Comments on: Remote Associations and Innovation^3

By: niblettes » Blog Archive » Stylists != Designers - Tasty Little Nuggets of Design and Innovation Goodness - from Vancouver BC

Fri, 20 Oct 2006 19:24:48 +0000

[...] In a previous post I took a stab at visualizing a certain perspective on the cognitive capabilities that distinguish designers from stylists. [...]

By: niblettes » Blog Archive » The Hero’s Journey to Triz

niblettes » Blog Archive » The Hero’s Journey to Triz — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 03:38:48 +0000

[...] Recently I’ve been cleaning out my file drawers and closets, going though a lot of old material I haven’t seen or thought about in some time. Some work I had collected on TRIZ (a Russian innovation methodology) struck me with its connection to my “Remote Associations” post back in early February. Just as a refresher, here’s the diagram central to that post, and then here’s a diagram of the TRIZ method. [...]

By: niblettes

niblettes — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 16:51:21 +0000

Funny you say that, because it was exactly that kind of inherent judgment that made Dirk uncomfortable. You should check out what he has to say.

By: DT

DT — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 08:19:08 +0000

Very cool, i like the high vs low intelligence difference.

By: Perspective

Perspective — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 05:42:04 +0000

Poking a hole in the matrix…

When I first wrote about the 3 D matrix, developed by Niblettes, in my previous post, it was to use it as an example of how a designer’s ability to translate a complex concept – from the written to the…

By: Perspective

Perspective — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 03:01:24 +0000

Show is more effective than tell…

Niblettes has been a thoughtful commenter on my recent forays into strategy and the role of design, leading me to rethink a choice of word or consider more deeply my thoughts on the topic. In the conversation on Strategy and…

By: niblettes

niblettes — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 18:12:31 +0000

Jeff,

Your right–my mistake. I’ve fixed the link. Thanks for pointing that out.

Niti,

Thanks. I’ll definately read that. Recently I’ve been going over some older HBR article on innovation and breakthrough thinking. they’re all about 10 years old now, and its interesting to evaluate them with a bit of historical perspective. People were writing a lot of crap back in that day, but there is also an awful lot that holds up very well (especially from Peter Drucker).

I’m curious to see how something written in 1963 speaks to today–especially given the timeliness of the topic (creativity) and the cautionary that it may not be enough (a refreshing reality check in today’s innovation buzz).

The name Theodore Levitt sounds familiar… I’ll have to dig through my crates of old papers…

Thanks again.

By: niti bhan

niti bhan — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 02:51:17 +0000

Low/Low “What Jeff said”

Btw, w.r.t. to your 3D model, I’m sending you a PDF of Theodore Levitt’s “Creativity is Not Enough” HBR 1963 – you have visualized in one model the gist of what his article attempts to articulate. That is one example of what designers can bring to the table, with reference to our previous discussion in the comments of my blog, the ability to visualize and synthesize the ‘whole’ in one clear diagram what otherwise takes 9 pages of closely written material to convey.

By: Jeff Lindsay

Jeff Lindsay — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 02:50:45 +0000

Also, not sure you meant to link Blogrium to trendwatching.com?

By: Jeff Lindsay

Jeff Lindsay — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 23:19:34 +0000

That looks pretty good and actually ties everything together quite nicely. I’m sure there’s other dimensions that could be added to the model, but these seem to be the most important ones.