Do You Fail To Change When You Need To?
ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-changes Plenty of companies, like Kodak, Nokia, and Blackberry (previously known as Research in Motion or RIM) weren’t able to change fast enough when disruption came to their markets. In Kodak’s case,…
January 31, 2017Ways We Innovate: Wander Aimlessly
Do You Wonder, as You Wander? It’s been proven that rigor and process kill innovation. In one study, they took two groups of college students and gave them a problem. But before…
January 26, 2017INNOVATION MASTERY: Putting The Players In Place: The Technologists
Book available here: http://amzn.to/29q9ZsK This episode: Technologists When you finally get a program up and running, you will need a tool to capture, sort, and review those ideas. While there are plenty…
January 25, 2017Innovation Requires Freedom
Let’s talk about the Politics of Innovation. In my view, the theme I’ve talked about several times over the years on my blog and in this forthcoming book that I’m writing called…
January 24, 2017How to Innovate by Breaking the Law
Breaking the law…for innovation. Recently, a coding boot camp in this area was forced to shut down – one which generated hundreds of coders who snapped up in demand jobs – because…
January 19, 2017INNOVATION MASTERY: Putting The Players In Place: The Program Manager
Book available here: http://amzn.to/29q9ZsK This episode: Program Manager Once you have secured your sponsor, you will need a program manager to create and run the program. I’m assuming that’s you. Good Luck!…
January 18, 2017Say Goodbye To Privacy From The ChatBots of the Future
Chatbots Of The Future: Privacy Even More Overrated Let’s talk chatbots. There have been several interesting articles over the holiday break about how Amazon Echos have been “behaving badly.” One was on…
January 17, 2017Culture Shock: Where Does Innovation Fit In Your Organization?
Is Your Culture Open To Innovation? “They shut it down.” He whispered the phrase to me reverently, with a touch of sadness. My colleague just met with me over lunch to tell…
January 12, 2017INNOVATION MASTERY: Putting The Players In Place: Executive Sponsor [VIDEO]
You need an executive sponsor. Let me say that again: you need an executive sponsor. This is non-negotiable. In fact, you really need more than one executive sponsor. Based on my experience,…
January 11, 2017How To Build Unicorns: Actually Solve Your Own Problem
Build Your Next Unicorn With These Three Simple Steps The startup scene is pretty rife with founders using a problem that they have themselves to build a billion-dollar business. If you look…
January 10, 2017