Bridges To Knowledge: A Blog by Barry Camson

Disruption

In a recent evening focused on Design in Herziliya sponsored by Sears Israel, one area of focus was on the idea of "Disruption." There was an impressive movie on Design with interviews of the Design Chiefs from Google, Facebook and a variety of other companies. The movie used the term "disruption" a lot, but I was convinced by only a few of the examples. The i-phone was a disruption. That was the best example. Design has the potential to disrupt. However, disrupting only makes the marketing of a new product idea more difficult unless you are Steven Jobs which no one else is. Uber is another disrupting idea. Is Design just about disruption?

Why Innovation Labs?

In our globalized and networked world, it is easy for new trends to take root. One such trend is that of Innovation Labs. There are Innovation Labs to develop products and services. There are Innovation Labs to develop projects and improve the organization in business. There are Innovation Labs to improve government services. There are Social Innovation Labs to organize communities to improve the society in important ways. Such activity does reflect some inherent value to the approach. But, what is the value? And, why now?