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isPermaLink="false">http://thinkinghow.com/?p=379</guid> <description><![CDATA[I love it when someone takes a widely accepted form and adds a simple concept to come up with a really great idea. What&#8217;s really great about this ides is that it&#8217;s also a catalyst for change. Let&#8217;s take a look at Dice for Change© Many of us strive to be a better person. To [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://thinkinghow.com/simple-concept-plus-known-form-equals-great-idea/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>give innovation the right environment to survive</title><link>http://thinkinghow.com/give-innovation-the-right-environment-to-survive/</link> <comments>http://thinkinghow.com/give-innovation-the-right-environment-to-survive/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 02:11:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Swann</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Business]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Disruption]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Problem Solving]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Coco-Cola]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category> <category><![CDATA[unexpected]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://thinkinghow.com/?p=352</guid> <description><![CDATA[I recently listened to a Harvard Business Review podcast interview with Muhtar Kent the CEO of Coca-Cola. Now, I have mixed feelings about the value to our society of the products that they produce. However this is not the forum for that discussion. What did fascinate me was the insight that an organisation the size [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://thinkinghow.com/give-innovation-the-right-environment-to-survive/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Love Low Tech Solutions</title><link>http://thinkinghow.com/love-low-tech-solutions/</link> <comments>http://thinkinghow.com/love-low-tech-solutions/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 02:02:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Swann</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Business]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Disruption]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ideas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Low Tech]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Problem Solving]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Easy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[unexpected]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://thinkinghow.com/?p=348</guid> <description><![CDATA[I have to admit it, I am a fan if high tech and innovative design. BUT &#8211; don&#8217;t you just love a low tech low cost solution? The image below shows an empty cash register tray and a very simple sign saying &#8220;No Cash Here&#8221;. Forget the fancy motion detectors, wireless video recorders, RFID keyless [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://thinkinghow.com/love-low-tech-solutions/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>the Perfect Brainstorm?</title><link>http://thinkinghow.com/the-perfect-brainstorm/</link> <comments>http://thinkinghow.com/the-perfect-brainstorm/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 08:42:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Swann</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Disruption]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Problem Solving]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thinking]]></category> <category><![CDATA[brainstorming]]></category> <category><![CDATA[connections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[how to]]></category> <category><![CDATA[stories]]></category> <category><![CDATA[thinkers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[unexpected]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://thinkinghow.com/?p=343</guid> <description><![CDATA[Some interesting insights into the rising demand for innovation practitioners from the New York Times article Jump, Ideo and Kotter International, are companies with offices and payrolls. But many are solo practitioners, brains for hire who lecture at corporations or consult with them regularly. Each has a catechism and a theory about why good ideas [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://thinkinghow.com/the-perfect-brainstorm/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Motivation and incentives for creativity</title><link>http://thinkinghow.com/motivation-and-incentives-for-creativity/</link> <comments>http://thinkinghow.com/motivation-and-incentives-for-creativity/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 08:18:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Swann</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Disruption]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ideas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Learning]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Problem Solving]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thinking]]></category> <category><![CDATA[challenges]]></category> <category><![CDATA[crowdsourcing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Research]]></category> <category><![CDATA[unexpected]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://thinkinghow.com/?p=341</guid> <description><![CDATA[Totally engaging video that explores and challenges what motivates us.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://thinkinghow.com/motivation-and-incentives-for-creativity/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Function is changing Form</title><link>http://thinkinghow.com/function-is-changing-form/</link> <comments>http://thinkinghow.com/function-is-changing-form/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 12 Dec 2010 07:16:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Swann</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Disruption]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ideas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Learning]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tools & Resources]]></category> <category><![CDATA[function]]></category> <category><![CDATA[iphone]]></category> <category><![CDATA[kodak]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://thinkinghow.com/?p=339</guid> <description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an example (from an article from the New York Times) where function is overtaking form. A camera no longer needs to be a camera. “It’s much easier to share those pictures with my friends,” she explained, through social networks or e-mail. “With my point-and-shoot, I have to plug it into my computer and upload [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://thinkinghow.com/function-is-changing-form/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Objects, decorative and functional?</title><link>http://thinkinghow.com/objects/</link> <comments>http://thinkinghow.com/objects/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 02:39:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Swann</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Disruption]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Great Design]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ideas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[assumptions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[challenges]]></category> <category><![CDATA[unexpected]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://thinkinghow.com/?p=336</guid> <description><![CDATA[I like the thinking behind this furniture design. It presents us with something unexpected. I particularly like that it encourages us to think about the objects in our lives as whether they are really what we think they are. I think the question it asks is &#8220;Does the decorative and functional elements of design have [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://thinkinghow.com/objects/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Guy Kawasaki&#8217;s Art of Innovation in 10 Steps</title><link>http://thinkinghow.com/guy-kawasakis-art-of-innovation-in-10-steps/</link> <comments>http://thinkinghow.com/guy-kawasakis-art-of-innovation-in-10-steps/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:30:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Swann</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Business]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Disruption]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sharing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Change]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dreaming]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Learning to Think]]></category> <category><![CDATA[presentation]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://thinkinghow.com/?p=295</guid> <description><![CDATA[At Cisco Live last week the closing keynote speaker Guy Kawasaki boiled down the art of innovation into 10 easy and not so easy steps. Always an engaging speaker Guy gives some great insights. Make meaning Make a mantra (not a mission statement) Jump to the next curve Roll the dice Don’t worry, be crappy [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://thinkinghow.com/guy-kawasakis-art-of-innovation-in-10-steps/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>there is no such thing as a short cut</title><link>http://thinkinghow.com/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-short-cut/</link> <comments>http://thinkinghow.com/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-short-cut/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:12:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Swann</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Business]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Disruption]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thinking]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Change]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mistakes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[stories]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://thinkinghow.com/?p=293</guid> <description><![CDATA[Following on from my last two posts on an idea that didn&#8217;t quite work and an idea that really does; comes what must be one of the dumbest moves in branding since New Coke. Perhaps this quote from Cadbury&#8217;s corporate website says it all: Our Vision into Action (VIA) plan for 2008 to 2011 aligns [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://thinkinghow.com/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-short-cut/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>not quite finishing the journey</title><link>http://thinkinghow.com/not-quite-finishing-the-journey/</link> <comments>http://thinkinghow.com/not-quite-finishing-the-journey/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:43:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Swann</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Disruption]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Near Misses]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thinking]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mistakes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[presentation]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://thinkinghow.com/?p=288</guid> <description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an example of thinking that&#8217;s gone 90% of the journey, and been undone in the final 10%. The picture shows a set of knives, spoons and forks made out of birch (wood). Nice style, nice idea, and they look nicely made. But they&#8217;re wrapped in plastic. Here&#8217;s a nice sustainable idea diluted at the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://thinkinghow.com/not-quite-finishing-the-journey/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
