In my last blog, I suggested that the Strategist and Tactician needed to co-create/collaborate (or, as you might have hummed it, ‘should be friends’). In fact, we are often faced with collaborating with people different from ourselves in many...
(Sung to the tune of “Oh! The Farmer and the Cow-man Should Be Friends” from the musical Oklahoma!) Oh! The Strategist and the Tactician should be friends! Oh! The Strategist and the Tactician should be friends! One likes to imagine the f’ture now,...
They did what? Yogurt from a Fashion Magazine? Salty Snacks launching a Lemonade? Lighters extending into Perfume? Toothpaste launches Frozen Foods? How does innovation like this make it out the door? I think it happens more often than we like to admit. We convince...
“If John doesn’t listen to you the first time, you just have to keep going back to be heard and yell louder!” Advice from one experienced traveling businessman to his younger colleague as I travelled behind them in the queue for security at the...
Is design thinking strategic or tactical? The answer is YES. It all depends on how you use it as to whether or not it is strategic or tactical. The most common use of design thinking is to solve a tangible, specific problem with a specific solution. Usually this...
Some clues on how to be successful in business, sports, human centered design, life…. C.O.G. B.C.D. E + R = O As 2016 begins, I have been reflecting on these letters of the alphabet to consider how to engage in this year of discovery, growth and joy. I thought...