Empresas emprendedoras INNOVACIÓN 6.0 / Es un mito pensar que una pequeña empresa no puede innovar. Como es un mito pensar que una gran empresa tiene mayores capacidades innovadoras. Las grandes empresas se comportan como dinosaurios. Suelen ser excesivamente lentas en la toma de decisiones, y tienen demasiado que arriesgar ante cambios radicales. Hace muy pocos años, trabajando en análisis estratégico con grandes empresas del…
Embedding Speed and Agility into Strategy Execution – HBR.org / Why can some companies quickly adapt and accelerate new initiatives during times of change, and others barely get by?…
The lowest common denominator Idea to Value / A camel is a horse designed by a committee This is one of my favourite expressions about the danger of innovation in large organisations. It speaks to the sad truth that often, members of innovation teams in large organisations don’t want to shoulder the responsibility of an innovation or new idea not working out. So when discussing new ideas, everyone’s input is treated with equal importance, as…
APPLIED CREATIVITY: A New Book by Mitch Ditkoff The Heart of Innovation / You know what I just realized? I wrote a book without realizing it. Really. For the past 11 years, I’ve been writing a series of articles on creativity for my Heart of Innovation blog. Then, semi-caffeinated, just a few weeks ago, it dawned on me that, hidden within my blog, not unlike the white arrow hidden in the FedEx logo — was an entire book. Like a 250 page page. And so, I’m now in the…
Podcast S5E114: Stefano Mastrogiacomo – High Impact Tools for Teams Idea to Value / In today’s episode of the Idea to Value podcast, we speak with Stefano Mastrogiacomo. He is from Strategyzer and a Professor, as well as the author of High Impact Tools for Teams: 5 Tools to Align Team Members, Build Trust, and Get Results Fast We speak about what it takes for innovation teams to achieve their highest levels of performance. Topics covered in this episode: 00:01:15 – The start of…
On Asking for the Help You Need The Heart of Innovation / «You can do anything, but not everything.» — David Allen For the past two months, I’ve been facilitating an online course whose purpose it is to help people transform their inspired ideas, dreams, and ventures into reality. It has been a ton of fun and very fulfilling — my «calling», if you will (and even if you won’t). Baked into the learning process are some simple ways to help participants…
The story of the Vasa, the innovative ship that sunk immediately Idea to Value / What happens when the scope of a project is constantly changed? Well, usually complete and utter failure. In 1626, the King of Sweden Gustavus Adolphus was at war with Poland-Lithuania. In order to show Sweden’s strength and naval dominance, he ordered the construction of one of the most powerful naval ships ever built. The Vasa . Construction was to be and overseen by Henrik Hybertsson…
4 Actions Transformational Leaders Take HBR.org / Because the status quo won’t cut it.
Join me on 18th May, for a live “Ask Me Anything” session Idea to Value / I don’t do very many mass-market public speaking engagements anymore. I am very picky about who I work with nowadays, and it is almost always just for private corporate or educational events. However, if you can build up trust with me, I will pay it back a thousand-fold. That is why I am happy to announce that on the 18th of May at 12:00 CEST, I will be speaking live at the Innov8rs Unconference…
How Tech Adoption Fuels China’s Innovation Boom HBR.org / A conversation with Young China Group’s Zak Dychtwald on the secret behind China’s explosive business growth.
Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey and the Creative Process The Heart of Innovation / «The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.» – Joseph Campbell During the past 50 years, quite a few researchers, social scientists, and psychologists have written about the creative process, positing a number of models to help clarify its stages. All of their models are deeply considered and relatively easy to understand. The model I prefer, however, is one that was never conceived to…
3 reuniones para validar las ideas prometedoras Innolandia / A veces, validar las ideas se olvida. Muchas ideas que nacen como potencialmente revolucionarias no llegan a nada. Se disuelven como el sobre de café en la leche. Porque la innovación es un 1% de inspiración pero un 99% de sudar la camiseta. Se lo digo a todos los equipos con los que trabajo Y ahí es donde está el problema. Que no nos gusta sudar la camiseta. Nos han vendido que la innovación…
Did these scientists just find the genes which allowed Humans to become creative?Idea to Value / A fascinating new study could shed some light on the evolution of creativity in Homo Sapiens. The April 2021 publication Evolution of genetic networks for human creativity by Zwir, I., Del-Val, C., Hintsanen, M. et al. looked at the genetic differences between Homo Sapiens (us, modern humans), Neanderthals and Chimpanzees, looking for genes related to coding three different modern mental…
PRENTISS UCHIDA: Entrepreneur Catalyst The Heart of Innovation / Prentiss Uchida is an Entrepreneur Catalyst. His business coaching, mentoring and consulting services, honed over 50 years of launching successful start-ups and holding management positions in various…