Ideas are the seeds of innovation, and all people are creative. So, the answer is yes. But it comes with a caveat: Most every organization wants innovation but rejects creativity.…
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A Critical Measure of Innovation: Leadership and Priorities
in Innovation, Leadership
No matter how much effort we put into codifying it, innovation is really hard because it’s all about combating human nature; both inside and outside the business. …
Mapping Innovation with Greg Satell
Every Business Manager asks itself the same key strategic question about how to approach innovation: what do I do?
Having gone through the experience of having to figure out an answer to that question Greg Satell, the author of the very popular blog Digital Tonto, wrote his new book Mapping Innovation: A Playbook for Navigating a Disruptive Age to help Managers do the same. …
Misfit Manifesto: What Rebels Want From Their Boss
How do you lead and manage for innovation?
Not all cultures where innovation thrives look the same, but they all have things in common. One of them is they all unleash their black sheep; the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers. …
A User Manual To Working With Me
Empathy, collaboration, creativity, leadership are future-proof skills everyone needs to have; which are in short supply. So, how do we embrace, develop and put these skills to work in a world where collaboration is an imperative?
We can begin by setting expectations about ourselves, clarifying our intentions and being accountable. How?…
4 Challenges Organizations Face To Get The Most From Generalists
New challenges require new approaches. All organizations have new challenges on the table all the time, but most are not equipped to come up with new approaches to conquer them because they can’t think and act differently.
This is a specialization challenge.
As a rule of thumb, your business needs more generalists than specialists if it wants to innovate. Don’t get me wrong, specialists are valuable. But Generalists are the innovators, the ones who are most capable of dealing with complexity; the ones that connect that dots.
Yesterday I joined Innochat to chat about T-Shaped people and culture for collaborative innovation (see transcript). I’ve written quite a lot about Generalists (here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here), so I won’t touch on here the well known factors about being a Generalist, hiring and managing.
Instead, I’ll touch on the challenges……
Game-Changer’s Most Popular Posts of 2016
2016 is over. What a year. In terms of writing, this year was was my most varied and productive yet. As 2016 comes to a close, I want to share the 10 most popular posts from the year. These posts cover a range of topics, but the overall theme is hard to miss: being future-proof is more important as ever as we enter the Next Economy. Economies are undergoing the greatest shift since the industrial revolution, and it’s time for organizations to work together and chart a new course forward.
Enjoy!
10 Emerging Technologies that will drive the Next Economy
2016 might have been the year AI finally came of age, and from here on out it will only get more interesting and more annoying because everyone will pitch it forth and center as a unique competitive advantage.
AI underpins all technologies, including AR and VR, genetics, and drones. The Next Economy is going to look very different as new technologies will enable new interactions and business models.
Solving the 10 most common innovation challenges
Innovation doesn’t happen in a straight line, the greatest enemy is corporate culture. In this post I lay out 10 common innovation challenges inside organizations and how to solve them.
Innovation isn’t a job
Innovation isn’t a job, it’s a mindset. A better way to look at “innovation is everyone’s job” is: Not everyone is cut out to be an innovator, but everyone can point out things that can be done better.
Want To Hire Innovators? Here’s How You’re Dismissing Them
Hiring 101 says that one should hire for culture-fit. The problem with this idea is it leads to complacency and closed mindedness; which blocks innovation. If you want innovators you have to hire for cultural contribution.
How Do You Learn How To Learn? Learn From Learners
A culture of innovation is a culture of learning. In this post I lay out a few ways how you can become better at learning…
Creativity At Work: How To Implement And Manage It So It Delivers Innovation
To manage for innovation is to manage for creativity. In this post I lay out 6 things that companies and managers can do to support and inspire creative work.
How Technology is Disrupting Geopolitics with Abishur Prakash
On this episode of the Big Bang podcast I chat with Geopolitical Futurist Abishur Prakash about his new book Next Geopolitics where he lays out how technology is changing geopolitics.
Most Bosses Don’t Know What Purpose Is
What are the most important leadership skills? According to a study, the ability to inspire and motivate others is most important at all levels. Yet, most leaders don’t understand how to inspire…
How Do You Train People In Jobs That Are Yet To Exist?
Education is ripe for reinvention. With the rise of AI, many jobs will eventually be automated. That means we need to sharpen and further develop the skills at which AI is not good at: empathy, creativity and collaboration.
The attitude needed to be a better forecaster…and innovator
Best forecasters (& innovators) have ability to keep changing their minds. “Experts” are overrated.