Send us a text Necessity is the mother of invention. Some of the biggest revolutions in business didn’t come from brilliant technology or billion-dollar R&D budgets.They began with frustration — someone standing at a bottleneck, asking,“Why does it have to be this way?” That question changed the way the world trades today. A single insight turned a slow, fragmented process into a seamless global system — and quietly became the biggest driver of globalisation in the 20th century. The les...
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Send us a text Necessity is the mother of invention. Some of the biggest revolutions in business didn’t come from brilliant technology or billion-dollar R&D budgets.They began with frustration — someone standing at a bottleneck, asking,“Why does it have to be this way?” That question changed the way the world trades today. A single insight turned a slow, fragmented process into a seamless global system — and quietly became the biggest driver of globalisation in the 20th century. The les...
Episode 119 – The Birth of the GPS – How flipping the question worked wonders
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Episode 119 – The Birth of the GPS – How flipping the question worked wonders
Send us a text Innovation doesn’t always come from chasing new ideas. Sometimes, it comes from revisiting what you’ve already solved—and asking, what’s the inverse? What are we not seeing? We shouldn’t just celebrate success. Interrogating it may lead to more innovations.Look at the obvious and ask counterintuitive questions. Create space for curiosity—even when the problem seems "done."Here is a story of how the Global Positioning System (GPS) was born out of a similar exercise when a leade...
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Send us a text Necessity is the mother of invention. Some of the biggest revolutions in business didn’t come from brilliant technology or billion-dollar R&D budgets.They began with frustration — someone standing at a bottleneck, asking,“Why does it have to be this way?” That question changed the way the world trades today. A single insight turned a slow, fragmented process into a seamless global system — and quietly became the biggest driver of globalisation in the 20th century. The les...
