You are what you listen to: The two point five - Conversations Connecting Innovators Podcast.

Innovators from around the globe help others to grow by sharing the highs and lows of a creator's life, their motivation, creative passions as well as their favorite methods, tools, conferences and ideas.

Every episode is enriched by links, videos and a transcript right here on the website.

The 2.5 podcast is hosted by Innovation Coach Klaus Reichert in Baden-Württemberg in the Southwest of Germany - Read more

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Yacht builder Michael Goddaert – about forward thinking in yachting, charging ahead together with friends and impatience in the innovation process

Michael Goddaert is the founder of Domani Yachts in Belgium. Together with a group of like minded friends he is charging ahead to build truely special sailboats and electric boats.

From the ground up they are designed with electric drives which implies different thinking from past boat building. As the company is growing they are also thinking beyond the boat and look into services and complimentary business models around electrification in watersports – see the elegant boats Domani Yachts is building yourself.

Michael Goddaert Domani Yachts
(c) Michael Goddaert Domani Yachts
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The Apple iPhone team about the overnight success that was two years in the making

The Apple iPhone team had to work hard with lots of iterations to create the „overnight success“ people believe it was. The “Project Purple“ took over two years to get the iPhone launched.

They started out with many iterations of the iPod acting as a mobile phone. The initial idea was the observation of the product team that nobody seemed to be happy with their smartphone at the time.

Apple iPhone team
Steve Jobs introducing the iPhone in 2007
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Gutenberg – a small example of being at the beginning of the innovation curve

Addressing “The 2pt5” percent the innovators requires to stay ahead of the innovation curve. I think. That’s why I choose a new way WordPress offers to publish this blog. “Gutenberg” is the new block editor that makes working much easier. But as a page builder it is very much located in the beginning of the innovation diffusion curve.

With all the consequences.

Pro:

  • the new features help a distinct group to work eg from everywhere and use mobile solutions (I am writing and will publish this text via my smartphone)
  • using the new supports the development and spreading it beyond the first to use it

Con:

  • available features will necessarily be restricted
  • established products will almost always have more functionality

There are good reasons not to use the new. “Nobody will be fired for selecting McKinsey/IBM as consultants or technology” can still be true. But picking up the new and unknown has definitely potential to propel change.

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Merry Christmas!

Watch this short movie and find out more about my day job and how it all started 🙂

Merry Christmas!

Klaus

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Baden-Württemberg

The state The 2pt5 podcast is hosted is “Baden-Württemberg” in the Southwest of Germany. The word is hard to pronounce, even in German. Have a look a the video for an idea of how to say it and get an idea of what we are up to:

The place is located between France, the Rhine river and Bavaria. As well as North of the Swiss Alps with the beautiful Lake Constance/Bodensee in the South.