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Innovation is Obvious in Retrospect

Greg Satell does a fantastic job of clarifying difficult topics. For instance, in his excellent book, Mapping Innovation: A playbook for navigating a disruptive age, he explains how innovation is really a combination of many known things. For instance, the smartphone put together things we already use, a phone, a GPS, the internet and much more. The iPhone was a big hit because of how it combined…

Tripwires and Cascades: Two connected ideas that can help us understand how and why things happen and what they cause #ideas #innovation

Understanding triggers and consequences tied to them is one way to shape our ability to shape change and its outcomes.

There are certain relationships that are filled with tripwires. It might be a decision, it might be a use of a phrase, or it could be a singular events.

Tripwires and cascades are two sides of the same coin: they focus our attention on events and the interconnections that…

Einstein was a low-level clerk when he dreamed up relativity.  Mendel was a monk when he discovered genetics.  The structure of DNA was cracked not by the acclaimed minds of the day, but by two young, underachieving post-grads working in relative obscurity.