September 30, 2020 | by Chris Kalaboukis
Accelerating everyday inventions
“The value of an idea lies in the using of it” (Thomas Edison – Inventor and businessman) Everyday inventors like you and me are not usually the scientists who spend their whole lives researching very specific aspects of cell mutation or sub-atomic particle behaviour. Although these scientists and the research institutes they are invariably working […]
September 30, 2020 | by Chris Kalaboukis
Interview with Scott D. Anthony, Author of Eat, Sleep, Innovate: How to Make Creativity an Everyday Habit Inside Your Organization
I had the opportunity recently to interview fellow author Scott D. Anthony of consulting firm Innosight to talk with him about his new book Eat, Sleep, Innovate: How to Make Creativity an Everyday Habit Inside Your Organization, which is his eighth boo…
September 30, 2020 | by Chris Kalaboukis
Mohamed Sultan
The proposal is to attach drill or grinder head to the machine part with a clip latch , each head include gear mechanism that allow the rotation of drill and grinder when connected to the machine body through build in clip latch , so it can be easily r…
September 29, 2020 | by Chris Kalaboukis
‘The Social Dilemma’ Will Make You Want to Delete Everything—But Should You?
Is social media ruining the world? Dramatic political polarization. Rising anxiety and depression. An uptick in teen suicide rates. Misinformation that spreads like wildfire. The common denominator of all these phenomena is that they’re fueled in part by our seemingly innocuous participation in digital social networking. But how can simple acts like sharing photos and […]
September 29, 2020 | by Chris Kalaboukis
Customer-Centric Innovation? Sure, But With Which Customers?
Today, putting customers at the heart of innovation is a no-brainer for most business managers. However, should the innovation process involve all customers or only specific segments? In this article we explore the hurdles of these initiatives and prop…
September 26, 2020 | by Chris Kalaboukis
Constraints Are The Best
We live in a fantastic time. We now have more processing power in our watches than we used to have on our desks or even in giant server rooms. But the lack of constraints has made us lazy. I’ve been an engineer for most of my career. When I first…
September 23, 2020 | by Chris Kalaboukis
The Challenge Creative People Face
Here is one of the biggest challenges creative people face: finding the right balance between spontaneity and planning.
Spontaneity, while a huge part of the creative process, can also be a huge curse. The intoxicating nature of spontaneity — and…
September 21, 2020 | by Chris Kalaboukis
Blockchain For Dummies
By Aaron de Miranda Colaço Blockchain. It’s so hard to understand it, and it’s so new. Our goal here is to provide a simple description, readable in 2 minutes, about what Blockchain is and what it does. Aaron and I work at qiibee, and we help set-up loyalty on the blockchain solutions for businesses and services. …
September 21, 2020 | by Chris Kalaboukis
When Discovering Customer Needs, How Do You Get Beyond Survey Bias?
When Yamaha conducts research to drive product development, they’ve found opportunities in previously unexplored areas of incremental change. Learn more in this podcast interview.
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September 20, 2020 | by Chris Kalaboukis
Are You Plussing Or Minusing?
Ever been in an ideation session which pits the DoIts against the ShouldWes? Yep – first the DoIts pitch an idea, and then the Should Wes shoot it down. The DoIts are trying to move the ball forward into the future – while the ShouldWes are…
September 19, 2020 | by Chris Kalaboukis
How to screw up the experience survery
I recently spent a day in New York City. The weather was dreary so it was a perfect day to see a Broadway matinee. Of course, no one wants to pay those Broadway prices. Down the street from the hotel, there was a theater company so I asked the in-the-know locals at the reception desk …
September 19, 2020 | by Chris Kalaboukis
3 Tips To Lead Strong During Uncertain Times
“Stability breeds efficiency and complacency. Instability breeds resilience and innovation” Given we are in a sustained period of instability, how as leaders do we dial up the resilience and innovation, without burning out ourselves or the teams we lead? How do we leverage the instability to build resilience and innovation that creates success in ourselves …
September 17, 2020 | by Chris Kalaboukis
Microsoft Had a Crazy Idea to Put Servers Under Water—and It Totally Worked
A little over two years ago, a shipping container-sized cylinder bearing Microsoft’s name and logo was lowered onto the ocean floor off the northern coast of Scotland. Inside were 864 servers, and their submersion was part of the second phase of the software giant’s Project Natick. Launched in 2015, the project’s purpose is to determine […]
September 17, 2020 | by Chris Kalaboukis
Digital Tools and the Future of Remote Work
Until about four months ago, remote work was somewhat of a rarity, and, at very least, something most people were unfamiliar with. One of the few COVID-19 silver linings, however, was that many companies were forced to have their employees work remotel…
September 16, 2020 | by Chris Kalaboukis
This Startup Is Growing Sushi-Grade Salmon From Cells in a Lab
As the ills of factory farming become more pronounced, people are increasingly gravitating towards vegetarian or pescatarian diets. Besides producing a large percentage of our total greenhouse gas emissions, raising livestock uses up a third of the world’s arable land to grow feed, not to mention that the animals themselves are often terribly mistreated. Eating […]
September 16, 2020 | by Chris Kalaboukis
Great Quotes on Leadership
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” – John Quincy Adams
“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.” – Peter Drucker
“To lead people, walk beside them. …
September 16, 2020 | by Chris Kalaboukis
How the Next Wave of Innovators Can Rebuild the Economy After a Crisis
Innovation takes many forms, and it will likely come from unexpected places in the next normal. Here are 3 ways business leaders can drive innovation regardless of what happens in the world.
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September 13, 2020 | by Chris Kalaboukis
Party For Results, Not Rank
Looking to make your business more innovative? Stop celebrating promotions. The corporate world is an interesting place. For the longest time, it was mired in a hierarchical structure, with workers reporting to managers, reporting to directors, reporti…
September 13, 2020 | by Chris Kalaboukis
AL SIRAAT COLLEGE: Team Leadership Training Testimonials
What follows are a sampling of testimonials from some of the 33 graduates of Idea Champions’ Team Leadership Training, delivered to Al Siraat College, in Epping, Australia in 2020.
SHORT AND SWEET
“This is the best professional training I have eve…
September 11, 2020 | by Chris Kalaboukis
Walmart Is Piloting Drone Delivery in North Carolina
The coronavirus pandemic has forced us to quickly adapt to circumstances that were unimaginable a year ago. Companies are finding new ways to do business, and in the process we’re seeing an acceleration of technologies that, though they were already in the pipeline, would have taken several more years to really pick up speed. One […]
September 10, 2020 | by Chris Kalaboukis
Uber Wants to Go All-Electric by 2030. It Won’t Be Easy
The coronavirus pandemic has been an all-around nightmare, but there are a few silver linings. One of these is a renewed focus on the environment. Emissions plummeted worldwide when countries went into lockdown in the spring, and cities have since been implementing new measures to keep pollution down and get people to be more active […]
September 10, 2020 | by Chris Kalaboukis
ZoomStorming Testimonials
“ZoomStorming is a timely and welcoming tool that provided me with a worthy guide to realize my goals. It proved to be a very real way to reboot my thinking and increase my determination to realize my vision. I have done four ZoomStorming sessions wi…
September 9, 2020 | by Chris Kalaboukis
What Do Leading Innovators Do Differently
Every year, IdeaScale hosts the global Innovation Management Awards and honors winners in three different categories: engagement, process, and implementation. We see these categories as the cornerstones of any successful innovation program, so the winn…
September 6, 2020 | by Chris Kalaboukis
Are You Ready to Change Your Mind?
Everyone thinks that plans are essential, and they are, to an extent, but so is resilience. Years ago, I read an article that compared the differences between the east coast and the west coast, and it aligned the attitudes with the location. For exampl…
September 4, 2020 | by Chris Kalaboukis
41 Ways Business Leaders Can Foster a Culture of Innovation
Yes, we know you want your organization to be more innovative. And yes, we know you want to improve your organization’s culture of innovation. The best place to start? With YOU.
1. Give up needing to be the smartest person in the room.
September 4, 2020 | by Chris Kalaboukis
Microsoft’s New Deepfake Detector Puts Reality to the Test
The upcoming US presidential election seems set to be something of a mess—to put it lightly. Covid-19 will likely deter millions from voting in person, and mail-in voting isn’t shaping up to be much more promising. This all comes at a time when political tensions are running higher than they have in decades, issues that […]