Articles in category 'Innovation'

By Donald Latumahina, July 8, 2007

In an age where new ideas quickly becomes commodity, creativity is a must. It is creativity that continuously give us new ideas to keep us ahead in the competition. Regarding this, I recently found an interesting book: Thinkertoys by Michael Michalko. This book contains a lot of actionable ideas on how to become an idea [...]

By Donald Latumahina, June 14, 2007

If there is a scientist who could teach us about creativity, it must be Richard Feynman. He was a Nobel Laureate who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965. But aside from just a scientist, he was also a very creative person. He often found ideas in unusual ways. The idea which earned him [...]

By Donald Latumahina, May 21, 2007

The world is changing and changing at increasing speed. In such kind of world, our ability to anticipate the future is very important. Those who can anticipate the future will have more time to prepare and thus will be ready when changes come. Since they become among the first few people who are ready, they [...]

By Donald Latumahina, May 2, 2007

Believe it or not, ideas develop exponentially. The more ideas you have, the more ideas you will generate, both in term of quantity and quality. In human history, we have a phenomenon called technological acceleration. Do you know that the technological advancements in the last century is more than those in the thousand years of [...]

By Donald Latumahina, April 25, 2007

Your inputs determine your outputs. If your input is bad, your output will be bad. If your input is good, your output will also be good. Therefore, never let anything bad come into your mind. Allow only the best resources to take your “time share” and especially your “mind share”.
But how do you do that? [...]

By Donald Latumahina, April 20, 2007

Ideas are precious. Especially in this Internet age where many things quickly becomes commodity, ideas are what set you apart and keep you ahead of the pack. You need to always have good and fresh ideas.
Unfortunately, we often cannot anticipate when an idea will come. Suddenly, out of the blue, comes the idea. It [...]