Outstanding thinking (if you’re a nerd like me) about how folks are designing smarter ways to deliver products and services like nutritious – fresher food – faster to consumers.

Unlike other startups that are big on ideas, but often short on resources, the coLab is able to leverage all that Target has to offer: funding, a massive supply chain and millions of customers who can provide feedback.

What’s not to like.

Source: Why Target Is Fast-Tracking Food Innovation | Fast Company

Illustration: Yao Xiao

Illustrator Yao Xiao thinks people are overly apologetic when they should be thankful instead. “A few friends of mine would always say ‘thank you for hanging out with me’ and I couldn’t figure out why it was so nice to hear it,” she told A Plus. “When I thanked people, it brought to light the fact that we just did something together—and that realization made us both happier.”

Source: Cartoons Show How ‘Thank You’ Can Be an Empowering Substitute for ‘Sorry’ | GOOD

Cliff, San Jose de Maipo, Chile. Photo: Christopher Pollard

Think of an innovation new proposition like a Rubik’s Cube: we can’t expect to have the changing faces of society, customer behaviours or technology and yet leave the business model side of the cube unchanged.

Source: Who Are The Growth Makers and Risk Takers? | PwC

Creativity and problem solving are not individual endeavours, nor do they occur in isolation. Fortunately, companies are beginning to embrace new ways of fostering innovation. Instead of approaching a new product or service creation by defining a set of requirements, many companies are seeking first to understand the human needs behind the product or service, to develop an overall experience.

Source: How human-centric design thinking can power creative problem-solving – Marketing Magazine

Let’s explore the different ways in which a Solution-first culture makes your life much harder, and how Problems are what you are really after.

Source: Moving from Solutions to Problems – Folding Burritos