Going for Gold: Achieving Olympic Level Innovation
"The Olympics remain the most compelling search for excellence that exists in sport, and maybe in life itself." - Dawn Fraser (3-time Olympic medalists) Hundreds of the world’s best athletes [...]
A Win-Win Proposition: Valued Employees Deliver Business Value
Your people are creative and have potential. Possibly great potential. But has your company found a way to effectively engage them and harness it? Employee engagement is one of the [...]
Are you a Positive Role Model for Innovation?
“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” —Mahatma Gandhi Innovators listen to what leaders say, but most of all, they watch what leaders do. Day-to-day actions [...]
Culture Creator = Sustainable Innovation
When playing the role of culture creator, the leader’s primary task is to ensure the spirit of the innovation process is understood, celebrated, and aligned with the strategy of the [...]
The Connected Leader: Relationships that Produce to Results
No one is smart enough to solve really important problems alone. Networking is critical. Being able to find, build, and test ideas through a network of diverse perspectives offers leaders, [...]
Barrier Buster: Clearing the Way for Breakthrough Ideas
Innovation leaders must master a wide range of skills in order to enhance the innovation potential of their teams. Often, managers are required to play the role of a barrier [...]
The Innovative Mentor
Mentors see themselves as people developers. They take a long-term view of their staff and see innovation projects as an opportunity to stretch their employees’ capabilities and to help them [...]
Awaken Your Inner Venture Capitalist
Venture capitalists are good at finding, choosing, and bringing the creative ideas of others to market. They have good judgment about which ideas and value propositions will work. They can [...]
Be the Architect: Designing an Integrated Innovation System
In a turbulent marketplace, when complexity can add even more confusion, it is important to have a simple and straightforward innovation system. Shared and easy-to-use innovation practices and tools can [...]
Creating Innovation Connections as the Customer Advocate
As the customer advocate, you work closely with employees to keep customers at the forefront of innovation. You want your employees to innovate with the customer in mind. Your team, [...]