When it comes to innovation, there is good news and bad news. The good news is that one single person can come up with a great idea. The bad news is that there could be two dozen others waiting to take that idea, kick the bejayzus out of it and throw it in a ditch. [...]
09.28.10 | Innovation, Management, Organisation, Personal Effectiveness | John P. Muldoon
Finding out how your business idea could fail in real life could save you a lot of grief, according to Jonathan Siegel. A native of Santa Barbara, Calif., and a serial entrepreneur, Siegel calls the concept non-destructive testing (NDT) and was speaking at the sold-out TEDx Dublin (@TEDxDublin) conference last week. Holding an egg up, [...]
09.26.10 | Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Management, Personal Effectiveness | John P. Muldoon
Three great opportunities are coming up for those who want an immersive innovation experience. The most worthy is 24 The Web, a 24-hour competition that will pit three teams of 7 against each other to build the best web site for charity. The location, hosting, food, etc., are all being provided by sponsors. The organizers [...]
09.23.10 | Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Technology | John P. Muldoon
The recession has been good for ethical businesses, said Alexis Bouckaert. We’re all a bunch of self-centered monkeys, said Rowan Manahan. The comments came at this month’s Refresh Dublin in the Science Gallery where the speakers tackled goodvertising and presentation skills. Bouckaert (@alexisbouckaert), a digital creative director and designer at Rothco, spoke of how companies [...]
09.22.10 | Fun stuff, Innovation, Personal Effectiveness | John P. Muldoon
Following the success of the last competition for web startups, the Dublin Web Summit has lined up another competition for the October gathering. The concept is simple, start ups enter the competition and three finalists are chosen. On the night of the summit, they get three minutes to make their pitch to the 500 or [...]
09.20.10 | Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Technology | John P. Muldoon
Developing a strategy is a lot about talking and listening, according to Noel Fitzpatrick. It needn’t be a lengthy process, either, he said. A former head of IT and of Change Management at Ulster Bank, Fitzpatrick struck out on his own to form Change Alignment Limited. There, they help organizations with change and project management. [...]
09.17.10 | Management, Organisation, Technology | John P. Muldoon
Relying on a skunks works to for innovative break through is like putting all your eggs in one basket, according to Adam Richardson on the Harvard Business Review blog. He cites the example of Motorola whose research group developed the break-through Razr phone but failed to follow up with similar successes. Richardson said, A small [...]
09.13.10 | Innovation, Organisation | John P. Muldoon
Silicon Valley may be a state of mind, but a direct connection wouldn’t hurt either. In an interview with SocialMedia.net (@socialmedianet), Galway native and Silicon Valley resident, Fergus Hurley (@fergushurley), repeated a theme I heard often at the Dublin Web Summit. As Hurley said, “I think Silicon Valley is an ideology, a way of thinking [...]
09.8.10 | Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Strategy | John P. Muldoon
Being cynical, I told someone the other day that innovation seems to be a lot like teenage sex: Everyone talks about it but no one actually does it. Today, I got a first-hand glimpse of people who really do it. Innovation, that is. From the challenges of hiring to the cost benefits of open innovation [...]
09.2.10 | Innovation, Management, Organisation | John P. Muldoon
