skype call or instant message reaches out to both the corporate directory and your own personal network. Reach to multi-channel networks.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2011

Employee Directory: Employees can self-identify their expertise and interest areas, making it possible to find out who knows what about what, without having to know someone's name ahead of time. Open Plan Seating: We have no cubicles, the studios are all open plan, and different disciplines (design, engineering, strategy, etc.)

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Similarly, make sure your OWN site has the best key words for the search engines. Connect as many strengths and resources as possible, for innovation lives in fresh combinations. Google your name periodically. If you rely on searches for your background research, so will those you work with (if they are sharp).

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