Notes for 2026 on Innovation
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Part 5: The Final Reflection (for now) on 12 Years as a Freelance Innovation and Strategy Consultant
Part 4 was about how we should proactively try to improve or disrupt where necessary, the inefficient parts of the sector or space we work in. And now, arguably the most valuable lesson I was taught, something that ties up all previous learnings. In 2015, I had first stumbled upon design thinking when I signed…
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The Stickiness Trap
Most business advice and individual professional goals are to build moats. Create dependency. Turn your clients into cash cows. Thich Nhat Hanh said something that cuts against all of that. In his First Mindfulness Training, he said: don’t get too attached to these teachings. Use them as a tool, then move forward. It’s fascinating when…
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Design Thinking: An Idea for Tesla’s Supercharging Wait Time Problem
An idea using a Design Thinking mindset, for Tesla’s Supercharging Wait Time Problem Tesla has really transformed the automobile industry, cracking the existing fuel industry and automotive heavyweight nexus. And this is despite the first versions of electric motor driven vehicles dating back to 1828! That’s when Hungarian Ányos Jedlik invented a type of electric…
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What the Customer Wants
What the Customer Wants There has been the occasional debate between two schools of thought: You need to ask the customer what he/she wants; and, The customer doesn’t know what he/she wants until we show them (remember ol Steve Jobs?) A bulk of the views I’ve come across so far lie on the side of…
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Design Thinking Basics – 3
In his book ‘Change by Design’, Tim Brown of IDEO highlights the 3 spaces of innovation. These criteria could be considered as some of the foundation pillars of Design Thinking. Here’s a pictorial representation of the same. What is Design Thinking? ‘Human-centered Design Thinking’ is a mindset, an approach, and some tools that help solve complex problems…
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Towards a Better Mask – 2
CrystalPlanet: An internal project under Rattl has been to try create a better mask for the (Covid) times. This one was part experiment, part fun, always having been fascinated with the idea of using car components for things.
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