at the intersection of technology, business, and society
About a year ago I came across the work of the historian and archaeologist Ian Morris, who observed that “change is caused by lazy, greedy, frightened people looking for easier, more profitable, and safer ways of doing things”. This Morris Theorem essentially presents human sloth, greed, and fear as the key drivers for our society’s appetite for […]
Over the past few weeks I’ve visited the four quadrants of the innovation landscape (the short series of posts started here) to get a better idea of the boundaries between the quadrants and how they are pushed. Now it’s time to zoom out again to take a look at the landscape as a whole, with […]
Recently I have described my concept of an innovation landscape along two axes: the demand for innovation, represented by the problems society is faced with, and the supply of innovation, represented by the ingenious ideas that have the potential to solve those problems. On both axes, there are known and unknown areas, but those areas […]
Innovation – a race? If you ask around, you’ll be met with diverse opinions, with support and skepticism, with enthusiasm for and rejection of that idea. We might be tempted to enter into a debate over right and wrong opinions; but I’d rather suggest investigating the extent to which the metaphor of a race could […]
understanding innovation 