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By: Improve Innovations Through Iteration « Innovation Leadership Network

Improve Innovations Through Iteration « Innovation Leadership Network — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:23:05 +0000

[...] be executed – they are no good to anyone if they’re just ideas. The best approach is to build, launch and tweak. The way to do this is to figure out if the idea is executable (build), get it out in the world [...]

By: Innovation as an Evolutionary Process « Innovation Leadership Network

Innovation as an Evolutionary Process « Innovation Leadership Network — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:04:20 +0000

[...] we’re not looking for a perfect execution of our new ideas is a strong argument in favour of taking a build, launch, tweak approach to getting our new ideas out there. We’re most likely to get to the best solutions to the problems we are interested in through [...]

By: We Need Constraints to Be Creative « Innovation Leadership Network

We Need Constraints to Be Creative « Innovation Leadership Network — Thu, 27 May 2010 05:30:43 +0000

[...] video is sound in principle. The fatal error is that the results are never tested. We need to take an experimental approach as we go through iterations. Make a prototype, test it, learn from the test, make it better, repeat. Without the test part, the [...]

By: Tweets that mention Build, Launch, and Tweak « Innovation Leadership Network -- Topsy.com

Tue, 18 May 2010 00:17:25 +0000

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By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 17 May 2010 21:01:14 +0000

Thanks for stopping by Lindsay. I agree with you about the importance of failure – we need to be able to sort the good ideas from the bad ones…

By: Lindsay Gulisano

Lindsay Gulisano — Mon, 17 May 2010 16:24:48 +0000

Great post! How is one ever supposed to succeed if they don’t “fail and fail often.” Failure is the only way to learn and the more ideas you generate, the more likely you are to come across an idea that is truly innovative and insightful. Ah, the glory of open innovation!

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 17 May 2010 09:45:13 +0000

I love the idea of scheduling ‘free play’!

I’m a planner/think througher too – which is why I often get hung up on thinking about ideas. I’m getting better at trying things out and iterating, but it’s not really my natural approach…

By: malyn

malyn — Mon, 17 May 2010 09:34:00 +0000

I like this post – even if my initial reaction was: No way!

I like planning and I’m good at it. I like to think things through. Yes, I’m guilty of having shot down ideas because they initially sounded preposterous.

HOWEVER, I am learning…which is why I like this post…it reminds me that there is another way.

In IT proj mgmt, I was trained in the “waterfall” approach (Lock the requirements and design down before you build). Nowadays, I take a more iterative approach, you still get to build in requirements and you get the product out there quicker – or even in increments. It’s easier to improve on what’s already there.

So yes, get it out there. Or as Nike said, just do it.

AND if that’s too hard or big a jump, it is possible to take baby steps. To illustrate, I used to plan my kids party with attention to every detail. My 8 yo actually asked me for some ‘free play’ at her last party. So, I scheduled that in. She had the best party ever (easy for me and fun for her and her friends)…next time, free play will have a higher ratio.

By: Tweets that mention Build, Launch, and Tweak « Innovation Leadership Network -- Topsy.com

Mon, 17 May 2010 09:25:14 +0000

[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Jose Baldaia, Greg Satell and des idees en live, Tim Kastelle. Tim Kastelle said: New blog post: Build, Launch and Tweak – a great idea that isn't implemented is worthless http://bit.ly/cqt5t4 #innovation [...]