Book #10: If it is really crazy, it is probably innovative
If no existing companies are doing it and your friends think it’s crazy, just hang on; it might just be because your idea is disruptive.
Constructive Technology Optimist
I’ve read a lot of books & articles on business, design, and innovation. Most of them pretty good, a few not so much. While I’m considering writing my own, I have made myself a little collection of fake book titles and abstracts of what would probably be very, very bad books on business, design, technology, and innovation.
If no existing companies are doing it and your friends think it’s crazy, just hang on; it might just be because your idea is disruptive.
Do you have problems choosing colors or sizes for your post-it’s when engaged in ideation processes? This book helps you choose colors based on season, feng-shui, and four major Instagram influencers. Including tips on how to
…By cunning use of secret signs in spreadsheets (like “+”), you can get your computer to recognise math problems and automatically solve them! “I never knew that I have been using AI for years,
…How to ask your mother for feedback, avoid criticism, and maintain your self-image. This already popular book includes chapters on the best occasions to use for your mother-interview (like finding events with alcohol or at least
…The best book on how to save on heating with your BitCoin farm. This book helps you to ignore the rise and fall of bitcoin value, and just enjoy the warmth that bitcoin-mining creates and brings
…A book about how paper-napkins has formed the basis of many significant innovations, and why using a platform of 4 by 4 inches of cheap paper and scribbling on it is enough ideation
…“How to expose your brilliance by limiting your concepts and ideas to one-word descriptions (and half-hour explanations), that will rule any brainstorming session.”
“The follow-up to “One-word concepts,” this
…Morten is a Pathfinder on a mission – rethinking technology through creativity. He is the founding manager of IdemoLab – a design team for hardware innovation - and a speaker on innovation, design, smart products and IoT.