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The Dreaded Perfect Entrepreneur Human-Centered Change and Innovation / GUEST POST from Arlen Meyers “Perfect is the enemy of good” is a quote usually attributed to Voltaire. He actually wrote that the “best is the enemy of the good” (il meglio è nemico del bene) and cited it as an …

REIMAGINING DISCIPLINE The Heart of Innovation / Soon after launching my new online course on the creative process, I began talking with the people who enrolled. I was curious to learn, from their perspective, what kind of obstacles they were facing — the «stuff» that got in the way of manifesting their own creativity. No matter how different the people I spoke to, how unique their background, experience, accomplishments, gender, world view…

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Abilene’s paradox: How we decide to do things nobody really wants Idea to Value / Have you ever been in a situation where you think nobody likes the decision which everyone agreed to? This might be explained by the Abelines Paradox. Coined by management expert Jerry B. Harvey in his 1974 article “ The Abilene Paradox: The Management of Agreement “, it describes a fictional case study of a family going on a long, hot, boring road trip to a dinner nobody wants to go to: On a hot…

No Regret Decisions: The First Steps of Leading through Hyper-Change Human-Centered Change and Innovation / GUEST POST from Phil Buckley Workplace change has never been at a higher rate or faster pace than now. Everything from consumer preferences to product sourcing models is in flux. ‘Reinvention,’ ‘transformation,’ and ‘disruption’ are popular terms to describe how …

What Does It Really Take to Learn Anything from Somebody Else? The Heart of Innovation / Since 1987, I have been providing consulting and training services to a wide variety of forward thinking organizations who have recognized their need to raise the bar for creative thinking, innovation, and teamwork. An optimist, by nature, I have always assumed that the people attending my sessions had an innate ability to benefit from whatever it was I was teaching, conveying, or imparting.

Podcast S6E131: Colin Hunter – Building playgrounds for innovation Idea to Value / On this episode of the Idea to Value podcast, we speak with Colin Hunter, CEO of Potential Squared and author of the upcoming book Be More Wrong . We speak about what needs to happen in order for organisations to build the playgrounds needed for their people to innovate and to disrupt the way people are led. Topics covered in this episode: 00:02:45 – Why playgrounds are important for people to be…

The best ways to have good ideas? Have lots of bad ideas! Idea to Value / At the end of the day, we all want to produce creative and innovative work that is high quality and remembered. But how do we get to these high quality ideas? Many people get paralysed by the fear of producing something which is not good enough. They don’t want to produce bad work, and therefore often wait for the perfect moment of inspiration. Unfortunately, waiting for the Eureka Moment to…

Influencers of patient behavior Board of Innovation / 3 key influencers of patient behavior that will help you understand how people make decisions. The post appeared first on Board of Innovation .

What to Tell Your Boss When You Make the Case for Innovation Management InnovationManagement / The term “innovation management» has been around for a long time (at least since the 1980s – if not before), but for many business leaders establishing a sustainable innovation management program is still a new concept. Executives aren’t sure what skills they need, who should be on their team, what activities are essential to success, and who they need to partner with. The post appeared first on…

10 opportunities for food innovation in Asia Board of Innovation / How would you feel about biting into a juicy cricket burger? Or chocolate that changes taste depending on what you listen to? 10 food trends and innovation happening in Asia right now. The post appeared first on Board of Innovation .

Building an Agile & Innovative Organization Idea to Value / In recent years, more and more companies have realized the need for innovation as they’ve seen businesses all around them, and perhaps even their own business, being disrupted. According to McKinsey research , 96% of executives have made innovation a strategic priority, yet only 6% are satisfied with their innovation performance. There’s a huge discrepancy between these figures, and obviously a…

Where Do Innovation Strategies Usually Go Wrong? Human-Centered Change and Innovation / GUEST POST from Jesse Nieminen Innovation strategy is a common source of anxiety for many innovation managers: they always want one, but few think their organization has a clearly defined one. However, the good news is that innovation strategy is …

Sofía Pérez Forneas y la alimentación del futuro Innolandia / Hola, soy Ángel Alba, de Innolandia.es y bienvenido a un nuevo episodio del podcast el Día a Día del innovador Hoy vamos a hablar sobre la alimentación del futuro. Y para eso he invitado a Sofía Pérez Forneas , ella es la Directora de I+D de Calidad Pascual. Gallega, Tecnóloga e Ingeniera, con visión estratégica, más de 12 años de experiencia en el sector agroalimentario y clara orientación a…

100 Lame Excuses for Not Moving Forward With Your Great Idea The Heart of Innovation / Do you have an inspired idea or project you want to manifest, but… er… um… just can’t seem to get things rolling? Chances are good your reasons why are on the list below. No problem. Join the club. Without beating yourself up, simply note the ones that are your Achilles heel, then try the simple «go beyond excuses» exercise at the end of the list. You’re welcome. 1. I don’t have the time.

How “Tip of your tongue” moments help explain creativity Idea to Value / Have you ever had a situation where you were in an argument with someone, but couldn’t find the perfect thing to say. And then hours (or even days) later, the perfect response pops into your head for what you should have said back then. This is what is known as a L’esprit de l’escalier (French), Treppenwitz (German) or ostroumie na lestnitse (Russian). All of them roughly translate to Staircase…

What you should learn from the Google Health failure Human-Centered Change and Innovation / GUEST POST from Arlen Meyers There used to be a time when almost everyone was asking, “What would Google do with sickcare?” Google health has pulled the plug on their sickcare venture. So did Haven. So did Microsoft. Maybe if the folks in the corner …

Join Me for Innovation Day 2021 – October 15, 2021 Human-Centered Change and Innovation / Join me for the American Society for Quality’s (ASQ) Innovation Day 2021 on October 15,2021. The theme for this year’s event is intersectional global value. There will be an exciting line-up of innovation-oriented keynotes, in-depth topic speakers, practitioner and student …

Using Growth Boards to Drive Intentional Innovation at Scale Innov8rs / Growth boards provide a focus for consistent, sustainable and transparent decision making to support internal startups from early ideas to scaled products and services. During a recent Innov8rs Connect event on Innovation Governance, Jonathan Bertfield shared examples from global corporations to examine what exactly is a growth board, how its members makes decisions, the relationship between the…

Getting Your Innovation Program From Zero to One and Beyond Innov8rs / Stanley X is the innovation business of Stanley Black & Decker. Located in Silicon Valley, Atlanta, and India, they are a group of business leaders, entrepreneurs, technologists, designers, and strategists on a mission to create new sources of growth for Stanley Black & Decker and to lead disruption in their core industries. Kevin Lemke is one of the co-founders of Stanley X, where he incubates…

Innovation Capital: How We Can Win the Resources Needed to Turn Ideas Into Innovations Innov8rs / For innovators tasked with coming up with new products and services or business models, we often find ourselves in a catch-22. When we try to get sponsors for our initiatives – for either financial capital or human capital, they typically will ask to test more, reduce uncertainty, and then come back. When you’ve reduced the uncertainty, then I’m more likely to be a sponsor or join a team.

Careers Conducive to Creativity Idea to Value / Living a creative life is a goal for a lot of people. The idea of spending every day immersed in artistic pursuits exploring opportunities, even gaining a better understanding of what creativity means is exciting. Yet, this isn’t the current reality for most — life tends to get in the way. The reality is a need to achieve a balance. You have your day job to pay the bills while you try to squeeze…

Podcast S6E130: Esther Gons – Innovation Accounting Idea to Value / In today’s episode of the Idea to Value podcast, we speak with Ether Gons, Founder of GroundControl and author of the Corporate Startup (with Dan Toma) and Innovation Accounting . We speak about what it takes to measure innovation progress, what companies and analysts get wrong, and how to think about metrics and KPIs in a different way. Topics covered in this episode: 00:01:30 – Esther’s history…

6 Principles to Build Your Company’s Strategic Agility HBR.org / 16dLessons from Airbnb, Qantas, Disney, and other companies that successfully navigated a year of disruption.

A summer office after a pandemic – what did we do? Board of Innovation / Every year, we gather our colleagues from around the world for a week of team bonding, workshops, strategy sessions, and unwinding – we call it ‘Summer Office’. The post appeared first on Board of Innovation.

Stop Zoom Fatigue: Having cameras on is especially hard on women and newcomers Idea to Value / If you have ever been exhausted after long sessions on videoconference, you are not alone. Now, just-released research shows that being forced to have the cameras on may be one of the main reasons why. A new study titled The fatiguing effects of camera use in virtual meetings set out to find out what difference it makes when we are forced to have our cameras on during video meetings, which have…

The Fail Fast Fallacy Human-Centered Change and Innovation / GUEST POST from Rachel Audige is that while we speak of failing fast, many corporate executives are not going to do so successfully because a) corporates continue to expect success b) the highest achievers are the …

Digital Transformation Virtual Office Hours – Session One Human-Centered Change and Innovation / 84% of digital transformations fail, according to research by Michael Gale of PulsePoint Group. A digital transformation is the journey between a company’s current business operations to a reimagined version of itself from the perspective of how a digital native …

Every story is the same: The Hero’s journey Idea to Value / What do Frodo Baggins, Luke Skywalker, Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, Hansel & Gretel, and Hercules all have in common? Their stories all follow a well-worn path, and in some cases are nearly identical. In fact, once you know it, you will see this template for stories nearly everywhere. And you might even be inspired to use it in your own creative work. It is known as the Hero’s Journey. In 1949…

7 tips on evaluating an innovation agency Board of Innovation / How do you evaluate which is the right agency to help your organization excel in innovation? We give you 7 tips on selecting and evaluating the right innovation agency and partner. The post appeared first on Board of Innovation .

Co-creating Future-fit Organizations Human-Centered Change and Innovation / GUEST POST from Janet Sernack In our second blog in this series of three, we opened the door to a threshold for a new kind of co-creative, collaborative and cohesive team spirit that catalyzes change through “innovation evangelism”. Focusing on building both …

The Five Whys technique Idea to Value / What does a Fishbone have to do with the Toyota Production system ? Five Whys. No, not five Y’s, like you see in an excited text message saying “Heyyyyy!!!” of figuring out problems in a business. This is a useful tool in finding reasons for manufacturing issues, customer service issues, and opportunities to innovate your offering in new ways. The technique was pioneered at Toyota in order to…

Scaling-up, the next frontier for innovation organization Human-Centered Change and Innovation / Guest Post from Nicolas Bry How to transform innovative bottom-up initiatives into a movement spread across the company? How to scale your innovation program widely? Here are a few lessons learned from creating innovation programs in Europe, and tweaking them …

What Drives Creativity? The Heart of Innovation / If you have 23 minutes to spare and want to get some insights into what drives creativity (and what gets in the way), I invite you to click this link and listen to Gil Hanson’s interview of me on his BE YOUR BEST podcast…