Monthly Archives: September 2011

Until a Thing Becomes Tangible…

Tangibility gets on the same page. Until a thing becomes tangible, multiple people can have radically divergent interpretations of the same conversation, ideas, and experiences. Tangibility brings people from all disciplines and backgrounds together around the same object, drawing, animation,

Posted in Ideas, Products, Sketch, Tools

Idealog: Look Into It – A Browser Extension

It is really a simple idea and must be easy to do. It may even exist. Otherwise, I would like to get it built during one of the product sprints. Why? I was reading a bunch of articles on Technology

Posted in Ideas, Know Bots, research, Resources

Innovation Log: A Trend Driving Another Trend

A trend in one area causes innovations, which in turn drives other trends. Here is a classic example where technology developed in one area ‘consumer devices’ helps in an entirely different area – microscopy.  a growing trend in microscopy is

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Posted in Ideas, Impact, Innovation, Trends

Can Software Service Companies Benefit from Product Initiatives?

As a part of Nasscom Mentor program, we get to meet several companies. Most of the companies are in the software service business. One of the regular advice I give them is to have a small product initiative. Why? A

Posted in Ideas, Products

Product Sprints

I am thinking of conducting product sprints. It is a kind of hackathon but with a much tighter focus. Here are some thoughts. What? We will have a few of sponsors who need small products built. They will provide a

Posted in Ideas

From Amazon: Best Selling Economics Books

If you are not depressed enough about American economy, Europe, terrorist attacks in India, indications of over borrowing by local governments in China you can probably get some help from this list. After America: Get Ready for Armageddon by Mark

Posted in Ideas

LinkLog: Innovation Sprints

An article about 90 Day Innovation Sprint. We start with a careful but quick assessment of the industry trends, and develop three to four scenarios which help illuminate the possible future outcomes over a five to seven year period. Based

Posted in Ideas, Impact, Innovation
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