·Product & Innovation
From Bazaar to Breakthrough
The next phase of global innovation may emerge not from invention, but from how India adapts and stretches existing tools.
#Ethnography
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·Product & Innovation
FF Daily #382: The battle between fuel and friction
May 27, 2021: Why do new ideas meet with resistance; The politics of Gandhi; Zoom fatigue; Here comes the sun
·Founder Journeys
WFH Daily #94: Are you measuring what matters?
June 25: Keep your eyes on the mission, measure what matters, plan ahead
·Ethnography and Design Thinking
Why ethnography is the fuel for innovation
Ethnography is a life skill that many business executives and entrepreneurial leaders need to learn. It keeps them grounded and in tune with the lives of real people they hope to serve
·Product & Innovation
Where do ideas come from?
Great ideas are built on a base of hard work and many small insights from a range of observations
·Founder Journeys
What they don't teach you at the IITs
Entrepreneurs need to be able to understand humans, individually and as a collective. For them, a liberal arts education is necessary. Because the scientific method teaches you inquiry. But the humanities teach you to apply that inquiry to yourself
·Product & Innovation
Walk a mile in the user’s shoes
For ground-breaking innovation, keep the user at the centre, and get a good cultural understanding of the actual place where your product will be used
·Founder Journeys
How entrepreneurs learn
Large established firms have a tough task in embedding entrepreneurial thinking inside the firm. Because it means rewiring the way leaders think about the future
·Product & Innovation
How to innovate for India
Entrepreneurial leaders like Medtronic Labs’ Omar Ishrak and Khan Academy’s Salman Khan are showing how low-cost, disruptive, local solutions can open up new opportunities in emerging markets
·Founder Journeys
Being creative is hard work
This Week: How to create a great single brand for customers and employees, creativity vs imagination, and more