The Pros And Cons Of Resilience
If the Coronavirus has taught us anything, it’s that life IS change. If that’s true, how does planning work if you could be deeply affected by the next Black Swan? I firmly…
April 14, 2020Say Yes To Everything
Being a huge Star Trek fan – (growing up during reruns of the Original Series and the Animated Series, Kirk has always been the best captain – although I do share more…
August 4, 2019How to distinguish “Disruptive” from “Impractical”
Futurists are usually right, at the wrong time. The thing about true innovation, is almost everything is an expansion on an older idea. It isn’t until time and technology converge at that…
October 17, 2017Do You Let Your People Go There?
Next Time, Really Put Everything Is On The Table. Go There. The Hope: Your leaders take whatever risks they need to in order to get the job done. The Reality: Your leaders…
July 27, 2017Are You Struggling To Innovate?
Are Your “Telling” Your People To Innovate? Now you may ask yourself, “Why is my company not innovative?” You may be thinking to yourself: Why can’t we be as innovative as everybody…
May 16, 2017Ways We Innovate: Change The Nouns
Innovate By Triggering Simple Semantic Shifts Disruptive new and innovative products need not be created through completely new thinking. In fact, completely new thinking can sometimes be difficult, requiring a completely different growth…
March 28, 2017Ways We Innovate: Be Incongruent
To Innovate, You Must Do Something Different. It’s Harder Than It Sounds. Just read (actually listened to) Smarter Faster Better, the latest book by Charles Duhigg, the author of the Power Of Habit (also…
December 1, 2016Be No Longer Afraid to Boldly Innovate
To Innovate, You Must Learn To Be Fearless Did you know that the fear of public speaking is even worse than the fear of death for most people? Yes, some people prefer…
October 27, 2016Need to Innovate? Just Get Lucky
To Innovate, You’ve Got To Get Lucky. Previously on this blog, I’ve talked about how in order to be successful, you need to get lucky. Some people think that getting lucky is…
October 25, 2016Do You Have What It Takes to Innovate?
To Innovate, You Need More Than Creativity Recently, I read the Harvard Business Review’s 10 Must Reads on Innovation. Although my initial intention was to take a look at the latest articles…
November 17, 2015