Archive for: January, 2013

7 ways to make it safe for others to innovate

how to unlock innovation

Great leaders make it safe for others to innovate. What stops innovation? Fear.

Fear of the unknown. Fear of public shame. Fear of failing. Fear of getting started. All these fears, in one way or another, get in our way. How do we make it safe for others to innovate? You let them try stuff and see what happens.

Here are 7 ways to make it safe for others to innovate:

Innovation must reads of the week: What really blocks innovation

Innovation must reads of the week: What really blocks innovation

Storified by Jorge Barba· Sat, Jan 05 2013 19:51:03

Addressing the critical issues that block #innovation often at leadership level http://bit.ly/UN0W8B #innovate #innochatPaul Hobcraft
This point by @ BradFeld is just enormously important: Small Experiments, Often http://buff.ly/TzqhCZTim Kastelle
What really blocks #innovation. A new acronym: CARL, standing for clarity, alignment, resources, leadership http://innovateonpurpose.blogspot.com/2013/01/what-really-blocks-innovation.htmlJeffrey Phillips
Prof. Bill Duggan: 99% of #Innovation Methods are Based on a Brain Model We Rejected a Decade Agohttp://www.businessinsider.com/innovation-methods-based-on-bad-neuroscience-2013-1 via @businessinsiderColumbia B-School
Be Competitively Unpredictable! – first case in this video on making open innovation work http://ow.ly/gz7qoStefan Lindegaard
Another good post by @100open: Oblique #Innovation Strategies – http://bit.ly/VwboCcRalph-Christian Ohr
Why Business Models No Longer Last http://p.ost.im/p/epuCVSGreg Satell

If you like these links, check out all the previous “Innovation Must Reads of the Week“. And don’t forget to