Comments on: How many of your team’s ideas are in the iPhone? http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/07/05/how-many-of-your-teams-ideas-are-in-the-iphone-2/ Adaptive Path Blog Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:16:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Ben http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/07/05/how-many-of-your-teams-ideas-are-in-the-iphone-2/#comment-178606 Ben Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:38:20 +0000 http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/07/05/how-many-of-your-teams-ideas-are-in-the-iphone-2/#comment-178606 Accelerometers have gone down in price in the past five years. You can now buy 3 axis accelerometers for $3 or $4 dollars ( and that is single quantity prices). Source: digikey.com and/or mouser.com Accelerometers have gone down in price in the past five years. You can now buy 3 axis accelerometers for $3 or $4 dollars ( and that is single quantity prices).

Source: digikey.com and/or mouser.com

]]> By: Avoiding Ready-Fire-Aim UX Design - Craig Shoemaker http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/07/05/how-many-of-your-teams-ideas-are-in-the-iphone-2/#comment-178440 Avoiding Ready-Fire-Aim UX Design - Craig Shoemaker Thu, 29 May 2008 20:35:18 +0000 http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/07/05/how-many-of-your-teams-ideas-are-in-the-iphone-2/#comment-178440 [...] How many of your team’s ideas are in the iPhone? [...] [...] How many of your team’s ideas are in the iPhone? [...]

]]> By: AK http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/07/05/how-many-of-your-teams-ideas-are-in-the-iphone-2/#comment-175830 AK Fri, 04 Jan 2008 04:37:23 +0000 http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/07/05/how-many-of-your-teams-ideas-are-in-the-iphone-2/#comment-175830 As someone who's gone through this, let me add the to the rest of your potential conversation with your managers. My conversations go "did you see what *company name here* did? I think we can do something just as slick. Remember the issue with *insert previous problem here*. If we do *enter your idea here* we can *expected outcome*. What do you think? I can have this up and running in no time" For example: "did you see what Google did with the type-ahead? I think we can do something just as slick. Remember the issue with inconsistent data entry? We can provide a drop down with commonly keyed data and increase the clean/good data entered in the system. I can have it up by tomorrow. What do you think?" What did does is make you: - aware of innovation in the field - able to come up with innovating ideas - aware of a issues that exist - able to provide a solution that contributes to the business - properly set the expectations of your manager - able to deliver If you do have a good idea, it will be hard for your managers to say no. Do this often enough you have your managers coming to you for ideas. What also helps is a little humility by giving credit to your manager. It will make them look good to his/her manager, which can pay huge dividends. As someone who’s gone through this, let me add the to the rest of your potential conversation with your managers.

My conversations go “did you see what *company name here* did? I think we can do something just as slick. Remember the issue with *insert previous problem here*. If we do *enter your idea here* we can *expected outcome*. What do you think? I can have this up and running in no time”

For example: “did you see what Google did with the type-ahead? I think we can do something just as slick. Remember the issue with inconsistent data entry? We can provide a drop down with commonly keyed data and increase the clean/good data entered in the system. I can have it up by tomorrow. What do you think?”

What did does is make you:
- aware of innovation in the field
- able to come up with innovating ideas
- aware of a issues that exist
- able to provide a solution that contributes to the business
- properly set the expectations of your manager
- able to deliver

If you do have a good idea, it will be hard for your managers to say no. Do this often enough you have your managers coming to you for ideas.

What also helps is a little humility by giving credit to your manager. It will make them look good to his/her manager, which can pay huge dividends.

]]> By: links for 2007-07-12 (Leapfroglog) http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/07/05/how-many-of-your-teams-ideas-are-in-the-iphone-2/#comment-100237 links for 2007-07-12 (Leapfroglog) Thu, 12 Jul 2007 06:29:42 +0000 http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/07/05/how-many-of-your-teams-ideas-are-in-the-iphone-2/#comment-100237 [...] adaptive path » blog » blog archive » How many of your team’s ideas are in the iPhone? Will the iPhone’s release *really* ‘change the game’? I’m looking forward to the first reports of people actually using it as a case to get UX higher on the agenda. (tags: UX userexperience iPhone innovation business) [...] [...] adaptive path » blog » blog archive » How many of your team’s ideas are in the iPhone? Will the iPhone’s release *really* ‘change the game’? I’m looking forward to the first reports of people actually using it as a case to get UX higher on the agenda. (tags: UX userexperience iPhone innovation business) [...]

]]> By: Jim Rait http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/07/05/how-many-of-your-teams-ideas-are-in-the-iphone-2/#comment-98490 Jim Rait Fri, 06 Jul 2007 14:15:27 +0000 http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/07/05/how-many-of-your-teams-ideas-are-in-the-iphone-2/#comment-98490 We talk about product branding for consumers but I stumbled across Tom peter's BrandYou that talks of me and you as a brand so in order for the decision maker's to connect with what we want to do we have to tell a story that is authentic ( we told a story and delivered the content before.. even if a small step forward)and then deliver the promise of the story.. which is about making ideas tangible by visualisation and prototyping early. When someone engages with the story the $20 dollars becomes "only $20 dollars" for those benefits/experiences/opportunities. But it does mean we need to do more upfront homework to explore possibilities playfully before we engage the decision-makers and we need to find the opinion formers too! It's the world of Make-one, play-with-one, break-one then move-on. We talk about product branding for consumers but I stumbled across Tom peter’s BrandYou that talks of me and you as a brand so in order for the decision maker’s to connect with what we want to do we have to tell a story that is authentic ( we told a story and delivered the content before.. even if a small step forward)and then deliver the promise of the story.. which is about making ideas tangible by visualisation and prototyping early. When someone engages with the story the $20 dollars becomes “only $20 dollars” for those benefits/experiences/opportunities. But it does mean we need to do more upfront homework to explore possibilities playfully before we engage the decision-makers and we need to find the opinion formers too! It’s the world of Make-one, play-with-one, break-one then move-on.

]]> By: Yme’s Thoughts » Blog Archive » Everybody’s built the iPhone http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/07/05/how-many-of-your-teams-ideas-are-in-the-iphone-2/#comment-98399 Yme’s Thoughts » Blog Archive » Everybody’s built the iPhone Fri, 06 Jul 2007 06:53:00 +0000 http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/07/05/how-many-of-your-teams-ideas-are-in-the-iphone-2/#comment-98399 [...] on telecoms and mobile devices. Some of the ideas we had are now visible in the iPhone. There are more people with a similar deja vu experience. But in the end it’s not just about having ideas, [...] [...] on telecoms and mobile devices. Some of the ideas we had are now visible in the iPhone. There are more people with a similar deja vu experience. But in the end it’s not just about having ideas, [...]

]]> By: Ymerce » Iedereen heeft de iPhone gemaakt http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/07/05/how-many-of-your-teams-ideas-are-in-the-iphone-2/#comment-98397 Ymerce » Iedereen heeft de iPhone gemaakt Fri, 06 Jul 2007 06:47:22 +0000 http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/07/05/how-many-of-your-teams-ideas-are-in-the-iphone-2/#comment-98397 [...] en de mobiele telefoon. Een aantal ideeen die we hadden zie je nu terug in de iPhone. Er zijn meer mensen die een dergelijke deja vu ervaring hebben. Maar uiteindelijk draait het niet alleen om de [...] [...] en de mobiele telefoon. Een aantal ideeen die we hadden zie je nu terug in de iPhone. Er zijn meer mensen die een dergelijke deja vu ervaring hebben. Maar uiteindelijk draait het niet alleen om de [...]

]]> By: Paul Levinson http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/07/05/how-many-of-your-teams-ideas-are-in-the-iphone-2/#comment-98377 Paul Levinson Fri, 06 Jul 2007 04:46:38 +0000 http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/07/05/how-many-of-your-teams-ideas-are-in-the-iphone-2/#comment-98377 Lots of people predicted and even designed aspects of the iPhone - <a href="http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/06/iphone-arrives.html" rel="nofollow">I've been writing about it since 1979</a>... Lots of people predicted and even designed aspects of the iPhone - I’ve been writing about it since 1979…

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