Category Archives: Co-creation or User collaboration

Lean Start-ups or Slow-burn entrepreneurship

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Gary R Schirr

Lean startups and slow burn startups permit the effectuation process of entrepreneurship to continue for a longer period of time. Continue reading →

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Catch the Wave

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Gary R Schirr

How do you catch the wave of technology? Why is Apple so good at it? Ideas from effectuation, Lead Users, probe and learn are considered. Continue reading →

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Innovation Week – March 4, 2011

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Gary R Schirr

If only Charlie Sheen had a Klout score… as well as articles on the singularity, co-creation, creativity, and social media marketing. Continue reading →

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Effectuation in Action: Consulting as Search

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Gary R Schirr

Effectuation in action: one way for firms to employ effectuation in a new market is to enter through consulting and custom projects. Continue reading →

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Innovation Week Review February 25, 2011

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Gary R Schirr

Innovation week in review: the singularity, co-creation, innovation, and social media marketing. Continue reading →

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Catch a Wave: Innovate life surfers!

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Gary R Schirr

The world of surfing shows the power of Lead User innnovation. Catch a wave and you’ll be innovating at the edge of the world… Continue reading →

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Innovation Week in Review: February 12, 2011

Posted on February 12, 2011 by Gary R Schirr

Innovation articles or postings of interest this week:   Several articles or blog postings this week about risks to innovation… Is innovation at risk and how do we get more Steve Jobs… Innovation: Are our best days behind us? The pace … Continue reading →

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Contextual Knowledge and Sticky Information

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Gary R Schirr

For innovation the contextual knowledge and sticky information of users may be the most important data: data that can only be accessed with invasive research techniques such as probe and learn, ethnograhic, experimentation, and effectuation. Continue reading →

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Innovation Week in Review – Oct 30, 2010

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Gary R Schirr

Review of innovation: effectuation, creativity, small companies, and privacy. Continue reading →

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Effectuation and Innovation I: avoid market research

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Gary R Schirr

Efffectuation is a prescription for innovating when the risk is unknown and unknowable. When outcomes and probabilities are unknowable an entrepreneur: enters a market based on his/her knowledge, experience and networks; keeps investments small to retain future options; and plans to shape the development of the nascent market with the help of customers and stakeholders. Continue reading →

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