Innovation Culture

This is a painting I created back in 2010. I made large-scale, abstract work like this with no agenda, vision, or plan. I’d put random marks all over the canvas…and then step back to see what was there. Maybe I’d see a figure, a pattern, or a tree (like I…

Eddie Van Halen was a guitarist, innovator, and musician who rose to fame in the late 1970s as the lead guitarist of the rock band Van Halen, which he co-founded with his brother Alex. Over the next two decades, Van Halen became one of the biggest and most successful rock…

In my 10 years helping big and small organisations solve complex challenges and innovate (from designing apps, to building ventures to redesigning entire MRT stations), I’ve observed two main types of problems. As I’ve started my small design studio ‘brief.’ …

Innovation is key to staying ahead of the competition because it allows companies to constantly improve and evolve their products, services, and processes. It enables them to come up with new and unique solutions that give them a competitive edge over their rivals. …

Your Product follows your organizational structure — In the late 1960s, Melvin Conway postulated, that organizations design systems that mirror their own communication structure. Any organization that designs a system (defined broadly) will produce a design whose structure is a copy of the organization’s communication structure. What does this mean? I came across a great graphic on…

This is my first post on Medium. Sometimes you just need to jump. :-) Has “Innovation” become the latest dirty word? It might not make the late George Carlin’s list but, I have seen the eye rolls and shoulder shrugs at the mere mention of the word. Oh, innovation is…

What is innovation? Is it about technology? Is it about knowing how to use computers, softwares? Or is it about finding solutions to problems even without having access to high tech? Or finding other uses for a tool depending on the place it is being used? Those questions begun popping…

By Genvalues Editors Risk-taking > stability is a phrase that suggests that taking risks is more important than stability in the workplace. This mindset can be particularly relevant in the tech industry, where innovation and disruption are highly valued. …

Some people only learn when they write. I’ll sound old-fashioned, but as a way to process everything I learned about corporate innovation and hopefully help first-timers, I’ve compiled a list of some of the key things I learned. My transition into this space reminded me of my transition into motherhood…