Innovation and Organizational Savviness

3 years ago

Navigating complex organizations takes skill and savviness, or what some call office politics. It is such an important skill that world…

Will You Help Me?

3 years ago

Asking for help may be the most powerful yet underutilized resource available for innovators. Researchers Francis Flynn and Vanessa Bohns found…

Measuring the Immeasurable

4 years ago

Innovation, like most other things in business, gets caught in the trap of “how do we measure results.”  Innovation managers…

In Search of Bad Ideas

4 years ago

Mitch Ditkoff notes a common misperception regarding bad ideas: “One of the inevitable things you will hear at a brainstorming session is…

The Top Ten Soft Skills for Innovation

4 years ago

All roles in the company have a set of desired hard skills and soft skills required to make it a…

The Secret Formula – AD in Finance

4 years ago

Some years ago, we were invited to work with a large Chinese bank in Singapore. The bank's challenge was that…

Finance for Innovation, Innovation for Finance

4 years ago

This is a riddle/story that I like to use in workshops: You want a sleek sports car on which you…

Teaching Creativity With a Story

4 years ago

Lesson From Paul Smith Creativity is considered by many to be a rare, elusive gift only musicians or bohemian New…

Can Creativity Be Taught?

4 years ago

Insights from Jacob Goldenberg and Others Can creativity be taught? Here are insights from Professors Jacob Goldenberg, Rom Shrift and…

When to Innovate

4 years ago

People often ask when is the best time to innovate: early in the pipeline process, middle, or late. Teams tend to…