http://www.whatsbestnext.com/2010/03/lessons-from-apple-on-innovation/ God-centered leadership (that avoids the Christian cheese-factor) Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:49:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.whatsbestnext.com/2010/03/lessons-from-apple-on-innovation/comment-page-1/#comment-5581 Apple Method of Missions | Missions Reviewed Fri, 16 Jul 2010 03:25:31 +0000 http://www.whatsbestnext.com/?p=3560#comment-5581 [...] Lessons from Apple on Innovation This is from my notes — I think I got these from an article a few years ago: 1. Innovation can come from without as well as within. Apple’s real skill lies in stitching together its own ideas with technologies from outside and then wrapping the results in elegant software and stylish design. Apple is an orchestrator and integrator of technologies, unafraid to bring in ideas from outside but always adding its own twists. This approach is known as network innovation. 2. Apple illustrates the importance of designing new products around the needs of the user, not the demands of the technology. 3. Apple teaches us that smart companies should sometimes ignore what the market says it wants today. 4. Fail wisely. Learn and try again. [...] [...] Lessons from Apple on Innovation This is from my notes — I think I got these from an article a few years ago: 1. Innovation can come from without as well as within. Apple’s real skill lies in stitching together its own ideas with technologies from outside and then wrapping the results in elegant software and stylish design. Apple is an orchestrator and integrator of technologies, unafraid to bring in ideas from outside but always adding its own twists. This approach is known as network innovation. 2. Apple illustrates the importance of designing new products around the needs of the user, not the demands of the technology. 3. Apple teaches us that smart companies should sometimes ignore what the market says it wants today. 4. Fail wisely. Learn and try again. [...]

]]> http://www.whatsbestnext.com/2010/03/lessons-from-apple-on-innovation/comment-page-1/#comment-4670 Gary Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:17:54 +0000 http://www.whatsbestnext.com/?p=3560#comment-4670 Don't you love old notes laying around? I just came across this: "If I can only keep all my personal feelings out of my system, I may be able to get through with this job." -- George C. Marshall Don’t you love old notes laying around? I just came across this: “If I can only keep all my personal feelings out of my system, I may be able to get through with this job.” — George C. Marshall

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