That innovative idea that you and your team have come up with — is it any good? You'll never know unless you do this step first.
If you're a video person, I lay it all out in the video below. If reading is more your thing, skip the video and hop straight to the transcript below!
MAY
2021
Innovation and Diversity
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The numbers don't lie: diverse teams are more innovative, and lead to a much higher ROI. In this video, I talk about the two types of diversity you should have on your team.
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MAY
2021
Innovation Is Not an Event!
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If you go back far enough into virtually any company's DNA, you'll find a foundation of innovation. Companies are born out of innovative ideas. But sometimes that innovative DNA gets lost, and innovation becomes nothing more than a sporadic event, a reaction. It's time to change that!
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MAY
2021
Expect Innovation
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People tend to rise or fall to the level of expectations placed upon them. So if you're a leader, and you want more innovation, your first action is simple: expect innovation!
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MAY
2021
Ask the Scary Question
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Do you want to REALLY spark your innovation in a way that moves the needle professionally? Then you and your team need to ask the scary question!
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MAY
2021
Why “Turning Creativity into Money™”?
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Why do I keep talking about "Turning Creativity into Money™"? Well, listen my children and you shall hear, of a story from my TV career.
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MAY
2021
Innovation in a Post-Pandemic World
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The world has changed—in profound, fundamental ways. How can you and your team use innovation to seize the ensuing opportunities? You start by asking different questions.
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APR
2021
You see it so often you probably don’t even notice it anymore.
Heinz 57 Varieties.
You see it on bottles of ketchup, jars of pickles, cans of baked beans.
Heinz 57 Varieties.
Which begs two questions: Are there really 57 varieties? And, if so, 57 varieties of what?
The answers, respectively, are: no; and, it doesn’t matter.
That brilliant slogan, which made Heinz a world-famous brand, was created when a person connected two dots that nobody else ever had before.
It happened in 1896 when Henry John ...
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2020
In a rapidly changing and increasingly competitive world, the next breakthrough idea wins.
Depending on how you feel about #innovation, #creativity, and #breakthrough thinking, you may find this concept either frightening or exhilarating.
It’s frightening if you think of innovation, creativity, and breakthrough thinking as specialized skills that are only available to “the others.”
It’s exhilarating if you realize that innovation, creativity, and breakthrough thinking are natural human traits that are available to us all.
In other words, if you ...
Continue Reading →FEB
2020
You’ve heard of FOMO, right? Fear Of Missing Out. It’s why we’re addicted to Facebook and Instagram and all the rest. It’s why we tell our devices to notify us the instant anything happens anywhere in the world. Because heaven forbid we’re not in the know!
Industry leaders have a similar fear, which I call FOD: Fear Of Disruption. They don’t want to be the Blockbuster to someone else’s Netflix. They don’t want to be the ...
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2020