FUTURE RACE

The Innovation Generation Has Arrived


Oct 04, 2014 | Anthony Mills



Once upon a time, in the heyday of the Industrial Age, a young marketing, design, or engineering student would graduate from college and go to work for a large corporation, slowly melding into the steady, rhythmic din of bureaucratically-managed, organizationally-structured execution work in product development.   And they were just ...

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What's In Your Sandbox?


Sep 04, 2014 | Anthony Mills



Have you noticed that the Lean Startup concept has been getting more and more attention lately?   It seems to be a favorite subject of bloggers and media professionals.   Which is all a good thing really, as it creates the occasion for us to examine what is the "best" way to ...

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Trend Timing — The Innovator's Secret Weapon


Aug 14, 2014 | Anthony Mills



Many successful innovations succeed because they correctly address emerging trends.   These trends can be driven by a whole host of factors – technology, evolving lifestyles (e.g. urbanization, gentrification, etc.), economic events, political events, government regulations, and so on.   Sometimes these trends can be seen coming from afar (e.g. ...

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Ignoring the Reflection... Innovation Through a 2-Way Mirror


Jun 19, 2014 | Anthony Mills



In the grand pursuit of business innovation, one of the commonly used approaches is a deconstruction / reconstruction model.   In this model, we deconstruct some element of our business (for example, the value basis of a product or service offering) and then attempt to reconstruct a new incarnation of it using ...

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Getting Past Creativity — The Case for Innovation Strategy


May 02, 2014 | Anthony Mills



Many people – and I will be the first to admit that this includes some in the innovation consulting community – are of the belief that innovation is all about creativity and the ability to be creative.   While, admittedly, creativity is an important constituency of innovation practice, and we wouldn't ...

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When Disruptive Innovation Gets Disrupted


Apr 04, 2014 | Anthony Mills



Imagine the following scenario.   Your organization has conceived the perfect idea for a new product innovation.   In fact, it will be the most disruptive innovation in this product category in decades.   The technology is there and you have line of sight to executing it... or so you think.   Six, nine, even ...

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