Framing the Act of Innovation, as an Act of Empathizing

In my Continuous Improvement journey into the Sales and Marketing field, I have taken Service Design as one of the leading concepts. One of the areas that is most evident in Service Design and Design Thinking is the aspect of Empathy.  Seung Chan Lim, nicknamed SLIM has engrossed himself into a special project that I Read More …

Side Effects of our Desires and Abilities to Empathize

What is Creativity, Innovation, and Transformation? The act of making is not about creativity or innovation, but rather a challenge to empathize with others different from ourselves. That other may be a character in a play, a fellow actor, a piece of wood, a dancer, or even your own body. We often think we know Read More …

Is Appreciative Inquiry the next step for Continuous Improvement?

Ankit Patel, principal partner with The Lean Way Consulting firm while doing some work with the Cleveland Clinic, discovered Appreciative Inquiry and saw an opportunity to blend it with his work in Continuous Improvement. I found the work fascinating and this is the subject of this Business901 podcast. An excerpt of the podcast can be Read More …

Architect an enabling Orchestra Leader?

not a Distant Composer This is a transcription of the Business901 Podcast, The Strength of an Architect is in their Collaborative Abilities. The podcast was with Zachary Evans, an architect and partner at Kelty Tappy Design, Inc, a Fort Wayne architecture, planning, and urban design firm. A Ball State University graduate (Muncie, Indiana), Zach holds Read More …

Accentuate the Positive Eliminate the

“Man, they said we better Accentuate the positive Eliminate the negative Latch on to the affirmative Don’t mess with Mister In-Between No, do not mess with Mister In-Between Do you hear me, hmm?” The music was written by Harold Arlen and the lyrics by Johnny Mercer, and it was published in 1944. You wonder why Read More …

ARTIC Touch-Point Cards – Service Design

The AT-ONE project headed by Simon Clatworthy at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design produced a set of service touch-point cards for the Nordic Service Design conference. I was curious about the cards and contacted Simon and he was kind enough to send a pack for me to review. To learn more about them, Read More …