Culture
These essays on innovation culture cover the importance of having the right culture. Through stories, examples, and research findings, I explore how to craft a winning culture of innovation, so teams are motivated, focused on making an impact, and successful in delivering innovations that customers love. Plus, I share insights into the key practices needed to create and sustain a culture of innovation from start-up to large enterprise.
Innovation by Design: When Bad Designs Lead To Failed Innovations
Innovation is a process. It’s not just an idea that turns into a revolutionary product and changes the world. It takes work, trial and error, and most of all, design. Design can be the difference between a product, service, or experience that alters the way people live, and something that is forgott
3 Businesses Creating Killer Innovations By Design
Creating solutions for problems is innovation at its core. However, as Einstein said, these solutions require thinking on a different level or in a different way. Sometimes this “different level” is referred to as “thinking outside of the box.” Unfortunately, this gives people the misconception that
Ingenuity in Action: 3 Companies That Inspire Us to Think Outside the Box
Businesses do not become leaders of their industry by sticking to the norm. In order to climb to the top, it takes a little (or even a lot) of creativity and ingenuity. It requires businesses to think outside of the box. Let’s take a look at three companies that have done just that. 1. […]
8 Bad Habits That Impact Your Creativity
Learning to think creatively is a critical part of creating change within your industry that could go on to change the world. If you’ve been chugging along using the same routine you’ve always used and stumbling past opportunities to be creative, make sure that you aren’t engaging in these eight bad
10 Ways to Unleash Your Creativity Today
If you want to make your business as innovative as possible, you need lots of creativity and ingenuity. But how do you harness these qualities? Many people struggle to come up with creative new ideas or to think in untraditional ways. Here are some clear and actionable techniques to unleash your cre
Innovation in the Classroom: Why Education Needs to Be More Innovative
Education is the foundation of our economy. What (and how) we learn in school determines who we become as individuals and our success throughout our lives. It informs how we solve problems, how we work with others, and how we look at the world around us. In today’s innovation economy, education beco
The Future of Innovation: Where Creativity Meets Data
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle developed one of the most creative fictional characters of all time, a character that inspires remake after remake in movies, television shows, and books. People can’t get enough of Sherlock Holmes. But the reason that Doyle was able to captivate audiences with Holmes is becau
The Economics of Innovation: Valuing Innovation as an Intangible Asset
The Austrian-born American economist, writer, and business consultant Peter Drucker wrote these words almost a half-century ago, and they still ring true today. Drucker had his finger on the pulse of corporate evolution and lived to see the truth of his words play out in global economic trends. “Alt
Are You Ready to Thrive in the Innovation Economy?
Henry Ford: the man, the myth, the legend. Ford was an innovator. He pushed society forward, not only with the original American automobile but also with an energized way to mass-produce on the assembly line. He was able to make his ideas become realities because of his mindset to surround himself w
Building a Business That Booms in the Innovation Economy
When Gary Hamel says, “Jump,” businesses ask, “How high?” Hamel is one of the greatest business thinkers of the present day, and The Wall Street Journal and Forbes agree. So when Hamel talks about how both business leaders and their teams need to be engaged in the innovation process in order to thri
