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Archive for February, 2011

Obama’s new favorite: innovation

Posted by maz on February 18th, 2011

In his “State of the Union” address US President Obama said: “In America, innovation doesn’t just change our lives.  It is how we make our living.” Wow, I’m really impressed by these words But in the US such phrases seem to be quite normal. I’m not sure if a politician in Europe using such lofty [...]

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another innovation barrier called calendar

Posted by maz on February 4th, 2011

What I find interesting is that many businesses start planning for the upcoming year six months before the year starts.  Many businesses spend almost half of the measurement period planning for the period.  And we wonder why it is so hard to get innovation done. (Jeffrey Phillips) credit: yatego Having a deeper look at Jeffrey’s [...]

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