Ignorance = Innovation?

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Bill Petti

Bob Sutton says the answer can be yes: [...] radical innovations do often come from people who don’t know what has been or can’t be done. I once had a student who worked as an earlier employee at Invisalign (those clear braces that replace the ugly wire things), and he told me that none of [...]

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Leveraging Social Networks in the Workplace

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Bill Petti

The newest issue of the Gallup Management Journal includes an article that explores some implications of social network theory to the workplace.  One implication the article discusses is the optimal makeup of teams, particularly those tasked with creativity and innovation.  Rather than a collection of well-acquainted colleagues with similar expertise, optimal creativity emerges from a [...]

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The Mating of Ideas

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Bill Petti

TEDGlobal2010 is in full swing and the first talk available for viewing by those of us not lucky enough to be there live is by renowned author Matt Ridley.  Ridley’s talk is titled “When Ideas Have Sex”, and the gist of it is that knowledge is advanced by the recombination or mutation of ideas.  This is a [...]

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Organizing for Innovation: A conversation with Ana Andjelic

Posted on October 25, 2009 by Bill Petti

Ana Andjelic and I have just started a discussion around how to best organize for innovation.  (BTW, if you aren’t already a reader you should really check out Ana’s blog, i [love] marketing.)  Rather than continue the conversation in the comments thread I thought it might be good to bring it over to the blog. [...]

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