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Andrew Hargadon

Andrew Hargadon

2016: The Year of The Hype

For my 2016 Innovation of the Year — celebrating that innovation which most changed the game — one stood clearly in front of all others…

Dec 31, 2016

2016: The Year of The Hype

Dec 31, 2016

Andrew Hargadon

In Search of Ingenuity

The quiet heroes of innovation do the little things that bring big ideas to life.

Nov 26, 2016

In Search of Ingenuity

Nov 26, 2016

Andrew Hargadon

Sometimes “Bad” Innovation Is Just What Your Company Needs

It’s easy to spot and celebrate the innovations that change company fortunes: Apple’s iPhone, Warner-Lambert’s (and then Pfizer’s) Lipitor…

Nov 26, 2016

Sometimes “Bad” Innovation Is Just What Your Company Needs

Nov 26, 2016

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Other People’s Problems

Something in our nature enables us to ignore problems until it looks like we can solve them—which means we’d rather solve other people’s…

Aug 22, 2015

Other People’s Problems

Aug 22, 2015

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‘Blurred Lines’ between originality and art

The Demi Lovato plagiarism lawsuit, as Yogi Berra would have said, looks like deja vu all over again. In moving to Medium, this piece on…

Mar 14, 2015

‘Blurred Lines’ between originality and art

Mar 14, 2015

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The folly of adopting A while hoping for Apple

FastCompany released its annual “50 Most Innovative Companies” list, one of the more enjoyable of the dozens published every year. Pick up…

Feb 19, 2015

The folly of adopting A while hoping for Apple

Feb 19, 2015

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A long view of disruption

The more dire the climate change predictions, the louder the calls for new and disruptive technologies. While it’s a great aspiration, as a…

Oct 4, 2014

A long view of disruption

Oct 4, 2014

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Disruptive Policy and Innovation

The business world has embraced the notion of disruptive technologies and, in large part, so has the public sector, and yet so many of the…

Sep 30, 2014

Disruptive Policy and Innovation

Sep 30, 2014

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Eight Design Goals for Going Beyond Sustainability

Much has been written and said about building sustainable companies and organizations. Yet too often, after all the conferences, books and…

Nov 15, 2013

Eight Design Goals for Going Beyond Sustainability

Nov 15, 2013

Andrew Hargadon

The entrepreneurial personality

Most every bit of advice you’ll find for entrepreneurs is about making the leap, but leaping is not for everyone so it’s important to…

Jan 3, 2011

The entrepreneurial personality

Jan 3, 2011

Andrew Hargadon

Andrew Hargadon

Business Professor (& former Apple product designer) who studies innovation past & present. Books include Sustainable Innovation and How Breakthroughs Happen

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