The Cretaceous was a period with a relatively warm climate, resulting in high eustatic sea levels and creating numerous shallow inland seas. These oceans and seas were populated with now-extinct marine reptiles, ammonites and rudists, while dinosaurs continued to dominate on land. At the same time, new groups of mammals and birds, as well as flowering plants, appeared. Until one day, a Meteor came, everything changed. After year 2000, along with the emergence of internet, the structure of human society change significantly. A lot of things which were hard to imagine became possible. This created huge impact on organizations and individuals. All in sudden, the way of innovation, the way of marketing and the way of doing business changed totally. Even the focus of doing business changed. As organizer and individual, in order to remain competent and relevant, we need to learn fast and adapt fast. The speed of responding to change became crucial survival strategy.
In this 2 hr talk, I am going to share my deliberate strategy and toolbox to deal in such change.
- The evolution / history of innovation, from tradition innovation to democratic innovation to extreme innovation
- Agile is about the need for speed of learning
- Deliberate learning strategy for:
*Unknown Unknown
*Known Unknown
*Known Known
*Unknown Known
- Journey toward excellence via a town called Agile
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Information Avalanche
• Doubling the knowledge base
• 1750 - 1900: 150 years
• 1900 - 1950: 50 years
• 1950 - 1960: 10 years
• 1960 - 1992: 5 years
• By 2020, information will double every 73 days
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Advice
• Attend AHA Conference
• https://www.facebook.com/AhaConf/
• Read 10+ books a year
• Learn a new tool/habit/discipline a year
• Attend local meet-up once a month
• Follow online discussion group/wechat
• Be aVolunteer
• Bring a dice
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Advice
• Find a mentor / tribe lead
• Stand out and share
• Blog
• Wechat
• Mailing group/ wechat group
• Meetings
• Translate each learning into ACTIONS