Michael Plishka
Michael Plishka
Michael Plishka is the President and Founder of ZenStorming Solutions, LLC an innovation design consultancy. He believes in co-design methodologies, sharing design thinking essentials - empowering people and companies to make a difference with their products and services.
Ramifications in Innovation (Lessons from Bonsai)
When people say, “There will be ramifications if you do that,” most people interpret that to mean that there will secondary, negative consequences to an action. ...
How Creative Dialogues With the Past Can Inform Design – Lessons Inspired by Kabuki
Great piece on the value of creative traditions over at Lateral Action – about how understanding them can lead to greater creative output. Mark McGuinness talks...
Looking for Disruptive Technologies? VentureRadar is the place for you
Every once in a while I come across a phenomenal resource that I want to share, and VentureRadar is just such a site. If you...
Design Better Products Using These Seven Tips From SongWriting
You know how much I like music. You also know how I like using parallels from other industries to supplement what I do. I...
Use This Simple Innovation Technique to Create Better Pizza….er, Products!
We’ve all had this experience: You order a pizza for pickup. You get home and open the box and find the cardboard under the pizza...
Dear RadioShack, It didn’t have to end this way…
It’s official. RadioShack has filed for bankruptcy. Call me naïve, but I really don’t think this had to happen. I realize I’m ‘Monday Morning quarterbacking’ (Why…
Cannoli – Designing a Great Experience
A cannolo (singular of cannoli) Courtesy of Wikipedia Today I was savoring one of the two cannoli I bought (it looked just like the picture...
Designing Patient Experience at RSNA14
Today was my first day at the Annual Radiology Society of North America (RSNA) Meeting. It’s a great conference to see what’s new in minimally...
Designing Delighting Moments – Sing “Hello” to Dr. Carey Andrew-Jaja
This video is the definition of delighting customers. It’s no secret that delighting customers is extremely profitable. But it can also have another side effect. ...
When a Company Won’t Give What it Clearly Has – Designing Customer Experience
Have you ever asked for a side of Apple Chips at Panera Bread? These are the responses I usually get: “Sure” (He/She then types in...
Swimming in Wonderful Robin Williams Streams of Consciousness
When I conduct brainstormings (and even when I’m looking for ideas) I find that one of the biggest enemies is the internal censor that...
Thinking of the Ideal will Design the Beautiful (Happy Birthday, “Bucky”!)
When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I only think about how to solve the problem. But when I...
Three Guidelines For Enabling Innovation (Via a 7 Year Old Crossing the Street)
The crossing guard waved her arms and held up the stop sign. On my way to a prototype shop to pick up some parts,...
Inspiration from “The Rebbe” into Redesigning Healthcare, Starting with the Word We Use
While driving to a 24 hour Walgreens in the wee hours of the night, I was listening to the radio and heard an interview with Rabbi Joseph...
Going to Work With a KOL? Don’t Forget the Intangibles
Over the past couple of decades I’ve had the opportunity to work with many Key Opinion Leaders (KOL’s) during the course of developing medical...
Acclaimed Author and Home Chef, Anupy Singla, on Innovation
Every time I get the opportunity, I ask great chefs this simple question: What does innovation mean to you? This year at the International Home…
Chef Guy Fieri on Innovation
Every time I get the opportunity, I ask great chefs this simple question: What does innovation mean to you? This year at the International Home…
Thoughts on Innovation From Chef Aaron Sanchez
Every time I get the opportunity, I ask great chefs this simple question: What does innovation mean to you? This year at the International Home…
Innovations and More from the 2014 International Home + Housewares Show
Was at one of my favorite shows earlier this week, looking for new materials and products, innovative and whimsical products, basically things that catch...
Fostering Organically Grown Innovation – Insights From the Art of Bonsai
I just got done trimming some of my bonsai trees. What always fascinates me is how branches seem to show up in the most unlikely...