From the ideas from strange places department:
So, if Wilber and Orville had decided to open a different kind of shop to pay the bills, let’s say a bakery for example, would they have flown today in 1903? (That would be December 17th, 1903)
“While most engineers assumed that a successful aircraft would need to be inherently [...]
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Planning for Serendipity – Taking Flight
Creative Launch Pad | The Little House
Last outpost before the alley, The Little House was a center of creative life (or shall we call it play here, I sometimes can’t distinguish) for me and much of the old neighborhood. It was simply a great place to launch our many adventures.
It was a safe place to launch.
Funny how lessons from childhood get [...]
The Increasing Cost Of Bad Behavior On Innovation
The cost of innovation is increasing due to bad behavior. This ran through my mind as I learned that the great bicycle experiment in Paris has hit an expensive traffic bump (NYT 10/30/2009). The idea of being able to rent a bike for an hour or two and drop it off, not where you started [...]
Creativity Is Messy | Creatives Can Be Cranky
In St. Louis I’m told the tradition for trick-or-treaters is to tell a joke before receiving their candy. That sounds fun. Although a while back when I demanded a joke around here things didn’t end well.
I was surprised one year when my kids decided the perfect bag for stashing their loot was a king size pillow [...]
Scenario Planning As A Spur To Entreprenurial Thinking
War games, contingency planning, thought experiments all provide potential glimpses into the future that can help distribute knowledge, test reactions and improve flexible thinking. I’m a fan.
So it was with some interest I noticed Business Horizons’ recent issue on entrepreneurship included a paper that strongly argues scenario planning not only prepares a corporation for external [...]
Nice article, Fred. .-= Ja-Nae´s last blog ..NPR wants to know: Who hates Voicemail? =-.