Category Archives: Innovation

In Defense of “Closed” Innovation

Posted on October 17, 2024 by Eugene Ivanov

This image was created with the help of Microsoft Designer Remember the famed Bell Labs, once a powerful R&D center for the telecommunication equipment company Lucent Technologies? Bell Labs’ researchers are credited with the development of radio astronomy, the transistor, … Continue reading →

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The “French Perfume” Innovation

Posted on October 7, 2024 by Eugene Ivanov

As someone who was born and grew up in the Soviet Union, I know a thing or two about the shortage of foods and goods. Our “out-of-office” life was a perennial chase of the hard-to-get stuff, which was pretty much … Continue reading →

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Steve Jobs, Henry Ford, and Faster Horses

Posted on May 14, 2024 by Eugene Ivanov

This image was created with the help of Microsoft Designer A solid consensus would seem to exist that customer feedback gathered through market research is a key to successful product innovation. And yet, I’m surprised how often one can hear … Continue reading →

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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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