Innovation: Can you color outside the lines?
October 13, 2009 by admin
Filed under Graphic Design
As a child, I sometimes found coloring within the lines too restrictive. Even when I chose to stay within the lines, I needed to add my own personal touch. Lines were not bad, I just wanted to create my own.
Innovation requires individuals to venture past existing lines to realize another vision, to pioneer and sometimes break convention. You may have heard the expression… We need to find new ways to innovate. Often the first step taken is to establish a process for the “new ways.” That’s when you’ll know, they’re making those lines again.
A few years ago I read an article about the Motorola team that developed the Razr and how this group went about creating what arguably became a thin cell phone revolution. The article went on to state, “Perhaps the biggest challenge facing the Razr team was Motorola’s internal innovation process.” The Motorola team was eventually allowed to go outside the lines, even having the freedom to go off the page and ignore sayings such as, “you shouldn’t go there because it hasn’t been done before.”
Do you work in an environment that encourages drawing outside the lines? Are existing processes a stimulate towards innovation? How do you approach innovation? Are you allowed to make mistakes while trying?
If you work in a finger pointing environment and can’t make the mistakes that come with risk, then you can’t freely innovate. Realistic expectations include the possibility of a failure.
For more about the Motorola story, check out:
Motorola’s Bet on the Razr’s Edge
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/archive/4992.html
By: Paul Hebron
About the Author:
Innovation requires individuals to venture past existing lines to realize another vision, to pioneer and sometimes break convention. You may have heard the expression… We need to find new ways to innovate. Often the first step taken is to establish a process for the “new ways.” That’s when you’ll know, they’re making those lines again.
A few years ago I read an article about the Motorola team that developed the Razr and how this group went about creating what arguably became a thin cell phone revolution. The article went on to state, “Perhaps the biggest challenge facing the Razr team was Motorola’s internal innovation process.” The Motorola team was eventually allowed to go outside the lines, even having the freedom to go off the page and ignore sayings such as, “you shouldn’t go there because it hasn’t been done before.”
Do you work in an environment that encourages drawing outside the lines? Are existing processes a stimulate towards innovation? How do you approach innovation? Are you allowed to make mistakes while trying?
If you work in a finger pointing environment and can’t make the mistakes that come with risk, then you can’t freely innovate. Realistic expectations include the possibility of a failure.
For more about the Motorola story, check out:
Motorola’s Bet on the Razr’s Edge
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/archive/4992.html
By: Paul Hebron
About the Author:
As an Art Director for Wizards of the Coast, a Hasbro Inc. company, I get to spend my days working on cool stuff related to games.
Home Based Business — Make it Automatic as Much as Possible to Spare Time for Your Innovative Ideas
May 5, 2009 by admin
Filed under Online Business
In any business and especially in home based business time is a very vital factor. Since you are alone operating from home all the work can’t be accomplished. By putting your home based business on autopilot you will spare time to think about innovative ways that will put you business in the path of success. Otherwise your time will be totally consumed by your business. Autopilot will provide freedom that will add new dimension to your life.
It is better to automate as many operations as possible in your business so that there is saving for time for you to do the things that you can execute with perfection in the best possible manner. Work of your liking not only gives you enjoyment but also makes you more efficient. Reason is simple you would love to do all those things that are of your liking.
Auto-responder is a tool that sends your emails to the probable customers at the interval that you desire. You can utilize auto-responders to send weekly newsletter or e-course by setting the days when your prospects should receive these e-mails. You can ask the visitors to fill in the form to receive important updates about your business through e-mail. The name and e-mail so received will be your list of prospects to which you can send email time and again.
Your business whether dealing with services or products will definitely involve ordering process for sure. Visitors should have an option to buy your products online without any difficulty. The ordering process on your website should have online payment options so that any one can buy your product. There are many secured and quick payment processes utilized in online business in present days.
Home based business is not a rocket science but neither it is so easy as it looks for a beginner. Knowing more and more about the home based business will make you establish a strong and successful business.
By: Anjo
About the Author:
It is better to automate as many operations as possible in your business so that there is saving for time for you to do the things that you can execute with perfection in the best possible manner. Work of your liking not only gives you enjoyment but also makes you more efficient. Reason is simple you would love to do all those things that are of your liking.
Auto-responder is a tool that sends your emails to the probable customers at the interval that you desire. You can utilize auto-responders to send weekly newsletter or e-course by setting the days when your prospects should receive these e-mails. You can ask the visitors to fill in the form to receive important updates about your business through e-mail. The name and e-mail so received will be your list of prospects to which you can send email time and again.
Your business whether dealing with services or products will definitely involve ordering process for sure. Visitors should have an option to buy your products online without any difficulty. The ordering process on your website should have online payment options so that any one can buy your product. There are many secured and quick payment processes utilized in online business in present days.
Home based business is not a rocket science but neither it is so easy as it looks for a beginner. Knowing more and more about the home based business will make you establish a strong and successful business.
By: Anjo
About the Author:
Anjo Bacani i, 42 years of age and married with four kids. He is working as a construction worker. Due to some financial difficulties he tried some MLM business to increase his income. While surfing from the internet and looking for a part time job, he find a simple business idea that really suit his needs, much easier to start and really work for him. I hope you can CLICK HERE to visit and spend a few minute of your time to learn how it works.
