Shifting to ultimate outcomes
We need to do a better job at measuring knowledge flows – it is the increasing emphasis and use of technology that is allowing us to challenge the old …
Innovation Culture
How The Right Tools Can Help You Shape a More Innovative Culture
For a large organisation, culture change is incredibly difficult. As such, it probably doesn’t come as a surprise that we constantly hear managers stru…
The accidental persecution of the innovators
Inventors. Innovators. Out of the Box thinkers. Every organisation claims to seek this in candidates, yet once we have them on staff, are we providing …
Managing ideas at scale: Key principles
Corporate innovation needs a strong supply of high-quality ideas that feed into a fast and effective ‘innovation opportunity discovery’ process. Esta…
Killers of Innovation Part 1 – The Failure
Statistically, about 90% of all innovation projects fail. Humans despise failure! They prefer to bury it deep. This makes beginning more intelligently …
The dark side of intrapreneurship and how to avoid it
Intrapreneurship is a rewarding, but difficult, journey upon which to embark. It is clear from both the literature, and research, that the driving fa…
The Innovation Leader: Utilizing Team Roles to Build High-Performance Teams
The high-performance team is rarely an accident. There is often a leader who doesn’t step foot on the field of play, who has created the environment fo…
The Innovation Architect—Drafting and designing for successful Innovation
A great innovation Architect is a future-oriented strategist who understands the status quo, and prepares teams and the environments in which they are …
The wisdom of failure
For most in the corporate world failure is to be avoided at all costs, but why? What are the reasons failure has become a situation to avoid at all co…
Prepare for meetings like a surgeon
Treat meeting preparation like a surgeon prepares for surgery–strategically, meticulously, and with eyes wide open. These are the important must know…
Getting out in front of change: The champion’s role in innovation
The best innovation in the world may be left to die on the vine if an organisation is not ready to take the risk required to accept and implement it. I…
The price of ambiguity
You might have heard of the VUCA abbreviation, standing for volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous. It is most often used to describe how the worl…
Stir It Up: The Agitator’s role in innovation
Organisations that are complacent or stuck in the status quo will not have the perspective or desire required to create truly innovative solutions. If …
Get your idea funded by questioning power dynamics
How can intrapreneurs leverage decision making, agenda setting, and management of meaning to get their ideas funded? Using some pointers from the lite…
IT and Innovation
In the ever-changing world of IT, it is challenging to create and maintain innovation activities. With more than ten years of experience working in thr…
Measuring Ethics
Business ethics are coming to the forefront when it comes to customer purchasing decisions. But measuring something intangible like ethics is more di…
Can we really deliver innovation?
Is innovation harder during a Pandemic? No not really…and that’s a good thing because delivering innovation is just as hard without a global pandemic g…
What Makes People Optimistic? Hint: It’s Not Government or Business
The first global survey by The Centre for Optimism has that it is not business or the economy that is keeping us happy and fulfilled. It has alot more …
Become a Great Teammate – Favour Team Success Over Individual Success
The traits found within high-performing teams must be recruited for, developed, and nurtured. Even then, a team must follow a predictable path to move …
Working with start-ups? Be more successful at scouting the best ones
Scouting start-ups might sound like a glamorous job, but it is not always the case. There is a lot to consider on both sides and doing this successfull…