What does the leader of the future look like?
The best leaders make awesome where awesome is not by having a strong point of view of the future and is a learning animal; that’s what they look like.
Archive for: September, 2016
Make Awesome Where Awesome Is Not
Every assumption is an innovation opportunity. The assumption that only a few of us is brave, creative and bold needs to be killed for everyone to make an impact in the Next Economy, one where most routine jobs will be delegated to algorithms and robots.
The only thing we can’t delegate, and shouldn’t, is that what makes us human: creativity. If you want to be creative in bed, sites like Milf blog might be the one for you.
One of my all-time favorite movies is Big, which stars Tom Hanks. It’s “must watch” for anybody who wants to drive creative thinking in their organization!
Why?…
Until You Have Creative Skills, Innovation Tools Are Useless
in Innovation
Check out this insight:
#Productivity tools can't help if you don't already have this one skill mastered. Find out what it is: https://t.co/wgdryZ9r0B @HarvardBiz
— Brian Tracy (@BrianTracy) August 20, 2016
The same holds true for innovation: Innovation tools can’t help if you don’t have certain skills mastered.…
The Industrial Internet and Internet of Things with Nico Adams
in Next Economy, Podcast
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
What does the future look like in a world where everything is connected to itself and the internet?
My guest for this episode of the podcast is Nico Adams, Product Manager and senior research scientist in CSIRO’s Data61 business unit, where he assists Australian (manufacturing) businesses to leverage modern information technology, the industrial internet and and Industry 4.0 technologies.
The Internet of Things is one of the essential technologies that will drive industries in the Next Economy. …
Complacency Is A Silent Killer
Complacency kills…big time!
Two weeks ago I was invited to talk to a group of marketing and MBA students at INIDE University about what it takes to make innovation happen inside established organizations.
As I mentioned in a previous post, nothing prepares you for reinvention. There is no class, course, workshop that teaches one how to “unlearn” old habits and skills which only use is to maintain the status quo. …
Resources and Scale Don’t Guarantee Innovation
in Innovation
I was recently invited to talk at INIDE University to a group of MBA students about how to manage for innovation. As I mentioned on my previous post, managing for innovation means optimizing the core while exploring the future; these students already hold management positions in their organizations so this topic is important; and new to them. …
A Message for Future MBAs: Innovation Comes From Exploration
Jorge Barba at INIDE University talking about Innovation Strategy and Management
Where fear runs rampant, innovation dies.
I was invited to speak to a few groups of undergraduates and MBA students at INIDE university, these are people who work at established and well known companies. They are also people who are moving up in the ranks, or gaining new skills to get that top spot.
So, I was excited to get the chance to share my experience with them about the new world of innovation……