Welcome to Conspire’s Fun Friday Links, a weekly collection of interesting discoveries from around the Web. Most of the time, the goal is to get you thinking differently about innovation, collaboration, business culture, and life in general. Other times, we may toss an infographic or fun video your way. Submissions are welcome, and you can send them to conspire@mindjet.com for consideration.
The Tricks to Get Innovation Treats
Getting innovation done right requires quite a bit more than just wishful thinking, but it’s not as intimidating as some organizations seem to believe. With the right tactics in your back pocket, starting and maintaining a thriving innovation program is as simply as learning a few new tricks. From Celent:
“Innovation is not witchcraft but, when done successfully, there is a touch of magic. The magic happens when innovation becomes ‘part of the way we do things around here’ (read: corporate culture). When people across the firm approach their jobs constantly through the lens of ‘how do I change my job so that I deliver more value to my customers?’, magic can happen.”
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Halloween and Scary Arts of Negotiation, Collaboration and Innovation
Who knew: trick-or-treating and business actually have quite a bit in common. From Vested:
“The Vested business model — through trust, WIIFWe and shared-value principles — is an artful approach to establishing an ecosystem for partners to navigate to real collaboration, with an insightful governance structure that creates and encourages innovation mindsets within the partnerships and the organizations involved.
As I said last year Halloween embodies traditional negotiation tactics: dressing up to present a false front as part of a plan to get your way. How often do negotiators hide behind their authentic self, and hide their real intentions while presenting false or “cooked” information that distorts the truth behind a mask? And isn’t Halloween all about “scare” tactics and threats to get to the prize?
The “trick or treat” transaction embodies a one-sided approach to contracting for an exchange of candy, or suffering the consequences! But the negotiation at the door is also a knowing collaboration, because all of the parties are in on the fun. For the most part the outcomes are jointly determined.”
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What Can You Do With All That Halloween Candy?
Most of us can think of quite a few things we’d like to do with pounds and pounds of leftover Halloween candy — but charge your phone? That’s unheard of. Well, at least until now. From Wired:
“I’ve looked at the energy in smart phone batteries before. The iPhone 5s has a battery with around 2.14 x 104 Joules. Suppose there was some way that your phone could eat all this Halloween candy. How many times could your phone? That’s pretty simple. I have 39 million Joules divided by 21 thousand Joules and I get 1822 times. If you charged your phone once a day, this candy would last for about 5 years. Of course, in 5 years you will have collected EVEN MORE Halloween candy.”
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