I was reading this very inspiring article at Harvard Business Review the other day (I actually instantly bought the book as well…one more for the shelf…). In the article Roberto Verganti talks about user-centered-innovation and how he disagrees with the approach. After working with six sigma a couple of years in my previous job, I…

If you’re the type, like me, who likes numbers and plans (*), here are some tips from the top of my head… Guide to creating good business cases: do proper market research find realistic market numbers be specific about your assumptions build a proper model that can be reused for future products build various business…

It’s always interesting being introduced to a work domain that you haven’t been in previously. Trying to understand how people think, work and interact in the product design community makes me see a lot of weird things going on. One of my first realisations was that a great deal of product designers are designing stuff…

When making industrial design products you’re very likely also trying to innovate or even invent new concepts (unless you’re solely into ‘styling’). And while that is certainly the goal for many, and although ocassionally you stumble upon some true innovative concepts, in my opinion you’re most likely looking at “micro innovation” or – more plainly…

I’m really trying to convince myself into NOT writing this post – it’s against my aim to be zen and not become angry at the world. But being a daily user of Microsoft software (currently Windows 7 + Office 2007) I just HAVE to lift these things off my chest. So please…just ignore this post….

It’s a well known fact that ideas that are kept in the drawer never reach their potential. Ideas need to be brought out into the open, discussed, elaborated upon, shown to people, tossed and turned etc. etc. until the idea transforms into a business opportunity, a product, a concept or whatever. This proces of refining…