Benjamin Lang‘Maybe that reason is not valid’: Why questioning your constraints is the only way towards progressBuilding the future by definition requires defying the status quo. A case study about Elon Musk, Tesla and First Principle ThinkingJun 29, 2020Jun 29, 2020
Benjamin LangInnovation is a solved problem. Here is the missing conceptual building blockThe word ‘innovation’ tends to be slightly overused these days. The truth however seems to be that nobody actually knows what he or she…Apr 21, 2020Apr 21, 2020
Benjamin LangChapter 1: Value creation — Making something people actually wantAs we have learned in the introduction, the crucial question when it comes to innovation seems to be: A novel pattern of What?Apr 21, 2020Apr 21, 2020
Benjamin LangChapter 2: Deviating solution patterns entail deviating scales of judgementAt any given point in time, a given problem is solved more or less adequately by a given solution pattern— somewhere on the scale between…Apr 21, 2020Apr 21, 2020
Benjamin LangChapter 3: Incumbent patterns make people mentally How-constrainedInnovation instantiates itself as a novel and different design pattern that is not just a slight improvement of an existing version. It’s…Apr 20, 2020Apr 20, 2020
Benjamin LangChapter 4: First Principle Thinking in a NutshellPeople tend to be How-constrained by dominating solution patterns. Breaking those patterns however is key to real innovation. But in order…Apr 20, 2020Apr 20, 2020
Benjamin LangChapter 5: Do things that don’t scale — until it is eventually scalableThinking from first principles enables you to understand the innovation domain under consideration from its fundamentals, on an abstract…Apr 20, 2020Apr 20, 2020
Benjamin LangAppendix: Sources & InspirationsHere is a (more or less) complete collection of relevant sources that shaped my thinking about what you’ve just read over the last 5 years…Apr 19, 2020Apr 19, 2020