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Saturday, November 15, 2008
Monday, August 25, 2008
Why is it difficult for us to decide?
Everyday we are faced with the biggest challenge ... decision time.
Why is it so difficult for us to decide?
Which is the best route?
What should we eat?
Where should we go?
When do we stop?
Which is the best?
Sometimes its best to go with the flow and let the emerging circumstances decide.
Throw away the map.
Throw away the travel guide.
Throw away the business plan and let nature takes it course.
Why is it so difficult for us to decide?
Which is the best route?
What should we eat?
Where should we go?
When do we stop?
Which is the best?
Sometimes its best to go with the flow and let the emerging circumstances decide.
Throw away the map.
Throw away the travel guide.
Throw away the business plan and let nature takes it course.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Innovation Phobia
I discovered this phobia in the course of work of exploring and communicating on the virtues of innovation. The very word Innovation conjures fears, unwillingness to probe deeper into its meaning and quickly dismissing that innovation is not for me. Its for the technology people. We don't need innovation here. Our focus is on efficiency.
Why is this the case?
Do we fear uncertainty?
Do we fear chaos?
Or a we stuck in our routine that anything different will render us immobilized!!!
Why is this the case?
Do we fear uncertainty?
Do we fear chaos?
Or a we stuck in our routine that anything different will render us immobilized!!!
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Contextual Awarenesess
How aware are we of our surroundings?
The context that we exist in; the past, the present and the possible future.
Only when we are aware of these three elements, are we able to move with the flow.
Act from the core.
In the Japanese martial art Aikido, there is a concept called sen (anticipation) that is crucial to achieve victory. It is the essence of anticipation and control.In Aikido, sen emerges from a mind that is unbound, where one has no preconceived notion.
In the old days, anticipation was categorized into three levels:
Sen - To anticipate and seize the initiative to overcome an opponent.
Sensen no sen - to control the opponent's mind and use that opening to win.
Go no sen - to respond to your opponent's attack by reading them as they occur.
Flow with whatever is happening and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate - Chuang Tzu.
Creativity Flow And The Psychology of Discovery and Invention - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
This a great book on the concept of flow and facilitation.
The context that we exist in; the past, the present and the possible future.
Only when we are aware of these three elements, are we able to move with the flow.
Act from the core.
In the Japanese martial art Aikido, there is a concept called sen (anticipation) that is crucial to achieve victory. It is the essence of anticipation and control.In Aikido, sen emerges from a mind that is unbound, where one has no preconceived notion.
In the old days, anticipation was categorized into three levels:
Sen - To anticipate and seize the initiative to overcome an opponent.
Sensen no sen - to control the opponent's mind and use that opening to win.
Go no sen - to respond to your opponent's attack by reading them as they occur.
Flow with whatever is happening and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate - Chuang Tzu.
Creativity Flow And The Psychology of Discovery and Invention - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
This a great book on the concept of flow and facilitation.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Courage - Irimi(Enter)
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult - Seneca
Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it- safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary - Cecil Beaton
To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong - Joseph Chilton Pearce
Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it- safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary - Cecil Beaton
To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong - Joseph Chilton Pearce
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Innovation 3.0 - CK Prahalad
A must see video by the global innovation guru on the new age of innovation.
Monday, May 19, 2008
Innovation to the Core
This is a great book by Peter Skarzynski and Rowan Gibson on the fundamentals of innovation. Gary Hamel's influence on this book is very obvious. The book looks at:
- How to rapidly enlarge and enhance your innovation pipeline with breakthrough ideas
- How to systematically innovate across all the components of your business model
- How to dramatically improve the efficiency of your innovation spending
- How to use the power of IT to enable and manage innovation across the enterprise
- How to balance the tension between day-to-day operations and radical innovation
- How to put systems and processes in place, that make innovation self-sustaining
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