Do you remember when you could only buy one song at a time, on a 45? Or, if you had enough money, maybe five or six songs on each side of a 33? Perhaps I’m dating myself. But paradigms within the music industry have changed significantly over the past several decades, from vinyl records to…
A new CEO might be tempted to start from scratch and scrap a company’s strategy when they first come on board. But even if the strategy seems outdated at first glance, this does not mean you should abandon it completely. There is always opportunity to improve a strategy when deciding whether to start fresh or…
There are many reasons employees choose to move on from their current company. Perhaps they feel unchallenged, their values don’t align, they want to try a new role or industry, or they need a raise to compensate for life changes. When it is one of your star employees, however, their leaving can hurt—especially if you…
Overtake your competition using this secret advantage What makes one team more effective than another? This is a question I’ve seen leaders wrestle with across industries, teams of various sizes, and around the globe. A team may have the most talented people on paper, yet their performance and innovation results are suboptimal again and again….
If you want to be a futuristic thinker, you also need to be an ideator. In my work with The Innovator’s Advantage, Dr. Evans Baiya and I guide teams and organizations through the innovation process. It’s essentially a blue print for futuristic thinking, to take an idea and move it through this process to create…
Futuristic thinking is one of those skills that does not come easy for a lot of leaders. So, if you feel this way, you are not alone! It’s an important skill to continuously develop as our world is constantly changing. If you aren’t thinking about the future, you might find you’ve been left behind. And…
Humanity has always been striving for the next step in automation. Communication has advanced from stone tablets to scrolls to paper to wire transmissions to instant text messages. Travel has advanced from walking to horses and carriages, which advanced to cars. Automation in our current digital age is just a continuation of these evolutions that…
To successfully navigate the innovation process, you need more than one type of leader. As the saying goes, you are only as strong as your weakest point. This applies to many aspects of life but is especially visible when your organization is trying to roll out a new innovation initiative. Most companies have a single…
Your teams are always coming across opportunities, whether they realize it or not. The problem is that many organizations rob themselves of valuable opportunities because they often cannot recognize these chances, don’t have the capacity or capability to take advantage of them, or simply ignore them and let them pass by—wasted possibilities. And while some…
As a leader and an innovator, communication is one of the most essential tools you have in your toolbox. You must be able to communicate with all kinds of people in all different departments across many stages of projects to see success. But communicating with those who think, work, listen, and speak in an entirely…
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