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May 13, 2020

Post COVID-19: Progressing from situation to strategy

In the three blog posts prior to this one, I explored the macro trends emerging from our collective experiences with COVID-19. It appears they might affect the way we all conduct business for the foreseeable future, if not permanently. But understanding trends is only the first step. Every company needs…

Design Thinking

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Post COVID-19: Progressing from situation to strategy
Post COVID-19: Progressing from situation to strategy
Design Thinking

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Mar 27, 2020

On the economy, ice caps and COVID-19

A few weeks back, I was listening to an episode of the podcast “ The Skeptics Guide to the Universe,” and the host, Steven Novella, was discussing the asymmetrical time frames of destruction and restoration when considering the fate of the polar ice caps. If we do nothing about climate…

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On the economy, ice caps and COVID-19
On the economy, ice caps and COVID-19

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Mar 11, 2020

What’s the difference between UX and UI?

For any experience to truly connect with people, it must engage both halves of their brain. Now, we understand that this mythical separation of domain between the right and left hemispheres of the brain is more rooted in pop culture than science, but it is still an apt framework for…

UX

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What’s the difference between UX and UI?
What’s the difference between UX and UI?
UX

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Feb 28, 2020

Brainstorming vs. Ideation

You’ve undoubtedly been in brainstorming sessions. Some of these sessions have likely been fruitful, others disappointing. We often get asked how ideation is different from brainstorming on “ Brilliant.”- a podcast hosted by Magnani’s president. One guest distinguished the two types of sessions by asserting most brainstorms are simply “meetings……

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Brainstorming vs. Ideation
Brainstorming vs. Ideation

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Feb 19, 2020

Keeping the Human in Human-Centered Design

Recently, at Experience Design Week in Denver, we led a round table discussion with a group of experience design professionals who worked for a range of companies; some as large as Amazon and Google, some as small as a recently-pivoted tech startup. …

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Keeping the Human in Human-Centered Design
Keeping the Human in Human-Centered Design

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Feb 14, 2020

What is futurecasting (and why should you care)?

There are two paths to innovation. One resides in our timeline just beyond now—solving a problem that exists today with technologies and resources available today. For comparison’s sake, let’s call it simple forecasting. The other path resides in our timeline years into the future—solving a problem that is, at least…

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What is futurecasting (and why should you care)?
What is futurecasting (and why should you care)?

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·Jan 31, 2020

Tesla’s innovation is in the dog house

And that’s a good thing. — Watching the world’s automakers respond (or not, as the case may be) to Tesla, has been interesting, to say the least. …

Innovation

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Tesla’s innovation is in the dog house
Tesla’s innovation is in the dog house
Innovation

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Dec 13, 2019

Five sensational gift ideas for the innovator in your life

Innovators are notoriously tough people to buy gifts for. They’re early adopters, so the stuff they likely want isn’t on sale yet, or worse, they couldn’t wait and already bought whatever it is for themselves. They get bored easily, so to be worth our effort and hard-earned dollars, the things…

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Five sensational gift ideas for the innovator in your life
Five sensational gift ideas for the innovator in your life

6 min read


Dec 5, 2019

Three reasons Uber should never have invested in self-driving technology.

There’s a classic Venn diagram generally attributed to Ideo’s Tim Brown that points to the reality that for an idea to be considered an innovation, it needs to satisfy three criteria: desirability (people would want it), feasibility (it is something that can realistically be created) and viability (it can be…

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Three reasons Uber should never have invested in self-driving technology.
Three reasons Uber should never have invested in self-driving technology.

5 min read


Nov 7, 2019

Corporate Innovation: Breaking Through Organizational Barriers

They say, “To innovate, you need to be more agile.” They’re oversimplifying. I’m not sure who first promoted the idea that the greatest determiner of whether a corporation could successfully innovate is an ill-defined, immeasurable quality named “agility.” I am sure that the individual in question had a penchant for…

Sales

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Corporate Innovation: Breaking Through Organizational Barriers
Corporate Innovation: Breaking Through Organizational Barriers
Sales

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Justin Daab

Justin Daab

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Innovator. Design Thinker. Composer. Tinkerer.

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