Hallway Studio

Anatomy of an Innovative Team: Discipline

Note: This is the third in a series of posts about what is needed on an innovative team. Previous posts were on empathy and inquisitiveness  A new idea is exciting and addictive. You can see the possibilities everywhere. Every new prospect or client I encounter is deeply passionate about their new idea. The trap is that […]

Anatomy of an Innovative Team: Inquisitiveness

Note: This is the second in a series of posts about what is needed on an innovative team. The first was about empathy.  In our office there is always a lot of discussion in person and over email about new technologies and trends. The hot topic at the moment is mobile payments. It’s this passion […]

Anatomy of an Innovative Team: Empathy

Note: This is the first in a series of posts about what is needed on an innovative team. Teams should have different types of thinkers with different skills sets but these competency areas are critical. I had the privilege of doing a pro-bono strategy workshop for St. Jude this month as was able to tour […]

Don’t count on a Rockstar

I’ve heard “if we only had a rockstar product manager (or UX designer) then we could…” many times and I’m sorry to say it doesn’t really work that way. A single person, even an exceptionally talented person, can’t drive change on their own. This is especially true if they are trying to build a product […]