Comments for Derek Christensen

Comment on Innovation Through Observation by Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:24:30 +0000

I love it! I’ve been tasked w/ assisting some of our innovation efforts at work, and it’s been a challenge convincing some of the folks in management that people need to burn cycles just observing what our customers in the business do.

“Can’t we rely on requests?”

“Trust me, the business will let us know when they want something.”

Really? Since when do people really know what it is they want when they’re not aware of the adjacent possible? As internal IT we are here to act as subject matter experts over all things IT, and we are in the best position to see where their pinch/pain points are and find solutions that they aren’t even aware of!

We’re moving in the right direction, but innovation is really a difficult subject for some people to come to grasp.

Comment on Hiring Milkshakes (and other secrets to product development) by » Uma pequena história sobre o exercício de pensar em inovação YES Ux CAN

» Uma pequena história sobre o exercício de pensar em inovação YES Ux CAN — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:20:47 +0000

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Comment on The Failure of the Food Pyramid by Chaya Madren

Chaya Madren — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 07:51:55 +0000

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Comment on From PSD to WordPress Theme: Bringing Designs to Life by Matt

Matt — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:58:04 +0000

Am glad you did this. Was a great watch and something that I’ve been contemplating giving a go for a while now. It was nice to see someone who has taken the plunge and actually succeeded. Cheers.

Comment on Matt Cutts: 30-Day Goals by Jeff Rosenbaugh

Jeff Rosenbaugh — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 04:26:38 +0000

Love it! Good reminder to take a chance on the short term goals to improve life experiences.

Comment on The Single Most Important Rule of Management by Derek

Derek — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:39:08 +0000

I found the original source of the analogy – a Harvard Business Review article by Stephen Covey http://hbr.org/1999/11/management-time-whos-got-the-monkey/ar/1

Comment on Where Could I Be in 10 Hours? by D

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:02:44 +0000

I liked this. Let’s see… in 10 hours I could look back and realized I had some of the best 10 hours in a while! I will go with that outlook and do something now.

Comment on Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) and Fear of Better Opportunities (FOBO) by Amy Cuddy on Power Poses » Derek Christensen

Amy Cuddy on Power Poses » Derek Christensen — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:01:14 +0000

[...] Cuddy was one of the highlights of my TEDxCambridge experience, along with Priya Parker and Caldwell Esselstyn. Listen as she teaches about the effects of body language on the mind and [...]

Comment on From PSD to WordPress Theme: Bringing Designs to Life by Brooke

Brooke — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 19:57:05 +0000

You did an amazing job. You should do more speaking events!

Comment on Where Could I Be in 10 Hours? by Julie

Julie — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 14:01:45 +0000

I like this question more than the where will you be in 5 years. Mainly because never have I been where I thought I would be in 5 years, but 10 hours- I could handle making that decision and see it though.