Etiqueta: cultura innovación

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…

Where Do Good Ideas Come From? The Heart of Innovation / 

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…

What is your sickcare technology burnout impact factor (BIF)? Human-Centered Change and Innovation / Guest Post from Arlen Meyers A group of former and current providers convened recently to discuss how digital transformation can be both contributing to and alleviating burnout. Technofatigue, innovation fatigue and change fatigue are as ubiquitous as the Delta variant in unvaccinated people. It’s …

Abundance mindset vs Scarcity Mindset Idea to Value / Is the glass half full or half empty? If you succeed at something, does that mean that someone else needs to lose? Often in innovation we will use phrases like “winner takes all”, “taking customers” or “stealing market share”. These suggest that there is a limited supply of value in the market, and if you get some of it, it means that you are taking it away from someone else and they are…

Re-thinking stage-gate innovation Board of Innovation / 8 areas for succeeding in using stage-gate processes for innovation. The post appeared first on Board of Innovation .

Podcast S6E129: Robert Wright – Protecting your idea with Intellectual Property Idea to Value / In this episode of the Idea to Value Podcast, we speak with Intellectual Property lawyer Robert Wright about the different ways to protect your ideas and innovation. We go through the different types of intellectual property, as well as which one is appropriate for which type of creative output, innovation or product. Topics covered in this episode: 00:01:45 – How Napster was Robert’s introductio

Best of IdeaCast: Saying No to More Work HBR.org / Revisiting a conversation around workload, boundaries, and communication.

How to apply Behavioral Design to healthcare Board of Innovation / Modern healthcare challenges require the development of solutions that interrupt your existing processes and need new capabilities. Behavioral Design is one of the capabilities that will be an asset for you as your products, services, and portfolios disrupt and are disrupted. The post appeared first on Board of Innovation .

Kabul y el Fin de la Historia INNOVACIÓN 6.0 / Francis Fukuyama se equivocó. La caída del muro de Berlín no era el fin de la Historia. Era sólo el principio. Hoy, Kabul vuelve a la Edad Media. Artículo en: https://www.viaempresa.cat/es/economia/kabul-fin-historia_2156140_102.html (Foto: Klimke) La entrada se publicó primero en INNOVACIÓN 6.0 .

Innovation Teams Do Not Innovate Human-Centered Change and Innovation / Guest Post from Janet Sernack In our first blog in this series of three blogs, we reinforced and validated the importance and role of collaboration. We then described the range of emerging new, inspirational, and adaptive models that lean into complexity and …

How having children makes fathers’ brains less imaginative Idea to Value / Everyone knows that having a child changes your life. But did you know that it also physically changes a parents’ brain? And in the case of fathers, that this might lead to them becoming less creative? In a recently published research paper called Neural plasticity in fathers of human infants , 16 fathers (7 of whom were first-time fathers) were put into an MRI brain scanner twice: once between…

How to Speed Up Your Digital Transformation HBR.org / Insights from a two-year study at one of Europe’s leading banks.

You’re invited: join 800+ innovators for new series of Innov8rs Connect events Innov8rs / The best & latest in corporate innovation Your list of to-do’s might feel endless. What if you can get some help in tackling your challenges, from others who have ‘been there, done that’? Of course, you’re busy. But it does help to take a step back from the busyness of your day-to-day, in order to reflect, refocus and re-energize. You’re invited to join 800+ cross-industry innovation leaders and…

Why so much medical technoskepticism? Human-Centered Change and Innovation / Guest Post from Arlen Meyers Medicine has transitioned from high touch to high tech to low trust. The explosion of post COVID technology “innovations” is leaving a wake of skepticism from the healing class. As noted, Covid-19 let virtual medicine out …

Where Digital Transformations Go Wrong in Small and Midsize Companies HBR.org / Two critical strategies that are often overlooked.

How to Break the 5 Habits That Hurt Ideation InnovationManagement / Many companies find it hard to prioritize ideation. Here are five ways to break the pattern and gather a wealth of ideas for your organization. The post appeared first on InnovationManagement .

How new experiences make you more creative Idea to Value / One of the most effective ways to improve your creativity short-term is to have an unexpected experience. Research by Prof Simone Ritter has shown that variety and new experiences can improve an individuals’ performance on divergent thinking tasks, a test of creativity. Her focus has been on “unexpected experiences” and how they affect creativity. In one of her experiments she used a Virtual Real…

Saying YES to Your Weirdness The Heart of Innovation / 

Catalysing Change Through Innovation Teams Human-Centered Change and Innovation / Guest Post from Janet Sernack What makes Israel so innovative? And what has this got to do with teaming? One of the key discoveries, we made, almost ten years ago, when we relocated to Israel, was the power of its …

Innovation organization only thrives along with innovation culture Human-Centered Change and Innovation / Guest Post from Nicolas Bry Innovation organization doesn’t thrive without innovation culture: organization and process without culture are like a factory without raw materials; culture without organization and process is appropriate to initiate a handful of innovation projects, but doesn’t …

Don’t Forget Branding as You Look for Business Growth Human-Centered Change and Innovation / People underestimate the importance of brand as they look to grow their business beyond their initial set of successful products and services. But, if you grow your business beyond your brand you’re doomed to fail. Few of us have the …

At the Heart of Successful Digital Transformations are Humans and Data Human-Centered Change and Innovation / Digital transformation has become an overused buzzword. When most people speak about digital transformation, they are really speaking about digitization, digitalization, or digital strategy. They are all very different and none of them are digital transformation. Let’s look at each …

What is Human-Centered Change? Human-Centered Change and Innovation / Arriving into the profession of change management and leadership honestly, having led organizational change programs for world-beating organizations like Wunderman and Microsoft, I’m excited to help others take their change efforts to new heights using new tools. People Are the …

What is Change Management? Human-Centered Change and Innovation / Organizational Change Management (OCM) is an incredibly important part of management science, but a very immature part. So immature in fact that as the profession began to coalesce the unfortunate decision was made to anchor on the term change management …

Crazy New Products – Real and Imagined Human-Centered Change and Innovation / Above are three crazy new product photos – two real, two imagined. Can you guess which is which? I’ve written before about flavor proliferation but every day it seems as if food companies keep increasing variety even as the number …

Building an Imagination Machine Human-Centered Change and Innovation / Exclusive Interview Excerpt from InnovationManagement.se with Martin Reeves and Jack Fuller Imagination is one of the least understood but most crucial ingredients of success. It’s what makes the difference between an incremental change and the kinds of pivots and paradigm …

Leveraging Alien Thinking Human-Centered Change and Innovation / Exclusive Interview Excerpt from InnovationManagement.se with Cyril Bouquet, Jean-Louis Barsoux, and Michael Wade For the past decade, Cyril Bouquet, Jean-Louis Barsoux, and Michael Wade, professors of innovation and strategy at IMD Business School, have studied inventors, scientists, doctors, entrepreneurs, and …

Teaming Up to Drive Customer Experience, Change and Innovation Success Human-Centered Change and Innovation / I have exciting news to share and I can finally reveal all the details. I am teaming up with the HCL Digital Consulting practice to help clients design compelling experiences, organizational agility, and innovation capabilities at the front end of …

Building Cumulative Advantage Human-Centered Change and Innovation / Exclusive Mark Schaefer Interview Excerpt from CustomerThink.com Cumulative Advantage as a concept builds unstoppable momentum for your ideas and your business — even when the odds seem stacked against you. The book shows how initial advantages, seams of opportunity, sonic …

550 Quote Slides on Design, Innovation, and Change Human-Centered Change and Innovation / Free Downloads for Keynote Speeches, Presentations and Workshops Looking for a compelling quote for a keynote speech, workshop or presentation on any of these topics? Innovation Design Change Digital Transformation Design Thinking Creativity Leadership I’m flattered that people have been …

Is innovation everyone’s job? Human-Centered Change and Innovation / EPISODE SEVEN – Ask the Consultant Live from the Innovation Studio comes EPISODE SEVEN of a new ‘Ask the Consultant’ series of short form videos. EPISODE SEVEN seeks to answer a strategic question that many innovation leaders struggle with: “Is …

La paradoja de Polanyi INNOVACIÓN 6.0 / Imaginemos que salimos a la calle y encontramos a un amigo a quien no hemos visto en 20 años. Está mucho más delgado, calvo y lleva barba. Ha cambiado. Pero cruzamos la mirada y ¡lo reconocemos! No sabemos por qué. Su aspecto es muy diferente, pero sorprendentemente sabemos que es nuestro amigo. No podríamos escribir un conjunto de instrucciones para que alguien más, o una máquina, lo reconozcan…

How Leading with Love Makes Leadership Easier Idea to Value / What is the most important thing when it comes to business? You would think it is marketing, business strategy , revenue, branding, human capital, and profit – and you’re wrong! While all of these are critical aspects of any successful business, love is first. Yes, it is love. You can love your employees and those you lead without forsaking your company’s objectives. Love is essential for not…

Everything You Need to Know About The Year of Living Creatively The Heart of Innovation / «Security is mostly a superstition. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.» — Helen Keller The next Year of Living Creatively course begins on September 12th. If you are interested, but not yet certain if the course is right for you, the following links will help you decide. The deadline to enroll is September 1st. Overview Testimonials An invitation to dive deeper into your own creative…

15 Quotes on the Importance of Asking the Right Question The Heart of Innovation / As a facilitator of the creative process, I continue to be astounded by how few organizations have any kind of process is place to PAUSE, reflect, and make sure they are coming up with the right questions. Apparently, I’m not alone. 1. «It’s not that they can’t see the solution. They can’t see the problem.» – G.K. Chesterton 2. «There are no right answers to wrong questions.» – Ursula K. Le Guin…

Let Your Top Performers Move Around the Company HBR.org / It’s a critical way to retain talent and upskill your workforce.

Five Key Mistakes That Are Killing Your Innovation Outcomes Today (And The Keys To Overcoming Them) Innov8rs / Regardless of what industry you are in, what your goals for innovation are, and how you are going about doing it, there are recurring bottlenecks that are squeezing the life out of your innovation outcomes. During our recent Innov8rs Connect Unconference 2021, Co-Founder of Spyre and Former VP Global Innovation at HP Software Ahi Gvirtsman reviewed the mistakes you may be making that are causing…

Innovation Culture and the Role of Tiny Habits Innov8rs / The world of corporate innovation – and business in general – is full of buzzwords. Many people associate innovation teams with open plan rooms filled with smiling faces playing table tennis. While the words we use to describe our problems matter, it’s how we address those problems that counts. The methods and approaches we use to tackle problems in our organizations is what we call our culture.

Quality and Compliance: Friction or Enabler? Innov8rs / Friction departments, like quality and compliance teams, are often seen to be nothing more than inhibitors to innovation. This makes sense, given that friction departments are in place to protect the company from unnecessary risks. Often, innovative ideas come with a lot of risk, and so these teams may be reluctant to allow them to move forward. However, another often overlooked practice of the…

Podcast S6E128: Holly White – How ADHD impacts creativity Idea to Value / In today’s episode, we speak with Dr Holly White, cognitive psychologist and researcher looking at the link between ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) and creativity . We look at why some people with ADHD might succeed on certain creative tasks, as well as the link between inhibition in the brain and creativity. Topics covered in today’s episode: 00:02:45 – What ADHD is, what the…

Digital social innovation: the argument for healthcare Board of Innovation / Harnessing digital technologies to improve healthcare and focus innovation towards more social ends. The post appeared first on Board of Innovation.

People’s Three Biggest Concerns About Enrolling in THE YEAR OF LIVING CREATIVELY The Heart of Innovation / Here they are: 1) Time; 2) Money; 3) Identifying a specific project. That’s it, folks. Those are the three most common reasons why people hesitate to enroll in The Year of Living Creatively , even if they understand the value of the course and have been referred by a trusted friend. Let’s take a look at each of these concerns, one at a time, so you have all the info you need to decide whether to…

The Dunning-Kruger effect: Why stupid people think they are smart Idea to Value / Have you ever met someone who thinks that they are amazing at something, but does not realise that in fact they are below average? This could be the Dunning-Kruger effect in action. The Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias whereby people who are incompetent in an area don’t understand what high performance looks like in that field, and so cannot tell they are incompetent. The effect was…

How Do You Uncover Unseen Problems? InnovationManagement / Anyone who works in the problem definition space knows the pitfalls of hidden issues. Solving a problem is sometimes dependent on who is articulating the problem, the lens with which they view the world, and the space that they have at the table… The post appeared first on InnovationManagement .

What People Are Saying about THE YEAR OF LIVING CREATIVELY The Heart of Innovation / If you are in the process birthing (or wanting to birth) an inspired idea, dream, vision, goal, or creative venture, I invite you to consider enrolling in my upcoming YEAR OF LIVING CREATIVELY course — a two-month, online learning adventure (starting on September 12th) designed to provide aspiring innovators with all the insight, mojo, and mastery they need to manifest their heart’s desire. It’s…