Tuesday, July 13, 2004
New Innovation@Work Audio Magazine
FastHouston director Charlene Paulus has brought to our attention a new publication called Innovation@Work. For $199 a year, you get a monthly audio CD that includes an "e-magazine" with links and tools.
The first issue includes an interview with John Seely Brown, a review of the terrific new book "Ideas are Free," a creativity tool called SCAMPER, and a reprint of an article from the MIT Sloan Management Review called "Strategic Innovation and the Science of Learning." The authors, Vijay Govindaragan and Chris Trimble, share Clay Christensen's recommendations that innovators need to develop "theories" and learn by testing them:
Discuss
The first issue includes an interview with John Seely Brown, a review of the terrific new book "Ideas are Free," a creativity tool called SCAMPER, and a reprint of an article from the MIT Sloan Management Review called "Strategic Innovation and the Science of Learning." The authors, Vijay Govindaragan and Chris Trimble, share Clay Christensen's recommendations that innovators need to develop "theories" and learn by testing them:
"Theory-focused planning represents a significant departure from conventional planning practices, starting with the idea that planning within strategic experiments must emphasize learning, not accountability."What about learning inside FastHouston? As an educational nonprofit, should we attempt to compile a library our members could use? There are literally hundreds of publications about innovation coming out right now, more than any one of us can purchase...would you buy a membership card to use an "innovation library"?
Discuss
