I had the honour of being interviewed by Entrepreneur Coach Bob Minhas. We talked about Design Thinking, SCAMPER and what entrepreneurs can learn from Elon Musk, Apple and minibars. Find Bob here: https://www.facebook.com/BobMinhasLife
Are you Musk material? Or Muskoka material? Either way, growth can help you reach your definition of success. Elon Musk is worth $20 billion. He is building new companies in technology, transportation and energy that will change the fate of humanity. He works 80 hours a day. I’m only slightly exaggerating. Muskoka Mia (she’s never…
A recent conversation led me to rethink the question of whether the world is really changing faster than ever, whether it matters, and what it even means. Check out the McKinsey report that says between 75 million and 375 million people will need to find new employment categories by 2030: https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-ins… This video is based…
I recently ran a Growth Sprint which builds on the AJ&Smart model described here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td0ap… The main difference was that the group I was facilitating was not from one single company. Everybody at the table had their own business or side hustle they were looking to grow. I adapted the model and the end result…
The Blue Ocean Strategy by authors W. Chan Kim & Renée Mauborgne reminds companies to swim away from competition. Circque de Soleil, Nintendo and Casella Wines all use the SCAMPER principle Eliminate to great commercial success.
Dot voting is a great technique for reaching a decision when a team has many options for solving a problem.
SCAMPER is a proven idea generating technique. In this video, I am going to examine ways we can apply SCAMPER to see patterns in the comedy genius of Seinfeld.
The term moonshot is often used to refer to an overly risky and unproven endeavour. Ironically, the methodical approach taken to develop the technologies that safely brought men to the moon in 1969 was abandoned when the Space Shuttle was conceived. In this video I examine the different approaches, the tragic results, and what can…
SCAMPER is a proven idea generating technique. In this video, I am going to examine ways we can apply SCAMPER to come up with the kinds of innovation we see at SpaceX.
SCAMPER is a proven idea generating technique. In this video, I am going to examine ways we can apply SCAMPER to come up with the kinds of innovation we see at Tesla.