Comments on: Dr. Seuss: Innovating within Constraints http://www.workingknowledge.com/blog/dr-seuss-innovating-within-constraints/ Accelerating your business success Fri, 03 Mar 2023 03:29:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Andrea Meyer http://www.workingknowledge.com/blog/dr-seuss-innovating-within-constraints/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:25:34 +0000 http://workingknowledge.com/blog/?p=100#comment-46 What an excellent summation and addition, Phil, thank you! And what would Theodore Geisel think of Twitter? I bet he’d have fun with it. I can just see him playing & rhyming there in 140 characters. As he once said, “”I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells.” I’m sure he’d put teasers out there for us to keep us on our toes!

Larry: just saw your comment as I was finishing up mine — you’ve addressed Phil’s point and beyond by sharing the “one sentence story” website – that’s a fascinating premise. (http://www.onesentence.org/stories/) And how masterfully Hemingway executed his six-word story, wow. I’m with you in hoping that the auto and banking industries are able to innovate within their constraints.

]]> By: lawrence berezin http://www.workingknowledge.com/blog/dr-seuss-innovating-within-constraints/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:07:34 +0000 http://workingknowledge.com/blog/?p=100#comment-45 Andrea,

Interesting topic. Great analogy. Look at other similar examples, such as Twitter, One Sentence Story and blogging. Twitter forces users to focus on their core message and say it with less characters. Great learning tool.

One Sentence Story is a website that asks you to tell a real life story in one sentence. The site reviews and publishes stories of its choice. Hemingway was challenged to tell a story in six words. He wrote, “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” Still sends chills.

When we write copy on our website, what level of education to we aim for? Certainly not MBA.

The auto industry and banking industry better get used to constraints. Let’s see if innovation and transformation is a by product.

Thanks for the opportunity to share some thoughts.

]]> By: Phil Earnhardt http://www.workingknowledge.com/blog/dr-seuss-innovating-within-constraints/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:03:58 +0000 http://workingknowledge.com/blog/?p=100#comment-44 Brilliant. At first, it appears as if freedom is an expression of a lack of constraints — but there are always constraints. The true masters see constraints as an opportunity to express their freedom. To do this, the constraints are not to be avoided but embraced; the first step is to clearly identify what the constraints are.

What would Theodore Geisel think of twitter?

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