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Hello 2020! It's a new year and with that comes fresh opportunity including the opportunity to set really ambitious goals for the coming 12 monts. So naturally, I have done that on behalf of my work as Head of Studio at inQvation. In 2020 I want us to co-found at least one startup taking on… Continue reading 3 big goals for 2020
Yesterday, the company I chose to deliver fiber to my home made their best effort to loose me as a customer. Due to unfortunate circumstances I narrowly missed a visit by a technician, and when I called them to figure out what went wrong, the customer support was rude and hung up on me. Companies… Continue reading Lead by experience
Recently I met with a good colleague for a coffee to share experiences. One of the things, we discussed, was how to do a handover from a project, you started, to someone else who is going to turn it into a business. It's an important milestone for what we do at inQvation Studio, and thus… Continue reading Aim to get pushed
It is so easy being designated as the one who just says "No!" to everything and whose largest contribution to the team is to foster a negative energy in every room you enter. But have you ever thought about how these people may actually be trying to do something completely different and of immense value?… Continue reading Remember a pre-mortem
Greg Satell makes a very important point when arguing that even the best ideas cant' make it on their own - they all need an ecosystem to thrive. Without they risk losing out to lesser ideas properly seeded through various channels. And that is - often - a real shame. The point is worth mentioning… Continue reading Use the ecosystem
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
Some ideas intuitively makes sense. Other ideas seem just about the most stupid thing, you have ever heard of. Yet, while the former can go on and become a viable idea, the dumb idea more often than not end up making a killing. Andrew Chen calls it "The Dumb Idea Paradox". I would just suffice… Continue reading No idea is that dumb*
Uncertainty seems the only constant when you're working with innovation and trying to build a viable business. And there is good reason to support the argument that the more successful you are, the more you tend to be surrounded by uncertainty. You can not - and shall not pursue - total certainty at any point… Continue reading Critical certainty