What About a Skunk Works?
“We are defined not by the technologies we create but the process in which we create them” – Clarence (Kelly) Johnson, creator of the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works …
The Innovation Value Chain
“We don’t want to push our ideas on to customers, we simply want to make what they want” – Laura Ashley In an earlier post I offered the following, …
The Heat Beneath Our Feet
“Geothermal Energy comes from the heat generated deep within the Earth from the decay of naturally radioactive ore… …although these energy resources are not being replenished, they will …
Five Nonmarket Forces
“Corporate executives need to re-frame their responsibilities to include the interests of all the stakeholders in society at large; not just shareholders, but also employees, the citizens of …
Investor Rebellion
About a century ago, grey wolves were removed from Yellowstone National park as a result of mass extermination. In 1995, the animals were deliberately reintroduced. Nobody really knew …
Working Together
“If I have seen farther than other men, it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants” – Isaac Newton The 2021 Formula 1 motor racing …
Being Disruptive
“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change” – Charles Darwin The Woodlands is a …
Innovation – What’s That?
“The future is already here. It’s just very unevenly distributed” – William Gibson, science fiction writer I’m writing this blog having just returned from a holiday in the …
From Horses to Hydrogen
“I believe that water will one day be employed as fuel, that hydrogen and oxygen which constitute it, used singly or together, will furnish an inexhaustible source of …
From Stockholm to Moscow
“If you want… …a two-hour presentation, I am ready today. If you only want a five-minute speech, it will take me two weeks to prepare” – Mark Twain …