As promised, here’s the video of Erik Kiaer’s presentation at the Design Management Institute-organized conference, Balancing Extremes, held last month in Portland. Erik tells the history of navigation while making the case for bringing discipline to innovation efforts by reframing each and every challenge.
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July 11, 2012
Check this out. My colleague Erik Kiaer presented recently at the Design Management Institute-organized conference, “Balancing Extremes,” held in Portland. In his presentation, entitled “Powers of Ten: Building Transformational Capital,” he ran through the history of navigation, all in the name of his broader point: that innovation requires the reframing of a problem, as well as thoughtful, systemic disciplined efforts. Video to follow shortly.
March 30, 2012
"Making the switch from “Should we do this?” to “How can we make it happen?” can provide the defining moment of any innovation project. It’s also the moment where many innovations founder. By focusing on what’s practically achievable, or trying to predict possible growth in year five, clients regularly miss the ability to deliver a new, improved experience—and lasting growth."
— My colleague Erik Kiaer has an essay in the new book, Innopreneur: 101 Chronicles on How Circumstance, Preparation and Brilliance Advance Innovation. Overlooking the fact that “Innopreneur” is an awful non-word, it’s actually an interesting book, featuring contributions from innovation world heavyweights including Scott Anthony of Innosight, open innovation specialist, Stefan Lindegaard and a whole host of others. Erik’s piece is the pithily entitled, “It’s the Experience, Stupid!”
May 31, 2011
"Business-model innovation is a hot topic. As the field has matured beyond a focus on new products and ideas, there is an increasing emphasis on identifying new ways for businesses to earn money. The challenge is that business-model innovation is far from straightforward. It is not a matter of simply changing how you get paid. It more often requires a fundamental redesign of how you create and deliver value, involving all aspects of the business — and, importantly, the jobs people do."
— Doblin’s own Erik Kiaer writes a nice piece for Fast Company, An iPad App That Helps You Overhaul Your Business Model. It’s a review of the iPad version of Business Model Generation, the book by Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur that was first published some years ago. In general, Erik gives the app two thumbs up, though he choked a little at its hefty price ($29.99.) It’s clear that publishers haven’t figured out the economics of new media publishing yet: converting print to digital (especially in a way that uses the medium appropriately) is by no means cheap. And yet in the main, publishers have carefully taught consumers to expect digital things for free, or for very little money. No one has figured this out yet; expect to continue to see prices all over the map.
