Sakichi Toyoda and the Five Whys Root Cause Analysis

Sakichi Toyoda and the Five Whys Sakichi Toyoda, the founder of Toyota Motor Company, is considered one of the greatest if not the greatest inventor of Japan and the father of Japanese Industrialization. His impact on the world should not be underestimated. As with most historical figures, our tasks are different because we live in [...]

April 5, 2010 • Tags:  • Posted in: Innovation • No Comments

The Five Most Important Questions – Peter Drucker

Peter Drucker is by far the most important management thinker of the 20th century. Even in 2010, his thinking and guidance is highly effective and has lost little of its lustre and value. The Five Most Important Questions Drucker formulated five “Most Important” questions to ask an organization. Each of them have subquestions which result. [...]

Entrepreneurship and Risk Management for 2010

Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Risk Management Entrepreneurship as risk management Reduce risk to known, small quantities Types of risk Deep knowledge of customer, product development Copy, copy, copy, and know where to innovate Criteria for success rather than mere preference Voices in my Head, Exteriorized Much of these discussions are more to let the voices out [...]

Commercial Viability and Approaches to the Flying Car

This is about the commercial viability, supporting documents available, NASA support and competitions, projected use and demand, and green focus of the flying car. NASA predicts that two-car families will have one road car and one flying car in their garages in the next 30 or so years. -Mail and Guardian Turns out, there are [...]

Design, Model, Scale – Podcast

Model, Design, Scale – Podcast 2009-12-22 Scale models Testing for performance Modeling in virtual environments Simulations Tweet

Beauty, Design Constraints, Innovation – Podcast

Beauty, Design Constraints and Innovation Jeff McNeill podcast for 2009-12-19. Why beauty, like real estate, should be a part of the marketing budget. What is the relationship between beauty and innovation? Tweet

Biopolymers, Biocomposites and Bamboo – Podcast

Biopolymers, Biocomposites and Bamboo – Podcast 2009-12-19 . How are biopolymers made, what are biocomposites, how do we use bamboo. Sustainable construction. Tweet

Invention, Innovation, Marketing

Invention, Innovation, Marketing – Jeff McNeill Podcast 2009-12-17 Invention is something brand new. Innovation is a new dimension in performance. Marketing is the creation of a customer. These last two definitions come from Peter Drucker and Innovation comes from his book “Innovation and Entrepreneurship” 1985. An excellent read. Why we are discussing the Flying Car [...]

Podcast for 2009-12-13: SEO Ranking, Price Innovation

Update 2009-12-13: SEO Ranking, Price Innovation Brief update on publishing schedule, SEO ranking, and how innovation works. Innovate the market pricing, and then use innovative local materials to hit the price point. Planes for poor people. I tend to ramble and mumble a bit in this video. The audio was not high enough and I [...]

Business Model Innovation by Alexander Osterwalder

40 Minutes on Business Model InnovationView more OpenOffice presentations from Alexander Osterwalder. Business Model Talk – Melbourne, April 2008 Business Model Innovation – September 2008 Tweet

June 19, 2009 • Tags: , • Posted in: Innovation, Strategy • No Comments