Hardware Design and Unending Innovation
“innovation dilemma” and designing wearable device.
If Telepathy achieves a huge success, what occurred in last few days will be marked in history as a great example — “innovation dilemma” occurs for a hardware startup that’s been around for less then a year.
Telepathy was off to a great start with the first halo design. But there was room for improvement. I won’t go into the details but we needed to change the design to incorporate the fit and the functions. We were able to overcome this challenge in the end but we faced many difficulties that had us refuting past successes stories. Of course currently there are no design standards for wearables. Thus I think Google Glass was able to achieved great success. They have set the bar for the next great wearable design. Surpassing them will require a strong determination and clear intention. I feel that this design creation process was like Don Quixote’s reckless adventure or swimming in the dark with no shore in sight. Telepathy has been able to push past this darkness and the feeling of success is now palpable. I am sure we will be able to unveil our product soon.
I strongly feel that regardless of the design, producing the ‘first’ comprises of an unimaginable risk and challenge. This process is not less difficult for a startup. Tremendous courage is necessary to keep thriving with the limited resources, assets, and myriad of constraints. Dangerous risks are not easily accepted or approved within the team. Of course you can create the best team like how we have started to form the Telepathy’s dream team, but it’s a mistake to think this can be achieved right away. Having a team who could inquire, explore and investigate where there are no right conclusions or answers with calmness and acceptance is invaluable for creative management.
Someday I’d like to look back on this design process specifics. Of course by that time Telepathy would have accomplished an incredible success.
