– By Andrew B Morris It’s all very well wanting to do things differently. But it’s important to identify WHY you want to be different rather than trying to be different just for the sake of it. Stand-up comedians love the challenge of improvisation, but few can really pull it off. When it works it […]
Posts Tagged ‘Thinking Differently’
Are you Thinking in 3D?
– By Andy Hanselman It has become a mantra of mine that the best businesses think in 3D. They’re ‘Dramatically and Demonstrably Different‘ from their competitors. They do things that their competitors don’t do. Even better, they do things they can’t do. Gary Hamel encapsulated this in his book, ‘Leading the Revolution’ when he said: […]
Shake up your Thinking
– By Jurgen Wolff Shaking up your thinking and being open to new ideas can be hard, particularly if know too much about a topic or have been doing something a certain way for a long time. So how can you forget what you know? 1: Assume the opposite is true Write down the half […]
If Only they’d Seen Things Differently…
“Everything that can be invented has been invented.” (Charles H Duell, Commissioner, US Patent Office, 1899.) “Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?” (HM Warner, Warner Bros, 1927.) “We don’t like their sound and guitar music is on the way out.” (Decca Recording Company rejecting the Beatles, 1962.) “You ain’t goin’ nowhere son. You […]
How High?
In the early part of the 20th Century, a simple question was asked in a physics exam paper at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark: “Describe how to determine the height of a skyscraper with a barometer.” One student replied: “You tie a long piece of string to the neck of the barometer, then lower […]