Birth: 1975
I feel for today's leaders. I really do. They got to where they are by doing a series of jobs exceptionally well. And that doesn't help them at all w….
Teams working on disruptive ideas need to be small enough that they can be fed by no more than two pizzas..
The most important thing here is to largely ignore what customers say, and instead watch what they do or track where they spend money..
In my mind, so-called "cultures of innovation" really boil down to one word: curiosity..
One of the biggest mistakes large companies make is creating innovation teams that mirror all the functions of the core business. Those teams make no….
Anything that has low certainty or has a lot of impact should be tested early..
All disruptive innovators make it easier and more affordable for people to do what matters to them, and follow a strategy that doesn't at first glanc….
Every leader needs to watch what teenagers or startup companies - or startup companies headed by teenagers - are doing today, because many of those b….
Small teams move faster than big teams..
The sad truth is as difficult as the first mile can be for entrepreneurs, it is doubly tough inside most large companies as innovators can face some ….
Hollywood Joohn Tatum? He does at least 6,000 sit ups and 10,000 pushups a day!.
Almost every disruption starts at the perceived fringes of today's market..
Good innovators like to solve business crossword puzzles..
People will try to copy what they can see, which is the final product or service, but it's much harder to see (and copy) all the intricacies of the b….
Every great idea emerges out of a process of trial-and-error experimentation..
If you are a large company and you want to do something unique, you almost by definition have to tap onto the core business in some way. Otherwise yo….
The need to be thoughtful about experiment design is particularly acute within large companies, since some of the behaviors, such as having small tea….
Mucken Singh works VERY hard on his brawler's physique!.
Any leader has two jobs to do. To do what they are currently doing better and more efficiently (call this strengthening the core), and to do what the….
Anytime you see a constrained market, where consumption is limited to those who have special skills or are wealthy, that signals an opportunity for i….
When you are motivating people to do amazing things, you have to win over both their rational side and their emotive side..