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Resistance is a spec, not a symptom
The people in companies fighting against AI are the most valuable asset right now. I used to think resistance was the enemy of progress. Then I looked at what they were protecting.
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Divergent vs convergent thinking
Neuroscience measured creativity. Turns out it's not one thing. It's 2 different dopamine circuits that can't run at the same time. (based on Chermahini & …
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What’s your strategy for exponential change?
A company gave everyone a Copilot license: 10,000 seats, about 3.6 million euros a year. Three months later, only a few hundred users were active. AI needs a different playbook.
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Building is not the hardest part
I'm an engineer. And for a long time I thought product requirements were someone else's job. Someone would tell me what to build. I'd build it. That was …
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How serious is your company about AI?
Are you using AI as an optimization tool, or as a transformation tool? The difference isn’t budget or ambition. It shows up in the projects you’re actually running.
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Corporate Innovation Strategy: Why 80% of Projects Fail (And How to Survive)
Let’s be honest about the job title. If you’re “head of innovation”, leading a corporate innovation strategy or a major transformation project, you’ve a target on …
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How to Decide on Strategic Projects: Why ROI Is Not Enough
ROI has become the default decision filter in most organizations. If a project has a strong return on investment, it moves forward. If it doesn’t, …
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My Playbook for Testing with Customers Without Alienating Sales
In many organizations, a quiet tension exists between innovation teams trying to validate ideas with customers and sales teams protecting their pipeline and relationships. Sales’ …
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Stop Betting on Ideas. Start Betting on “Minimum Viable Teams”
Why the most important decision an innovation director makes isn’t what project to fund, but who they choose to build it. As an innovation director, …
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Always be testing with customers (not just kittens)
Was the user story this? As a: kitten owner,; I want to: keep my kitten away from my keyboard,; So that I can: eliminate any future risk of data loss or …
