If Apple loses, we're all going to fuck off

Today is a great day for innovation and creativity. Today we learned that Samsung must compensate Apple for plagiarism. Specifically, iPhone patents were at stake. Samsung, with all due respect, he had no qualms about copying with his Galaxy model everything that was on the iPhone. Of course, Also … Read more

No hero without dragon

Hoy hablamos de innovación. Y hablamos del papel imprescindible de los consultores especializados en innovación para conseguir apreciables interesantes. Cuando veo que algún amigo o cliente se plantea algún tipo de innovación se suele plantear de estas formas: 1. Mirar desde el interior de los muros de la empresa. Es lo más habitual. Creativity … Read more

Innovation truisms

Entre la literatura que me he llevado de vacaciones había un libro sobre innovación que me recomendó un amigo, “Está todo por hacerde Pau García-Milà. Imagino que seré uno de los pocos a los que el libro no le ha gustado. Va prorrogado por Su Alteza Real Felipe de Borbón y el epílogo esRead more

distinguirse o extinguirse

Distinguishing ourselves or extinguishing us

Retomando la jornada sobre Personal Branding del pasado 22 de abril en Madrid, destaco el titular de una frase que me llamó la atención: distinguirnos o extinguirnos. Era la moraleja final de la charlacrear madera de líderde Juan Manuel Casado, presidente de Casado Consulting. Distinguishing ourselves or extinguishing us. I can't agree more. … Read more

18. Do you often use Google to find answers?

If so, Well done. Google is one of the largest sources of knowledge. And not just because of your web search, also as an image finder, blog blogs, maps, alerts… If you also have knowledge of English, your answers expand, because the sum ravages. Google will move you to Wikipedia, to YouTube, … Read more

17. What was the last time you tried to create something new?

If anything good has the crisis it is that it forces the need for change. Not for nothing, the Greek word crisis means change. It's hard, unless you work in the public administration, that in recent years or months there hasn't been a change in your employment situation. Right now it's … Read more

16. Take advantage of Google alerts?

I recognize that I have a love-hate relationship with Google Alerts. On the one hand, your incoming mailbox is saturated. But on the other hand, they pass you valuable information about the topics you have decided to subscribe to. Do you want to know what they say about you on the net? Subscribe an alert … Read more

15. How have you set up your personal brand?

There are many elements that make up a personal brand. Of course, training is a very important one, that lays the foundation for what we will later be. But once we enter the job market, What sets us apart from others?… Authenticity? Constant restlessness? Warrior spirit? Let's imagine that yes, that you are a person “Authentic” In … Read more

blogs of your specialty

12. Are you still at least 10 blogs of your specialty?

This has changed, let's not kid ourselves. Before we could get information from magazines sector, Seminars, Meetings, Conferences. Then, with the emergence of web 1.0 forums emerged as sectoral meeting places. The arrival of the web 2.0 brought with it tools like Wikipedia, a virtual well of knowledge created by the internet users themselves. But today, Without … Read more

11. How many virtual connections do you have?

Facebook friends, LinkedIn contacts, friends on MySpace, Twitter followers, blog readers… This is your virtual patromony. If you want it to be a real estate too, interact with them. Send messages, publishes notes, Tweets, congratulations anniversaries, create thematic groups. Your virtual connections are more important than you think. Maybe Twitter is the … Read more