This article also has some good truths about steps to innovation:
Don’t Assume
Question Habits
Be Creative
Look for a better way
Impossibilities often aren’t
More-Less-Easy
True innovation makes it easier to to more with less. Remember these words when you are approaching your next problem. First figure out what you are trying to do, then step back and make sure you are not “stuck in a box”.
Are you doing things now because that’s the way you’ve always done them? Because you don’t know how to do it another way? Because there isn’t a better way?
There is always a better way, sometimes it just hasn’t been invented yet.
“It’s never a good idea to reinvent the wheel, but feel free to invent an airplane.”
Technology is growing at an alarming rate. In today’s world, thinking outside the box is not good enough. By the time we think outside the box, it is obsolete. Adding new technology to an obsolete model just doesn’t work. Instead of thinking outside the box, we need to create a new box; sometimes, rebuilding your foundation on new technology is necessary to stay ahead of the competition.
This is pretty interesting. If you’ve never heard of TED talks before, I would check out ted.com. TED is basically an organization that centers around “Ideas Worth Sharing”. Every few months they have these “Talks” where someone comes and speaks about a specific topic. This talk was recorded back in 1984, and speaks to the “Technologies of the Future”, including the first eBooks…Very interesting…
I came across this video today, if you don’t know who Walt Mossberg is you can check him out here. Walt is a technology journalist for the Wall Street Journal. He has a few good nuggets out there and if you’re looking for a way to stay informed on tech trends, I recommend his feed. At the Beet.TV executive summit last wednesday, Walt had this to say about what needs to change in order for streaming media to takes its rightful place on the Internet.
