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Here Comes The Screenless Fork

Innovating Innovation

The “Internet of Things” is changing everything - even innovation. In Product Development, the demand to make almost every conceivable object “smart” or “connected” requires developers to approach design in revolutionary ways. The “Internet of Things” is breaking...
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Every Plan is a Model Part II

In part one of this post we built the case that models are general tools used to help us make decisions, noted that plans are only good or bad in comparison to the work you want to manage, and observed...
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Every Plan is a Model Part I

What is a Model?

In the most general definition, a model is anything that is used to represent something else. A fashion model lets you imagine how clothes might look on you. A plastic model may be a child’s first...
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Discover The Voice of Everyone

In marketing and product development, VOC (Voice of the Customer) is a common research technique to discover customer preferences, needs, expectations and aversions. Is researching only the customer enough to inform product design?

Think Bigger: Voice of Everyone

bb7’s VOE...
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We once taught a robot to brush its teeth.

True Story