Boxes and Arrows

AUGUST 20, 2012

Imagine you’re on one side of a grass lawn and you want to reach the bus stop on the opposite side. Do you walk on the sidewalk around the edges or cross in the middle? Assuming the grass is dry and it’s not prohibited, you’d probably take the shortest path and walk across the lawn to the bus stop. If others have done so before, you may see a beaten path that you could follow.

Design 110

Design Brainstorming Comparison Examples 110

Bill Fischer

AUGUST 24, 2012

Genes matter, and Samsung's genes are OEM genes. There is nothing wrong with OEM genes, as long as you are satisfied with being an OEM supplier, and there's certainly nothing wrong with that, either. But, it's quite a different story if your aspirations are to be something that you're not, like, [.

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CorporateIntel

AUGUST 27, 2012

As an investor, can you ever know for certain if that newfangled gizmo come to market is the real deal or a fad? Let’s try it a different way—perhaps everything is a fad, until it’s proven otherwise. Bread, most likely not a fad. But organic fair-market nine-grain soft crust, probably a fad. Cars, probably not a fad. But eight-cylinder 130 mph muscle mobiles with no back seats could be a fad.

Creativity 40

Creativity Marketing Trends Culture 40

Xplaner

AUGUST 26, 2012

Many thanks to Thomas Vanderwal for the many conversations that inspired this post. The average life expectancy of a human being in the 21st century is about 67 years. Do you know what the average life expectancy for a company is? Surprisingly short, it turns out. In a recent talk , John Hagel pointed out that the average life expectancy of a company in the S&P 500 has dropped precipitously, from 75 years (in 1937) to 15 years in a more recent study.

Company 111

Company Design Study System 111

Speaker: Loreal Lynch, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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CorporateIntel

AUGUST 14, 2012

If you went to elementary school circa the 1960s, you remember that one of the few times TV was brought into the classroom—likely a dusty, early model, enormous 21-inch Zenith B&W CRT with bent rabbit ears, strapped to a prison issue, grey steel rolling wheel cart—was for the Apollo lift offs, splash downs, and moon walks. During those turbulent years of hard-won civil rights and compounding economic expansion, you might have dreamed about growing up to be the next Mick Jagger, but it is eq

Learning 40

Learning Roadmap Project System 40