Clayton Christensen: Jobs to be done (1)
Here’s a great insight from Clayton Christensen: people don’t buy a product or service because of abstract needs, but rather when they have a specific… Read More »Clayton Christensen: Jobs to be done (1)
Iteration
Resources: Steve Blank Playlist
If you’re not familiar with Steve Blank, start here: The Principles of Lean “No business plan survives first contact with customers.” On Acting on Customer… Read More »Resources: Steve Blank Playlist
Steve Blank: definition of a startup
I’m horrified to discover that I haven’t posted anything much focusing on Steve Blank’s work on Startups, customer discovery and iteration. His definition of a… Read More »Steve Blank: definition of a startup
Resources: Clayton Christensen on disruptive innovation
Clayton Christensen’s The Innovators Dilemma is a business classic, providing a framework for understanding how technological or business model innovations (or more usually, both) allow… Read More »Resources: Clayton Christensen on disruptive innovation
Carl Sagan on starting from scratch
If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe. Carl Sagan Starting from scratch is overrated (and impossible).… Read More »Carl Sagan on starting from scratch
Seeds (3): becoming Beatrix Potter
1866 Helen Beatrix Potter born in London. 1876 Beatrix Potter has already been doing a lot of drawing and painting. This watercolour is from 1876,… Read More »Seeds (3): becoming Beatrix Potter
Drucker on the theory of the business
The theory of the business must be known and understood throughout the organisation. This is easy in the organization’s early days. But as it becomes… Read More »Drucker on the theory of the business
Seeds (2): bikes, planes and automobiles
Many of the seeds of the automobile industry came from bicycle manufacturers (I touched on this in Use, Copy, Repair, Make), and on a visit… Read More »Seeds (2): bikes, planes and automobiles
Sketchpad studio springboard
Fit for Purpose or Good Enough mean different things depending on what we’re talking about, who it’s for and where and how it’s going to… Read More »Sketchpad studio springboard
W. Brian Arthur on combinatorial innovation
The idea … that we have is that there’s some genius in an attic… cooking up technology and coming up with inventions. But it started… Read More »W. Brian Arthur on combinatorial innovation