Lab Notes

New Zealand’s legendary rugby team, the All Blacks, may be best known for the Haka with which they begin every match, but there are other traditions connected to their extraordinary success. One such tradition that […]

Writing in Entrepreneur, Ibn Masood discusses some dilemmas of working as a team when members are remote. The challenges of remote work are generally known, but the suggestions for addressing them are specific, feasible, and […]

Developing a more robust set of tools for online communication can be an important element in transitioning to fully digital operations. With more and more interaction mediated by audio video communication systems such as Zoom, […]

Unforeseen change can lead to new lessons and innovations as people mobilize to respond. Anson Wong shares some key things he learned delivering a UX design workshop remotely, and they are generally useful for any […]

The clip above illustrates the power and impact of asynchronous video-based communication. In this instance, the video is a log of an astronaut left on the surface of Mars in the film, The Martian. Talk […]

Innovation labs have many challenges as they attempt to marshal ideas and resources to create authentically new solutions to recognized problems. Beyond the obvious need to develop new approaches there is the less often recognized […]

As we all look to become more innovative, there are various techniques that are employed to generate new ideas. A recent article in Fast Company, begins by discussing well known brainstorming techniques along with their […]

In a world where place is important for many dimensions of life it is not surprising that we have expectations related to where certain activities will take place. We find the familiarity of a hometown […]

Not everyone is cut out for remote work. Some people will just perform better when they come in to the workplace everyday. Carrie McKeegan who only hires remote workers has identified three characteristics of successful […]