Innovate from Inside the Box

We are all familiar with the thought of Outside the Box thinking and brainstorming. Methods that surprisingly are not all that productive. However, the alternative is something called TRIZ which to a sales and marketing guy, like me, seems way over complicated. A nice diagram and a simplified explanation of the process are contained in Read More …

Community is an Organic Construct

An Organization is an inorganic construct. That is why organizations struggle building community.  It seems the harder we try, the more difficult it is. Listen or watch as Rosetta President Tom Adamski explains how communities and relationships are transforming the way companies do business. Tom drives Rosetta’s fast growing Commerce business and oversees Marketing and Read More …

Story of a Startup using KickStarter

I stepped in and hosted a podcast for LetusDropShip, a new drop shipping company that offers a unique way of handling drop shipping. They seek out niche manufacturers and offer them the support of their worldwide distribution system of warehouses and online/offline retailers. LetusDropShip concentrates on building brands and niches. One of these manufacturers, Trego Read More …

SPIDER Product Launch Template

SPIDER is an acronym for See, Plan, Imagine, Design/Sell, Execute and Renew. I was doing research on a product launch program for a client and came across a mind map that I had used for a program several years ago. I wondered if it had stood the test of time. This program was based on Read More …

What Lean 3P should take from Biomimicry

In a recent blog post, Lean 3P Design more Humanistic by Going Back to Nature, I discussed the Lean 3P idea of looking to nature, to try to find solutions to the problems you’re trying to solve. In a Design Thinking Network thread, Limits of Organic Architecture, I was introduced to the principles of Biomimicry. Read More …

SD-Logic at the Center of Business Growth

It is always funny that until you have purchased a new car, you see so few of them on the street. Afterwards, it seems like every light you pull up to there is one. Even the different makes start looking like your own. Tuesday night, I posted a blog, Is there a Fifth way to Read More …