Masters on Zero to One

The book, Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future, presents a new way of thinking about innovation: it starts by learning to ask the questions that lead you to find value in unexpected places. From the book: The next Bill Gates will not build an operating system. The next Larry Read More …

Understanding Your Team Before Innovating For Others

 Barbara Spurrier MHA, the Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation founding and current administrative director,  was a guest last week on the Business901 podcast.  She just recently co-authored an outstanding book on innovation, Think Big, Start Small, Move Fast: A Blueprint for Transformation from the Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation and I found one of the Read More …

A T-Shape Business Model?

In next weeks Business901 podcast, I discuss Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future with Blake Master. Blake was a student at Stanford Law School in 2012 when his detailed notes on Peter Thiel’s class “Computer Science 183: Startup.” The notes became an internet sensation. Before writing Zero to One Read More …

A Clinic on Innovation Practices

The 300th Business901 Podcast  The Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation founding and current administrative director,  Barbara Spurrier MHA, is my guest this week on the Business901 podcast.  She has advised senior leaders in the health care industry for over two decades, serving as a champion for innovation in large, complex environments. She just recently co-authored Read More …

Innovation at the Mayo Clinic

Next week is my 300th Business901 podcast. It was a special treat for me to interview Barbara Spurrier, MHA, the founding and current administrative director of the Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation. She has advised senior leaders in the health care industry for over two decades, serving as a champion for innovation in large, complex Read More …

Peak Learning Mind Map

Looking through my Accelerated Learning information, I ran across an old favorite of mine, Peak Learning.   This work is based on the Accelerated Learning trend of the 90’s. I appreciate so much of that work since it is laid out base largely on the learning style of the individual versus on the way we Read More …