http://timkastelle.org/blog/2009/12/innovation-diffusion-in-a-network/ Designed in Brisbane by Tim Kastelle & John Steen Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:15:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://timkastelle.org/blog/2009/12/innovation-diffusion-in-a-network/comment-page-1/#comment-17157 How to Innovate Ancient Technologies « Innovation Leadership Network Tue, 18 Jan 2011 07:43:13 +0000 http://timkastelle.org/blog/?p=978#comment-17157 [...] make enough charcoal to supply the big grocery store chains in the UK. This is again the problem of diffusing a new idea through existing economic networks – and this is where the business model innovation comes in. Here’s how McCloud [...] [...] make enough charcoal to supply the big grocery store chains in the UK. This is again the problem of diffusing a new idea through existing economic networks – and this is where the business model innovation comes in. Here’s how McCloud [...]

]]> http://timkastelle.org/blog/2009/12/innovation-diffusion-in-a-network/comment-page-1/#comment-5012 You Have to Break Connections to Get Your Ideas to Spread « Design « Innovation Leadership Network Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:41:25 +0000 http://timkastelle.org/blog/?p=978#comment-5012 [...] talked before about the importance of making new connections to get your idea embedded within the economy. But breaking connections is also [...] [...] talked before about the importance of making new connections to get your idea embedded within the economy. But breaking connections is also [...]

]]> http://timkastelle.org/blog/2009/12/innovation-diffusion-in-a-network/comment-page-1/#comment-4258 Building an Entrepreneurial Network « Business Models « Innovation Leadership Network Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:14:08 +0000 http://timkastelle.org/blog/?p=978#comment-4258 [...] true, even when the technology is demonstrably superior along all technical dimensions (see the story of the 56k modem, for [...] [...] true, even when the technology is demonstrably superior along all technical dimensions (see the story of the 56k modem, for [...]

]]> http://timkastelle.org/blog/2009/12/innovation-diffusion-in-a-network/comment-page-1/#comment-3701 Resisting Innovation « Complex Systems « Innovation Leadership Network Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:03:26 +0000 http://timkastelle.org/blog/?p=978#comment-3701 [...] acute problem in education, and in the public sector. However, as I discussed in an earlier post, we see the same thing happen with the introduction of innovative new commercial ideas. Even products that are clearly superior along all dimensions, like the 56k modems versus the 28.8k [...] [...] acute problem in education, and in the public sector. However, as I discussed in an earlier post, we see the same thing happen with the introduction of innovative new commercial ideas. Even products that are clearly superior along all dimensions, like the 56k modems versus the 28.8k [...]

]]> http://timkastelle.org/blog/2009/12/innovation-diffusion-in-a-network/comment-page-1/#comment-3544 Low Tech Innovation « Book Reviews « Innovation Leadership Network Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:57:37 +0000 http://timkastelle.org/blog/?p=978#comment-3544 [...] It’s another great example of the difference between invention and innovation. The box itself was invented 30 years before “containerised shipping” actually got the idea to spread. It’s not enough to have the ideas, or even to show that they work – you have to get your ideas to spread. [...] [...] It’s another great example of the difference between invention and innovation. The box itself was invented 30 years before “containerised shipping” actually got the idea to spread. It’s not enough to have the ideas, or even to show that they work – you have to get your ideas to spread. [...]

]]> http://timkastelle.org/blog/2009/12/innovation-diffusion-in-a-network/comment-page-1/#comment-3375 Everything’s a Network « Complex Systems « Innovation Leadership Network Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:38:23 +0000 http://timkastelle.org/blog/?p=978#comment-3375 [...] It is often very difficult to unbreak ties once they have been formed (and this is why it is often difficult to get new innovative ideas to diffuse through an economic [...] [...] It is often very difficult to unbreak ties once they have been formed (and this is why it is often difficult to get new innovative ideas to diffuse through an economic [...]

]]> http://timkastelle.org/blog/2009/12/innovation-diffusion-in-a-network/comment-page-1/#comment-3233 The Pace of Economic Evolution « Evolving Economic Entities « Innovation Leadership Network Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:00:12 +0000 http://timkastelle.org/blog/?p=978#comment-3233 [...] demonstrably better than the ones that they are replacing. Part of this is due to the difficulty of breaking existing connections within value networks, and part of this is due to the natural reluctance that many people have to take up new [...] [...] demonstrably better than the ones that they are replacing. Part of this is due to the difficulty of breaking existing connections within value networks, and part of this is due to the natural reluctance that many people have to take up new [...]

]]> http://timkastelle.org/blog/2009/12/innovation-diffusion-in-a-network/comment-page-1/#comment-3187 Networks and the Information Glut « Complex Systems « Innovation Leadership Network Sat, 09 Jan 2010 05:41:03 +0000 http://timkastelle.org/blog/?p=978#comment-3187 [...] Ideas diffuse through networks. The structure of the networks through which we are trying to get our ideas to spread has a significant influence on the diffusion of our innovations. Our connections within the network can enhance or hinder our ability to get our ideas to spread. One of the reasons that Darwin gets credited with the idea of evolution through natural selection instead of Alfred Russell Wallace is that Darwin’s connections within the scientific community at the time were more numerous, more widespread, and better. [...] [...] Ideas diffuse through networks. The structure of the networks through which we are trying to get our ideas to spread has a significant influence on the diffusion of our innovations. Our connections within the network can enhance or hinder our ability to get our ideas to spread. One of the reasons that Darwin gets credited with the idea of evolution through natural selection instead of Alfred Russell Wallace is that Darwin’s connections within the scientific community at the time were more numerous, more widespread, and better. [...]

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