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The French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan believed every unsuccessful act to be successful as discourse. Mistakes are reference points. They re-calibrate our assumptions and reorient our course of action. The culture that doesn’t identify and contemplate its mistakes is condemned to repeat them. Applied...
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The phenomenon of cheaper, faster, better (better in terms of having more options) is more a result of global economics than it is a corporate mandate. If you think about Bauhaus (the origins of Industrial Design) and how it was intended to provide a social service of making houses and household product...
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When you work at an innovation consultancy, you take the word innovation seriously. For three years, I’ve worked at Idea Couture helping dozens of organizations design disruptive future scenarios based on real consumer insights, social and societal needs, economic imperatives, and technological...
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Innovation used to be referred to be a virtuous and closed cycle. Spend money on research, develop a new big idea, create a new product, reap the benefits, and do it all over again. These days, the model of closed innovation has cracked. A workforce with less organizational loyalty, faster time to market,...
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On April 20th, I participated as a judge in the interactive portion of the National Advertising Awards. Joined by a crew of seasoned interactive veterans, we evaluate 15 submissions. While I can’t share what ideas won (you’ll need to wait until May the 12th to find out), I can let you in...
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About a month ago, I attended my graduate school reunion and was struck by two observations. The first was simply how quickly time flies. It’s a mundane thought but in pausing for a minute to think about the implications of passing time, its finite nature drives our world. Whether we’re...
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