Aaaaahh, Mr. Isaacson, how well you write! This is undoubtedly an exciting, well-written and inspiring book for readers interested in innovation, but also for anyone whose curiosity is piqued by learning about the tireless innovators who make our lives better, even if they don’t think innovation is “their thing”. While the book focuses on key players who made pivotal breakthroughs … Read More
News July – Hopscotch · Julio Cortázar
Hopscotch, a novel or “anti-novel” by Julio Cortázar, was published in the summer of 1963. Now, 54 summers later, we propose revisiting this innovative book. Written in an innovative format, the author forces the reader to make a decision: choose one of four possible paths through the narrative, each with its own internal order: “Normal”, reading progressively from beginning to … Read More
News March – Know Can Do! · Ken Blanchard
Ken Blanchard is one of our source thinkers and authors, as he has the ability to focus his thoughts on a single issue at a time, and help us to improve through very clear, personal stories. This book looks at change, and the reasons why it is so difficult to adapt to it. Change is continuous. Whether we like it … Read More
News February – Good Strategy Bad Strategy · Richard P. Rumelt
This book is one of the books on strategy that has impacted us most by its clarity and practicality. According to the author, the question for the strategy is ‘What’s going on here?’ The kernel of a strategy contains three elements: A diagnosis that defines or explains the nature of the challenge. A good diagnosis simplifies the often overwhelming complexity … Read More
DECEMBER – Your Culture of Innovation
Your Sandbox Your space and your elements Where you can play, test, learn, experiment, challenge, fail, figure out, train, share, rule out… Your sandbox is a free area shaped by carefully-placed elements. The versatility of the sand, the enigma of the watering can, the instability of the ball, the action of the spade and rake, the dexterity of the rings… … Read More
NOVEMBER – Our Innovation Sandbox
Sandbox The area and its elements. Where you can play, test, learn, experiment, challenge, fail, figure out, train, share, rule out… The sandbox is a free area shaped by carefully-placed elements. The versatility of the sand, the enigma of the watering can, the instability of the ball, the action of the spade and rake, the dexterity of the rings. Each … Read More
OCTOBER – Question 9 – How do we make our Culture of Innovation sustainable?
Hoops Expertise comes into play. To know how to calculate the journey our actions take. To control the impact of our movements. To bring together the right piece and the right place. The complexity of our mission requires strategy. And foresight. And determination. The achievement to be accomplished deserves the effort. We have seen it done, but we do not … Read More
MAY – Question 4 – How do we innovate?
Lego Pieces What attracts us so much about these smooth textured brightly colored pieces? It’s because as soon as we see them our imagination takes the initiative and drives us to devise models that take shape as we join one piece with another, combine one color with another; imagination and the pieces, and, above all, the implied invitation to … Read More
MARCH. Question 2 – What is Innovation?
Moulds for figures Sand is sand: a universal material, the same for everyone. Moulds allow us to create different shapes from this common and shared material. Our moulds can be these popular ones… or they may be unique and personalized and allow us to obtain our own results from such a common material as sand. Who chooses the moulds? What … Read More
FEBRUARY. Question 1 – What is Culture?
Bucket and spade The bucket and spade is an essential element in a Sandbox. It has many uses, but primarily it allows us to collect wishes, dreams, ideas… Once collected, we can use the bucket to carry them from one place to another, examine them, share them, shape them or simply return them to the open space of the Sandbox … Read More
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