Fascinating, scary article on a report from Nielsen about the relationship between innovation and the physical proximity of senior management. Anyone who has ever worked in a big company isn’t going to be shocked by the news, but it turns out that “companies that take a hands-off approach with product development incubation and also employ other innovation best practices, on average derive 650% more revenue from new products than companies that do not follow these practices ” as reported by Media Post. Continue reading
Category Archives: Reality checks
The Future of Empathy
There’s a report on a study from the University of Michigan this morning which I find to be both alarming and depressing. Of course, the findings of the report would have to be accurate although I suspect they are, and the implications to business are, in my mind, pretty apparent. Continue reading
Filed under Reality checks, Thinking Aloud
Staples
My wireless hot spot died yesterday – no flowers needed. I ran out to the local Staples to buy a replacement and that, coupled with an article I read this morning, got me thinking a few things which I’d like to share.
First, I hadn’t been to my local Staples in a bit. I usually get my supplies there but other than printer paper I don’t go through a lot since almost everything I do is digital. Staples seemed to be kind of a dinosaur in that regard. A lot of what is in the store is stuff that people (including me) used 30 years ago – file folders, paper, even pens – to do business. Much of it is fading away even in schools (certainly in college!). Continue reading
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