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Unbounded Innovation – ET column

March 31, 2010 by Youngjin Yoo

http://thumb.paoin.com/paoweb/common/flash/ArticleViewer02.swf?CNo=73686700 I was asked to write a weekly column for Electronic Times, a daily newspaper specialized on information technology and IT industry. The title of the column is “Unbounded Innovation” and I will be focusing on various issues related to digital innovation and its consequences. This week, using the evolution of e-book as an example, … Read more

Organization Design with Toys

March 26, 2010 by Youngjin Yoo

Yesterday, my class discussed Sony case. The case covers how the traditional organization structure that Sony had with product silos led to its failure to respond to digital challenges. Instead of discussing the case, I ask the students to build 3D representations of Sony to explore the problems deeper. Then, we discussed how Frank Gehry … Read more

Evolution of Digital Camera and Unbounded Innovation

March 14, 2010 by Youngjin Yoo

With Kalle Lyytinen, Veeresh Thummandi, and Aaron Weiss, I wrote a paper that analyzes the unbounded nature of digital innovation, drawing on the history of digital camera. It was a fun paper to write and I am glad that it was accepted for a presentation at the Academy of Management this summer. AOM2010 Digital Camera.pdf

materials for Innovation by Design

February 19, 2010 by Youngjin Yoo

I ran a 2-Day workshop, “Innovation by Design”, at Case Western Reserve University. Many participants requested presentations materials that I used for the workshop. So, here they are. At the bottom, I also added Amazon link for some books that I thought would be useful for the participants.

the impact of iPad

January 28, 2010 by Youngjin Yoo

What was the impact of iPad? Right. I used the past tense. Anticipating Apple’s move, Amazon opened its Kindle platform on Jan 20. Also, two days before Steve Jobs introduced iPad, New York Times announced that it is creating a new segment for “reader applications”. On Monday, The Times also announced that its media group … Read more

twitting from physical artifacts

October 27, 2009 by Youngjin Yoo

You are reading an article from Wired or NYT. You like what you read and want to twitt. Alas, you are reading a paper version, not on-line. So, what do you do? You can either give up the idea of twitting or you can go on to your computer to find a digital copy of … Read more

what BusinssWeek review on Nook missed

October 22, 2009 by Youngjin Yoo

Yesterday, Barnes and Noble introduced its own e-book reader, Nook. Hardy Green wrote a review of Nook for BusinessWeek. At the end of the review, Green says:

“Still missing here is the paradigm-changing gadget, the book equivalent of Apple’s iPhone. In fact—although you can load a number of e-reader applications, including Kindle and Barnes & Noble apps, onto an iPhone or iPod, Apple is keeping mum on any plans to produce its own device. But with a touchscreen that utilizes the same technology as the iPhone and its Google Android platform, the nook may have Apple’s technoids thinking twice about entering the e-reader fray.

There still is probably space for that paradigm-shifting thing that is so terrific—so mind-bendingly lovely to fiddle with and to use for a variety of functions—that it actually expands the number of book readers. But at the moment, and for several years’ time, e-books have represented only around 1% of the shrinking book-reading public. Not only must that percentage rise, but also the overall number of book readers must increase—then we’ll know that e-book nirvana has arrived.”

not all profits are evil

October 20, 2009 by Youngjin Yoo

In the midst of job loss and recession, Apple reports a blowout earning and people are ecstatic. Goldman Sach also announced a nearly record earning and plan to set aside tens of billions for bonus and everyone call them greedy. One makes real stuffs and make money. The other create a delusion of value and … Read more

Healthcare reform: A personal tale

October 18, 2009 by Youngjin Yoo

Our family is in good health and we don’t have huge medical bills to pay. Through my school, we have a good medical coverage — probably what they call as Cadillac plan — which we rarely need. So, it is unlikely that I have much insight on healthcare reform. But, now I do.

Reflection on Reshaping Boundary: Art, Design, and Management Workshop

September 26, 2009 by Youngjin Yoo

Last two days were quite exciting. I was facilitating Reshaping Boundary Workshop, together with Lucy Kimbell who was the primary designer of the workshop. The idea was originally conceived by Fred Collopy as an on-going design inquiry of new way of new way of engaging design and management. While we were somewhat nervous the day before the workshop, it turned out to be better than anyone of us expected. Detailed design and careful preparation of materials and space paid off. What bound participants together, however, I believe was a certain sense of shared purpose, destiny, and urgency.

The idea behind the workshop was the movement between stakeholder experience and the invisible structure that generates that experience. The participants were given a persona of a stakeholder and asked to start from the reflection of their current image to the imagination of the future. The first day ended with a 2D sketch of the future experience and structure.

celebrating work

March 25, 2009 by Youngjin Yoo

I came across a presentation by Mike Rowe at TED. I never watched his program on Discovery, but I can’t agree more with him as he talks about the importance of work — simple work that is repetitive, physical, laborious and, yes, often dirty. He talks about the necessity of boring physical work of soldering … Read more

the emergence of post-professional society.

February 2, 2009 by Youngjin Yoo

On January 16, 2009, world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma has announced the grand prize winners of “Celebrate and Collaborate with Yo-Yo Ma” competition that he ran in collaboration with Indaba Music. Ma invited musicians of all kinds to join him in performing Dona Nobis Pacem (Give Us Peace). He made the cello track of his recording … Read more