Category Archives: Innovation

The Fallacy of the “Fail-Fast-Fail-Often” Creed

Posted on May 2, 2024 by Eugene Ivanov

This image was created with the help of Microsoft Designer As Lewis Carroll once said, “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.” I recall this wisdom every time I listen to the gospelers … Continue reading →

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Lost a Billion? Let’s Celebrate!

Posted on April 8, 2024 by Eugene Ivanov

This image was created with the help of Microsoft designer As every popular topic, innovation is a powerful magnet for clichés — and, let’s face it, some of them suck. For example, I’m not sure that mixing innovation and DNA … Continue reading →

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The Strength from Within

Posted on December 27, 2023 by Eugene Ivanov

     This image was created with the help of Microsoft Design Thick dark clouds keep gathering over the concept of remote work. A 2021 article published in the journal of Nature Human Behavior took a look at what happened at Microsoft when the company had … Continue reading →

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On Prohibition, COVID-19, and Disrupted Networks

Posted on December 2, 2023 by Eugene Ivanov

The image was created with the help of Microsoft Design Can you imagine that in the near future, large language models will become a major innovation tool? Sure, why not? I envision LLMs being increasingly engaged in generating new ideas … Continue reading →

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Are You Free to Innovate?

Posted on November 24, 2023 by Eugene Ivanov

The image was created with the help of Microsoft Designer I like to argue that one of the most powerful drivers of innovation — and the one that draws surprisingly little attention — is freedom. Freedom emerges as a common denominator for the factors that … Continue reading →

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A Stranger in the Room

Posted on October 24, 2023 by Eugene Ivanov

The image was created with the help of Microsoft Designer This piece has been originally posted on Medium. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines “consultant” as a “one who consults another.” How true! As someone who’s been in the consulting business for … Continue reading →

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How to Win a War

Posted on October 21, 2023 by Eugene Ivanov

The image was created with the help of Microsoft Designer This piece has been originally posted to Medium. What do you need to win a war? A few things. First, an army equipped with modern weapons and instilled with high … Continue reading →

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Being an Expert: Traveling the Same Road Again and Again

Posted on October 21, 2023 by Eugene Ivanov

This image was created by Tatiana Ivanov There are two major reasons for the slow adoption of crowdsourcing as a practical problem-solving tool. The first is a widespread, often completely paralyzing uncertainty over which problem crowdsourcing can (or can’t) solve. … Continue reading →

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A Dried-Up Innovation: How Prohibition Disrupted Natural Social Networks

Posted on October 21, 2023 by Eugene Ivanov

This image was created with the help of Stable Diffusion Online This piece has been originally posted on Medium. What is the effect of government regulations on innovation? The most comprehensive answer to this question is: It depends. It can … Continue reading →

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Innovating in a Dream (or With a Drink)

Posted on October 21, 2023 by Eugene Ivanov

The image was created with the help of Microsoft Designer This piece has been originally posted on Medium. In a previous article, I argued that the widespread belief that we are swimming in an ocean of cheap innovative ideas — embodied … Continue reading →

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