Looks like I am a bit late to the party, but Nokia is using the knowledge of the crowd to design a new concept phone. Based on user input on the Nokia Conversations site the handset maker will put together a concept that will have the correct mix of style, features and cost, based on customer input. Crowdsourcing is not a new concept but it has shown success in the past at solving tough challenges for a fraction of the cost of internally designed solutions.
So head over to the sight, spend a minute and give Nokia your input on the perfect phone.
Disruptive innovation changes everything. Incumbents are toppled and upstarts are victorious simply because they turn everything on its head. Business models, markets even customers are re-defined in a disruptive innovation. Organizations that can disrupt successfully can carve entirely new markets and enjoy immense success. Organizations that can disrupt consistently will achieve rock star status in no time.
I’m a bit behind on my blog reading these days so I just came across a great piece written by Scott Anthony of Innosight Ventures about 2 weeks ago. Scott talks about the fact that cash-strapped innovation enterprises often achieve more success than their wealthy counterparts because large commitments “lead people to chase the known rather than the unknown, lead people to frame problems in technological terms and they lead innovators to shut off emergent signals”. Read the whole thing 
The past four weeks have been extremely busy. Thankfully, I have had the time to squeeze in a number of interesting lectures and talks. Over the next few posts I am going to cover some talks I attended covering topics such as innovation, systems science, design and design thinking and on creating a smarter planet.