May 31, 2007
The Next Generation of Hybrid Humans
Jump has a learning culture. Every day, we build on what we already know so we can raise the bar for what is possible. This also means, naturally, that we have a teaching culture, too. And we've rarely had more fun than we did teaching a group of middle school students how to create products, services and businesses that connect with people's real needs. Partnering with
Citizen Schools, James Moed, Katherine Wakid, Roxann Stafford and many more worked with a gaggle of talented students at Redwood City's Kennedy Middle School to completely change the way lunch is made, packaged and served on their campus. The program was such a hit that our group will present their findings at Google headquarters in Mountain View on June 7. We're so proud of what they've accomplished.
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May 15, 2007
Chrysler Needs to Redesign Its Business Process
The impending sale of Chrysler to private equity firm Cerberus has many questioning how to revive the Auburn Hills automaker. Bruce Nussbaum's said that Cerberus should use design to bring Chrysler back. Jump's Pete Mortensen
replied, as we so often do here, "Yes. And..." design alone isn't the company's problem. Many beautiful vehicles have come out of Chrysler over the last 9 years. Where design could play a greater role is in setting the strategic roadmap of the organization. And that can look very different.
May 15, 2007
The Pulse of Indian Innovation
Though Jump's Dev Patnaik, Alonzo Canada and Nichiketa Choudhary have been back from India for almost two weeks, the impacts of our trip are still showing up in the business press there. India Infoline, the country's leading investment website, profiles Dev and Jump in-depth, providing insight about innovation, Jump's plans for India and our Seeds and Soil approach.
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May 09, 2007
Jump to India: A Retrospective
Jess McMullin's bplusd blog asks all the right questions about innovation. We wish he had time to post even more frequently, so we thought we'd join his conversation with some insights from our time in India. Pete Mortensen chatted with Jess about Indian companies' needs around innovation and even Jump's vision for the economic future.
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May 07, 2007
Broken Promise Fatigue
In the wake of this year's annual innovation report, BusinessWeek's Bruce Nussbaum has speculated immensely that companies are suffering from Innovation Fatigue and might soon cut their investments in new organic growth. Mark Dawson said companies are actually suffering from Broken Promise Fatigue. They just aren't willing to make the changes needed to build a sustainable innovation practice.
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May 07, 2007
Innovation Jump-Starter
India played a major role in the founding of Jump. If Dev Patnaik hadn't moved to Pune to work as a design director for Forbes-Marshall, it's quite safe to say that we wouldn't look, act or sound the same. Business Today, India's No. 1 business weekly, profiles Dev's return to the places that inspired him as a young man.
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May 07, 2007
In India, Culture Rules
We learned a lot in India, meeting with C-level leaders at more than a dozen multinational companies about their innovation needs. Here's the headline: It's about culture, not the products or services. Dev spoke about the experience with Rena Rosen from Mint, a Mumbai business daily co-owned by the Wall Street Journal.
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May 02, 2007
The "Clown" Theory of Innovation
BusinessWeek's Bruce Nussbaum wants to know what "innovation fatigue" at companies across the U.S. means. On
Bruce's blog, Jump's Mark Dawson points out that any company that views innovation as a way to introduce wacky creativity to the organization won't hang in this game. Only the leaders who view innovation as a practice and discipline to embed in the culture are going to deliver sustainable growth year after year after year.
