Luke Williams On Disruptive Thinking

This actually made me clap at the end!

In this talk from L2 Innovation Forum 2010 creative director and fellow of the amazing and innovative design consultancy Frog Design Luke Williams (@lukegwilliams), gives great examples of the value of disruptive thinking applied to the creation of products and services. 

He is also the author of Disrupt: Think The Unthinkable To Spark Transformation In Your Business a book full of disruptive thinking goodness and innovation techniques. In his book Williams presents a simple five-step program to facilitate the identification of disruptive opportunities in any industry and a guide to successfully execute them. While his program focuses on integrating design principles and techniques into a business implementation, there are insights of great value that are worth to explore and apply in the social innovation blogosphere.

For more disruptive thoughts visit his site here.

David Kelley on Creative Confidence, Innovation & the Power Of A Child’s Mind

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"The hardest part that people find with design thinking is the notion that you have to kind of suspend your natural tendency to want to come up with a bunch of quick ideas. The problem with that is those are cliched ideas that anyone can come up with."      

 

What a child's fearlessness and the power of design thinking can teach us about business success and technological innovation.

According to renowned entrepreneur, designer and visionary David Kelley from IDEO everything you need to know you learn it in kindergarden because that's when you had innate confidence in your own creative power.

More about IDEO here.

The Social Library: Meet People In Your Local Area To Swap Books With

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London based service design consultancy Sidekick Studios launched their first ever social enterprise: The social Library.

In their words, TSL is an excuse to kick start conversations in communities by enabling people to share books with other people on their street. By doing so, TSL looks for new ways to rise awareness of their sense of community and create new bonds to prevent social isolation while helping public libraries save money.

A great initiative to keep an eye on.