Radical Innovation Strategist For Ambiguous Problems

Note: This page is not actively maintained because promoting myself as an innovation strategist for others is not my current focus. However, I remain interested in serving as an innovation strategist or ideation specialist for you or your organization, and I still stand behind the core messages of this page.

My name is Samuel Sauer, and my greatest strength is devising unconventional solutions never thought of before that solve ambiguous problems better than any conventional solution could. I bring a fresh perspective that allows me to uncover solutions that those immersed might miss.

Tell me your ambiguous problem; if it's a fit, I'll develop a groundbreaking solution for greater ROI.

I'm looking for employment or entrepreneurial opportunities. Please don't hesitate to get in touch if you or your organization could use my assistance.

I'd be happy to offer proposed innovation at no initial charge, and you would only pay (or offer a position) afterward if you are 100% satisfied. I'm very confident my solutions will exceed your expectations.

Contact Me

Email me at Sam@SamSauer.org, send me a DM on LinkedIn, or use the form below.

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Reviews

Mike Davis

Executive Vice President, Broadnet

LinkedIn Review¹ & Recommendation²

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 5 out of 5.

"Samuel is a very dedicated, intelligent, and hardworking professional. The innovation strategy and ideation he provided to Broadnet was well thought-out and provided a framework and momentum to execute the necessary tactics needed for a comprehensive strategy.
 
Broadnet was trying to determine how AI should be used for business development. Samuel was assigned to help in this matter.
 
Samuel did independent research to learn more about Broadnet and its product line, and then provided many highly developed ideas for Broadnet to use. It was very impressive how quickly and effectively he went through that process, and how he developed and thought out his innovation strategy.
 
After Samuel effectively communicated his ideas, Broadnet decided to pursue many of them and each layer in Broadnet's AI agent stack is being considered from Samuel's blueprint.
 
I would highly suggest Samuel to any company (especially an AI company) that is looking for radically innovative ideas to execute and profit on."

Marcelo Mainzer

Entrepreneur

LinkedIn Review^*

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 5 out of 5.

"The ideation Samuel supplied made it clear that he listened carefully to the parameters of my query and gave me insights I would not have concluded on my own."

LinkedIn Recommendation^*

"I gave Samuel a rough idea for an AI venture and asked him to come up with funding solutions. Drawing on his expertise as an ideation specialist for ambiguous problems, he created a step by step process for me to proceed, with several options.

His steps also included new ideas for the other related aspects of the venture, such as AI product development and IP protection strategies. His ability to create structure from ambiguity is truly exceptional.

I highly recommend him to anyone who is a big picture person and wants some precise action steps and a clear roadmap to further their program, product, service or project."

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Scroll down for the case study. I reduced projected launch costs by 99%.
(This review was made when I labeled myself as an ideation specialist.)

About

The World’s Most Financially Successful Person (Elon Musk)

Like Elon Musk, my mind is very often like a continuous "explosion" of ideas and deductions (which he talks about in the video below).

I think in a similar way as Elon Musk.

He also has a high degree of rational creativity (for coming up with wildly unconventional solutions that solve ambiguous problems better than any conventional solution could). I’m not implying that I will ever be on a similar level as Elon Musk, but we process information and problem solve in a similar way.

Elon Musk became by far the most financially successful entrepreneur in the world largely through his wildly unconventional solutions for ambiguous problems. There were many other factors, but without those wildly unconventional solutions, he wouldn't have even achieved 0.1% of his wealth.

Have the guts to get unconventional? Contact me.

Radical Innovation

Radical innovation has several popular meanings, but I use the term to mean innovation that is novel at a fundamental level. Radical is defined as "(especially of change or action) relating to or affecting the fundamental nature of something; far-reaching or thorough".

Radical innovation isn't necessarily better than any other category of innovation. A radical innovation is often not financially successful, but good radical innovations generally have more potential for financial success than non-radical innovations.

Before the iPhone launched, most cellphone companies were releasing non-radical innovative input components. For example, BlackBerry added sculpted keys and tactile feedback to its keyboards to enhance typing. Then, Apple released the iPhone which was radically innovative because it was novel at a fundamental level. The iPhone fundamentally changed the input method by replacing the keyboard and stylus entirely with a finger-driven multi-touch screen.

The iPhone was radically innovative because it solved a problem people didn’t know they had: the limitations of a physical keyboard. That’s exactly what I do as a radical innovation strategist. I’m given an ambiguous problem, and I solve it in part by addressing issues you don’t even know you have. Every case study below solves the larger ambiguous problem by solving problems that most people don't even think about.

I create solutions never thought of before to problems never thought of before.

Open to considering more radical solutions? Contact me.

Examples

The Case Studies section has many specific examples of my radical innovation. I can provide unconventional solutions for a vast variety of ambiguous problems, but the vast majority of problems one encounters on a daily basis wouldn't be considered ambiguous enough for me to especially excel at. Simply share the challenge you have in mind, and I’ll let you know if my innovation skill set can help.

Below is a brief (non-comprehensive) list of examples of problems that are ambiguous enough to deserve a radically innovative solution.

• Develop a new business model for your venture.
• Improve your current business model.
• Devise a new product for you to sell.
• Devise a new service for you to offer.
• Improve your current product or service.
• Fix the problem in your business. You don’t know what it is.
• Devise novel app features to improve functionality and decrease costs.
• Devise a guerilla marketing strategy never done before.
• Devise solutions to a multitude of ambiguous problems as they come up. (As in, I’d have a full-time or part-time role of providing proposed innovation.)
• Devise a new type of fictional comedy.
• Plan a novel system to efficiently match customers with a product/service portfolio.
• Discover every reasonably possible danger in a system and create contingency plans to minimize loss for each of them with a budget that most would find impossibly low.
• Devise a plan to leverage AI in your business in new ways.
• Devise a plan for you to take advantage of big changes in the market.

Interested? Contact me.

Ideation For “Complex Problems”

My specialty and the area I most excel at is in ambiguous problems that are ambiguous enough to deserve a radically innovative solution. That's because how much I might excel at solving a problem is greater if it is more ambiguous and complex. But, that results in me having a very niched market because hardly anyone is seeking out radically innovative solutions to consider implementing, so I am also open to providing non-radical innovative solutions for ambiguous problems.

I still excel at non-radical innovative solutions for ambiguous problems. A more comprehensive way to describe myself would be as an innovation strategist for ambiguous problems.

From that, a more accurate (but scholarly) way to describe myself would be that I am an ideation specialist for "Complex Problems".

"Ideation is the creative process of generating, developing, and communicating new ideas, where an idea is understood as a basic unit of thought that can be either visual, concrete, or abstract." "Complex Problems" are a subset of ambiguous problems.

"Complex Problems" and problems suiting unconventional solutions are essentially the same. I highly excel at coming up with unconventional solutions that solve "Complex Problems" better than any conventional solution could.

Any problem is either a "Simple" (e.g. cook a meal), "Complicated" (e.g. diagnose then perform surgery), or "Complex Problem" (e.g. devise a new business model). You can think of "Complex Problems" as any ambiguous problem (where there is never a definitive best solution because there is always room for unconventional innovation).

I have a high degree of rational creativity for solving "Complex Problems". That creativity is the combination of my natural ability and specific processes I use to lead my thoughts in the right direction. Put simply, I highly excel at devising solutions to "Complex Problems".

Want my processes and creativity? Contact me.

EOS Visionary

In EOS terminology, I am an EOS Visionary. An innovation strategist for ambiguous problems translates to an EOS Visionary. There’s no meaningful difference between the two titles.

The person who makes up for the EOS Visionary is the EOS Integrator. With some exceptions, the EOS Visionary underperforms at acting as an EOS Integrator, and I am no exception. EOS is one of the world's most reputable business operating systems.

Does your company run on EOS , or is it transitioning to EOS? Are you an EOS Integrator or an EOS Visionary? If the answer is yes to any of those questions, please refer to my EOS Visionary Looking For Partner/Client post.

Want help from an EOS Visionary? Contact me.

Open-Minded

Being open-minded against oneself is always at least slightly uncomfortable, but it's a critical component to my process. A major part of what makes me a good innovation strategist is that I am radically open-minded against my ideas. I challenge myself with every critique I can come up with when devising a solution (which is indeed an uncomfortable process).

Open minded to better solutions that are radically different? Contact me.

Case Studies

Want a solution that even experts wouldn't devise for greater impact? Contact me.

Learn More

• I’m a super hardcore worker. I’d be relentless, resilient, and fully committed to tackling even the toughest challenges to devise a better solution to your problem.
• Check me out on LinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/in/SamuelSauer.
• I’m open to employment or entrepreneurial roles/projects even if my ideation skill set isn’t fully utilized.
• Here’s a short article that explains the distinction between “Simple”, “Complicated”, and “Complex Problems”, and there are many other articles on this subject as well. (Note, what I call “Complex Problems” are often referred to as “Wicked Problems” in literature.)

You don't need to understand anything on this page for me to help you. Just contact me, and I can handle the rest.

How?

The short answer is through how I analyze and think, and that the best solutions to "Complex Problems" are unconventional.

I use specific processes to lead my thoughts in the right direction. Some of the processes started out similar to what you might read in a book or article. Those processes were then further refined to suit my own thinking style until they became second nature.

My process starts with fundamental analysis (breaking down the problem to its core principles), and then crafting a solution that is exceptionally effective and just so happens to be unconventional. I highly excel at doing that, and that leads me to highly excel at coming up with solutions to "Complex Problems" (rather than "Simple" or "Complicated Problems"). The difference? Incremental improvements (beyond the best conventional solution) matter little in "Simple" or "Complicated Problems", but in "Complex Problems", a superior approach can create an exponentially huge impact.

Take an AI business model as an example: a slightly better business model could redefine the entire industry. In contrast, while a novel approach to kidney transplant surgery might exist, the impact would likely be marginal. Creating a new business model is a "Complex Problem", and kidney transplant surgery is a "Complicated Problem".

A major reason I excel at ideation for "Complex Problems" is because I start with a deep understanding of the fundamental principles. I understand fields of knowledge on a very fundamental level, or (if I don't yet) I excel at breaking it down until I do. This grants me a novel (but more or equally accurate) understanding of the field of knowledge, and that enables me to much more easily come up with ideas that even experts in that field would have great difficulty coming up with.

For example, understanding language on a very fundamental level enabled me to create the Omnilow algorithmic language. I don't know a lot about languages outside English, but I understand language on a very fundamental level more than a language expert who knows dozens of different languages. Similarly, understanding chess on a very fundamental level enabled me to create Centari Chess. My skill at chess will never approach that of a Grandmaster, but my understanding of chess on a very fundamental level surpassed that of the average Grandmaster.

Less Relevant

• To learn more about me and this website, checkout the Main About Page.
• The Ideation For “Complex Problems” section in the Secondary About Page has some additional less relevant information on this topic.

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