Monthly Archives: October 2007

Of Incubator, Chook -n- Egg

One of the criticisms leveled at many of the Proof of Concept projects I have been involved with is that they do not produce robust products that are successful in the marketplace.  Until very recently, I have not been involved … Continue reading

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Clips on slime: some thoughts on innovation and organisational culture

Clips on slime: applying measuring clips to lovely green slime and looking for a healthy voltage across the whole organism. A while back I read an article by Skinner & Spira (see below) which talks about a continuous line between … Continue reading

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Following through

This is the shell for a future article to talk about the confusion of “production think” versus innovation. The discipline of developing ‘for production’ may be a hindrance in establishing innovation teams to come up with new ways of doing … Continue reading

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PoC is just one link in the Innovation chain

Please bear with me while I ‘think out loud’ and save this as a shell for a future post. While talking with Andy about his ‘Clips on Slime’ diagram, it became clear that the end of a Proof of Concept … Continue reading

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