<span class="vcard">Jay van Zyl</span>
Jay van Zyl

Some ramblings on crowdsourcing

Two more examples of crowdsourcing approaches. I’ve spoken quite a bit about innovation related communities and ecologies over the last months. One component that is …

I have a confession to make…

Dear planet, it’s beena while since my last confession. Actually, I have never made a confession as the motivation has never been as strong as …

The role of NeuroLeadership in Customerization

Neuroleadership as a field is emerging and poised as an important component of driving leadership development and organizational change. There is a conundrum though in …

History of Innovation Poster

We have been trying to find different ways to depict the history of innovation (this is a draft version and work-in-progress). The posted does not …

My take on the “The Myth of Crowdsourcing”

“Crowds don’t innovate–individuals do.” writes Dan Woods. Obviously, I think that Dan missed the point a bit as to what crowdsourcing really is! Let’s look …

Steve Jobs is back on stage…

Steve Jobs has changed “the world as we know it” in many different ways. Check out his first appearance back on stage, making an appeal …

Sidney Bernic: In memory of a great man

Sidney was an incredible man with many strong views on the world. I’ve included two short video extracts from his presentation at our Realities of …

Idea ecologies, the new frontier of innovation?

Idea ecologies are exploding by using open innovation based principles. Until recently it was very difficult to tell your suppliers (the many retail and other …

Social Based Innovation, human-mashups under emergence

Does innovation require a different outcome during these times? Will a lean approach make me more successful? Do we have to do things differently than …

Presentation: Social Based Innovation, human-mashups under emergence

We are living in times of seismic change and accelerated shifts in paradigms. Reframed thinking results in new business configurations being tested and uncharted territories …