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Feb 06 2013

Questions from Innovation Experts

Recognizing that finding the right question can be more challenging than finding the right answer, Warren Berger of Fast Company asked five innovation experts “What questions should every company ask itself?”

Our favorite responses

Tim Ogilvie: “Where is our petri dish?”

“Where, within the company, can you explore heretical questions that could threaten the business as it is–without contaminating what you’re doing now?” In answering that question, it’s up to company leadership to “provide permission and protocols for experimentation”

Eric Ries: “How can we make a better experiment?”

Shifting emphasis from Ogilvie’s where to the how of experimentation, Ries’s question is counterintuitive for most managers, who tend to think in terms of “making products,” not “making experiments.” But as Ries points out, anytime you’re doing something new, “it’s an experiment whether you admit it or not. Because it is not a fact that it’s going to work.” … This means that instead of asking “What will we do?” or “What will we build?” the emphasis should be on “What will we learn?”

Couldn’t agree more with these two. The key to innovation is experimentation, and making it easy for employees to conduct better experiments faster is an excellent way to start.

Visit Fast Company for the full article.

Written by Teague Hopkins · Categorized: Main · Tagged: Business, Design of experiments, Experiment, Innovation, Research

Oct 01 2012

Culture Camp DC Recap

Culture Camp DC was this weekend. We had an amazing group of attendees, fantastic sessions, brilliant ideas, and some great discussions.

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Photos

Photos from the event are available on Google+.

Blog Posts

In keeping with the spirit of an unconference, we’ll leave it to the attendees to tell you what they thought of Culture Camp DC. Here are two blog posts about the event written by our attendees.


Creating a vision or aspirational model for what you want your organization to be like as a persona by Paul Boos

Culture Camp DC: Innovation, Tinker Toys, and the Downside of Early Success by Brenna Cammeron


Twitter

You can also find discussions and live tweets from participants under hashtag #culturedc or by following @CultureCampDC on twitter.


Thanks to Motley Fool for hosting; Chad, Elliot, Paul, and Leah for helping put the event together; and to all our attendees for making the day great.

Written by Teague Hopkins · Categorized: Main · Tagged: Culture, Innovation, Unconference

Sep 13 2012

6 Smart Ways to Innovate Inside Your Corporate Culture (Guest Post at TLC Labs)

I’ve written a guest post for TLC Labs titled 6 Smart Ways to Innovate Inside Your Corporate Culture (originally at http://tlclabs.co/?p=734). I invite you to check it out, along with the rest of their fantastic blog about adopting lean startup methodologies and fostering a culture of innovation inside a 40-year old corporation.

 

Written by Teague Hopkins · Categorized: Main · Tagged: Culture, Innovation, Lean, Lean Startup

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