Curt Carlson, PhD

CEO of SRI International to 2014: think Siri, HDTV, and the mouse. Now a professor teaching "Innovation for Impact" at WPI and Northeastern.

[Curt Carlson, PhD @curtPoI]

@normanwinarsky This is great advice. These comments happen so often I actually laughed as I read them. Perfect. No one should pitch to a serious VC without doing their homework and being fully prepared. If someone says any of these things it is a given many other things are also wrong.

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@rstraub46 @adwooldridge @opinion The Drucker quote is profound. If you are paying attention you notice things like this and wonder what it means: https://t.co/aNVsvZHoTe

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@rstraub46 Thanks. What a wonderful orchestra. I played the violin professionally when I was young. One of the great treats of my life was the first time I sat in the middle of the audience hearing them play Brahm's 3rd symphony. Magic.

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@AdamMGrant The scale shown is wrong. Too optimistic by thousands of times.

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@sbkaufman @rstraub46 It has always been true.

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@eurojewcong @rstraub46 Yes. So many astounding people were lost. The world's greatest violinist, Jascha Heifetz, came from Vilnius.

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@MicheleZanini Terrible.

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@IsabellaMader_ @rstraub46 @Bloomberg @Stadt_Wien @GDruckerForum San Francisco used to be at the top. No more. Tragic. Look at what else the location of San Francisco has over Vienna?

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@rstraub46 @coachgoldsmith @JuliaKirby @MicheleZanini Perfect. One concept that is compelling, true, and viral can positively reframe the world.

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@ProfFeynman @normanwinarsky @gapingvoid Looks like an entropy experiment to me.

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@rgmcgrath This should be obvious. Customer's have problems but they don't know what is possible. But to do what Jobs says it takes a value creation process that is intense and systematic. Only a few companies have that. Can you name more than 3?

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@rstraub46 @WSJopinion Ha, that always seems to be the rub. They don't even feel the need to double up in their private planes. An old story. And then there are the poor. They always seem to be forgotten. We need to innovate & to rapidly get to be profoundly better at it. https://t.co/F0ful4qaAj

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"Experiential Education in the Age of AI." All professionals must identify and address the needs of others. That is the discipline of value creation but few graduates master that skill today. With AI Tutors it can be taught throughout the university. https://t.co/I0jHhO1Mxw

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@normanwinarsky Only sometimes but the crowd can't figure out when. Old school AI.

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@andrewtghill @rstraub46 Exponentially complex problems make it almost impossible to even keep up.

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@rstraub46 @DanielYergin @wolfgangschwa10 @herbertsaurugg @th_sattelberger If something is impossible it will eventally stop. But what about the damage left behind. Why do we shut down atomic plants when we should be building more. Scale and cost compatible with a realistic global infrastructure are the issues.

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@rstraub46 @WSJopinion @MicheleZanini @sapinker We are in a bad place when people give up on free speech, merit, and achievement. If more university presidents were mathematicians that would likely be obvious. We need more willing to stand up.

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ChatGPT and the transformation of Value Creation & Innovation https://t.co/j03Zg3Bb6d

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"Challenge + Skills + Hard Work Creates Meaning" Most professionals lack the value creation skills to be successful. Addressing this unmet need would profoundly improve society's innovative results and provide more meaning to employees. https://t.co/vy4SFK8AXg via @LinkedIn

[Curt Carlson, PhD @curtPoI]

The most effective method for helping teams identify their unmnet customer need. Teams are good at identifying problems, but problems are seldon actual needs to be addressed. Innovation is like peeling an onion, removing one layer of Limiting Factors at a time.