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John Kao: The New Geography of Innovation

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Partners:: Momentum,; Tides
Location:: W Hotel
San Francisco, CA
Event Date:: 09.09.09
Speaker:: John Kao
Tags:: innovation; creativity; design; business management

Summary: In a presentation that mixes speech, music, and audience input, the renown author and thinker dubbed "Mr. Creativity" talks about the meaning and importance of innovation, how we innovate, and the future as a design problem.

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John Kao

Dubbed "Mr. Creativity" and "a serial innovator" by The Economist, Dr. John Kao describes his job as "instigator of new things." He is considered a leading authority on the subjects of innovation, organizational transformation, and digital media. He is author of Innovation Nation, and Jamming: The Art and Discipline of Business Creativity, a BusinessWeek best-seller that has been published in a dozen languages. In addition, he is the founder of Kao & Company, which advises top tier Fortune 500 business leaders as well as government leaders around the world. He has specialized in instructing organizations in the methods for making innovation happen.

As a professor, he taught a popular course on innovation at the Harvard Business School, and held faculty appointments at the MIT Media Lab, Yale College, and the US Naval Postgraduate School. He has started several companies, in areas as diverse as biotech and innovation management. He is also a Tony-nominated executive producer of theater and film, including sex, lies and videotape, and he is an accomplished jazz musician.

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01 hr 03 min 37 sec

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01.: Introduction

01 min 28 sec

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02.: Importance of Innovation

03 min 13 sec

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03.: How Does One Innovate?

06 min 00 sec

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04.: What is the Meaning of Innovation?

02 min 43 sec

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05.: The Future is a Design Problem

01 min 49 sec

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06.: The Spectrum of Innovation

03 min 25 sec

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07.: Why Innovation is Essential

02 min 57 sec

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08.: Wicked Problems Require Innovation

04 min 43 sec

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09.: The Competitive Nature of Innovation

05 min 25 sec

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10.: Core Disciplines for Doing It

05 min 43 sec

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11.: Where Does Innovation Happen?

03 min 09 sec

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12.: Jamming is Finding Innovation

07 min 31 sec

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13.: Expertise vs. Beginner's Mind

03 min 28 sec

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14.: Q & A Session

12 min 03 sec

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New Disciplines for Doing Innovation

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Author and "serial innovator" John Kao defines the art of innovation.

He provides a list of "new disciplines" for innovation, including conceptual clarity, communicating for alignment, and enabling what is emergent.
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