Category: innovation

live archeology

Big names, from big companies, have ridiculed others over innovations they deemed worthless in the past. Only to lose significant market share — or worse, cease operations altogether — eventually. The price to pay for reluctance to embrace innovation is possibly gigantic.

Notorious quotes such as: “people will never accept a mobile phone without buttons” haven’t aged well.

Business owners should never ridicule a competitor over innovation. Furthermore, business owners should ask themselves: which innovation can potentially bankrupt my company?

Sometimes it’s as if we’re looking at archeology take place right in front of our eyes.

A couple of years ago, there were barely any kick-scooters in cities. Today, cities are developing dedicated parking spots.

What seems normal today may seem archaic tomorrow. That’s how fast the world is moving.

first progress

Throughout the history of humanity, progress wasn’t always perceived as a good thing. Now it seems progress is the way forward. Health and defense, among many other domains, appear to need innovation daily. Either to push a nation forward or to beat adversaries in a race towards a certain goal.

Some cultures are inherently more progressive than others. Yet, even in forward-thinking places, innovation is sometimes hindered in an attempt to maintain the status quo.

There is a first time for everything. There has to be.

Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson, among many others, helped overcome discrimination at NASA as women and as African Americans. They helped the United States of America succeed in the space race. Paving the way for others to follow in their footsteps.

Here is to the pioneers who take the punches and let ridicule roll off their backs.