Comments on: Quick Thoughts on Innovation

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:39:14 +0000

I think you’re right about the need for a taxonomy Amber. I wrote about it in almost exactly those terms a couple of weeks ago, but I’m still thinking through how to best do it.

By: Amber

Amber — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:36:31 +0000

Tim, I made a post that was eaten by my outdated Blackberry software, I think. (It might also have ended up in spam.) Rather than not post at all because I don’t have time to re-form the original post, I’ll just say quickly that it had to do with the idea of creating an innovation taxonomy, which I gleaned from reading this New York Times Magazine article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/magazine/07Teachers-t.html?ref=magazine&pagewanted=all

…which largely centers on the taxonomy of good schoolteaching. It was long thought, just as innovation is now, that the ability to be a great teacher was an innate one, rather than one that could be taught. I used the example of Matt Mullenweg of http://ma.tt – creator and innovator of WordPress – as my example of someone who hits all the right points in his creative process. He consistently impresses and makes me go “Why didn’t I think of that?”

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By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:47:32 +0000

Thanks for the feedback Noah – I changed the post to give credit where it’s due. Thanks for the Snowden video – it’s outstanding!

By: Noah Raford

Noah Raford — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:06:22 +0000

Thanks Tim!

Love the concept. I laugh when incumbent corporations talk about innovation and then look to the center for results. Reminds me of Dave Snowden’s great retelling of the Longitude story;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2AijRoXnvE

That’s not “my” taxonomy of design though. Credit goes to GH VanPatter and Peter Jones (@redesign) for introducing me to the idea!

Keep it up,
Noah