[Open question] Does the world need innovation teams? A new article argues that innovation teams are mostly useless. I disagree in part. What's your take?
[Leadership laws] The innovation law of Schrödinger's Cat Innovation leaders must simultaneously get teams to celebrate progress made ... and to face that their results are not good enough yet.
[Blog] Terrible advice: "Always start with the user" ... or the market, or anything else You need to accept projects in whatever shape they happen to be when you meet them. Don't put up your nose at unusual or messy starting points.
[Leadership laws] The innovation law of the underpants gnomes Don't be like the underpants gnomes. Figure out how you'll earn money alongside everything else.
[Rant] DVF has become a self-defeating joke Creating something that's "desirable, viable, and feasible" (let alone also "acceptable") is harder than pundits glibly promise.
[Blog] Why innovation takes two types of work Innovation work in startups and existing org's requires understanding and balancing work "on" and "in" your business.
[Case study] 16 lessons from the most impactful research of recent history 2017's research paper "Attention Is All You Need" ushered in the AI craze. Its "making of" story also has a lot to teach corporate innovators.