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The other day I spent a good chunk of the day browsing the web reading up on reviews on how current solutions address a particular problem we are looking at giving a new spin on at inQvation Studio. It was most illuminating. Of course there is always the risk of you being biased by the… Continue reading Read up
One of the things that continues to amaze me is the power of actually seeking out potential customers for solving a problem and chat to them about their experiences so far in both experiencing the problem and trying to find solutions for it. It is easy to get an idea all by yourself. But the… Continue reading Go talk to a customer
When you're looking to solve a problem and improve something for someone, empathy matters. You need to be able to put yourself in the shoes of the customer, feel their pain and use the insight generated to fuel your product development efforts. When we fail to employ empathy and other soft skills like it, we… Continue reading Treasure the soft skills
When you start looking at problems in the world, one of the interesting indicators of a problem is to look at the number of people trying to solve problems within a sector outside of the established system. Personally, I find it mindblowing to read that a survey done across a number of countries from 2010-2015… Continue reading Fixing from the outside