Comments on: Troublemaker! You? http://www.15inno.com/2009/08/24/troublemaker-you/ Open innovation, social media tools and intrapreneurship Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:07:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jeannie Collins http://www.15inno.com/2009/08/24/troublemaker-you/comment-page-1/#comment-367 Jeannie Collins Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:02:36 +0000 http://www.15inno.com/?p=123#comment-367 In big companies such a topic would be very risky politically. In big companies such a topic would be very risky politically.

]]> By: Jeannie Collins http://www.15inno.com/2009/08/24/troublemaker-you/comment-page-1/#comment-366 Jeannie Collins Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:00:34 +0000 http://www.15inno.com/?p=123#comment-366 For years I've recommended Dr. Dave Blume, Ethanol Can Be a Gas and even sacrificed an opportunity to work with a dear friend who might have helped get my own business off the ground to encourage her to help him launch his book. This was the right decision after all since he consulted Ford Motor Company this year and now I notice Clean Cities is in fact funding infrastructure for E85 as one of the few winning technologies for the big grants. All year I've been beat up for suggesting E85 and had to explain over and over no it's not about corn, exploitation of crop lands, etc. The challenge is there is no short way to explain efficient E85 issues as with many embattled technologies. Because so few understand the issues the "critical mass of flex fuel adopters" might not be there to justify alternative fuel pumps in many areas...a catch 22 since consumers are waiting for the fuel to be available before purchasing the vehicle. The same applies to electric vehicles. For an innovation to be successful creating a demand might be part of the game. Marketing. The issue is innovators need to create space to work. Marketers need to cast a wide net of communications. Conflict of interest in developing both skills. Working on this. Marketing with boundaries for the entrepreneur. For years I've recommended Dr. Dave Blume, Ethanol Can Be a Gas and even sacrificed an opportunity to work with a dear friend who might have helped get my own business off the ground to encourage her to help him launch his book. This was the right decision after all since he consulted Ford Motor Company this year and now I notice Clean Cities is in fact funding infrastructure for E85 as one of the few winning technologies for the big grants. All year I've been beat up for suggesting E85 and had to explain over and over no it's not about corn, exploitation of crop lands, etc. The challenge is there is no short way to explain efficient E85 issues as with many embattled technologies. Because so few understand the issues the "critical mass of flex fuel adopters" might not be there to justify alternative fuel pumps in many areas…a catch 22 since consumers are waiting for the fuel to be available before purchasing the vehicle. The same applies to electric vehicles. For an innovation to be successful creating a demand might be part of the game. Marketing.
The issue is innovators need to create space to work. Marketers need to cast a wide net of communications. Conflict of interest in developing both skills. Working on this. Marketing with boundaries for the entrepreneur.

]]> By: Ian http://www.15inno.com/2009/08/24/troublemaker-you/comment-page-1/#comment-365 Ian Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:21:18 +0000 http://www.15inno.com/?p=123#comment-365 As I was once told, you can achieve as much as you want to [here] as long as you don't care who gets the credit. I don't particularly care for that statement and see it as de-motivating for true innovation but the reality of it [at least w/in the organizational context I have] is startlingly clear. Nice post! As I was once told, you can achieve as much as you want to [here] as long as you don't care who gets the credit.

I don't particularly care for that statement and see it as de-motivating for true innovation but the reality of it [at least w/in the organizational context I have] is startlingly clear.

Nice post!

]]> By: Stefan Lindegaard http://www.15inno.com/2009/08/24/troublemaker-you/comment-page-1/#comment-364 Stefan Lindegaard Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:53:34 +0000 http://www.15inno.com/?p=123#comment-364 Hi Maartin, I do not really see intrapreneurs as artists so my initial response is a no. I also do not see the job as being a trouble-maker; this is more about the perception others have of people who often could become great intrapreneurs if put in the right place. Stefan Hi Maartin,

I do not really see intrapreneurs as artists so my initial response is a no. I also do not see the job as being a trouble-maker; this is more about the perception others have of people who often could become great intrapreneurs if put in the right place.

Stefan

]]> By: maarten scheffer http://www.15inno.com/2009/08/24/troublemaker-you/comment-page-1/#comment-363 maarten scheffer Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:58:34 +0000 http://www.15inno.com/?p=123#comment-363 dear stephan, as a fervent follower of your comments and thoughts i wondered whether you think independent artists would and could be best suited for this job of trouble-maker. maybe with the guidence of a design manager who speaks both the corporate and the arts language. sincerely, maarten scheffer dear stephan,

as a fervent follower of your comments and thoughts i wondered whether you think independent artists would and could be best suited for this job of trouble-maker. maybe with the guidence of a design manager who speaks both the corporate and the arts language.

sincerely,

maarten scheffer

]]> By: Bill Gascoyne http://www.15inno.com/2009/08/24/troublemaker-you/comment-page-1/#comment-362 Bill Gascoyne Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:22:25 +0000 http://www.15inno.com/?p=123#comment-362 The human mind treats a new idea the way the body treats a strange protein; it rejects it. Peter Medawar (1915-1987) <a href="http://www.billgascoyne.name/cgi-bin/grquote4.pl?check=rq&call=3427" rel="nofollow">http://www.billgascoyne.name/cgi-bin/grquote4.pl?...</a> The human mind treats a new idea the way the body treats a strange protein; it rejects it.
Peter Medawar (1915-1987) http://www.billgascoyne.name/cgi-bin/grquote4.pl?…

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