A story from the Better Business Bureau Great West + Pacific’s Innovation Week 2021. As a kick-off to the BBB GW+P’s second Innovation Academy, the Innovator’s Advantage hosted Innovation Week for the company’s 160 employees. “The organization feels more receptive to innovation all around since we re-engaged,” Sam Fife, Director of Innovation, said. “We recently…
Creativity is the cornerstone of innovation. As a leader, you want to foster imaginative thinking in your employees. The good news is that everybody has imagination. It follows that everybody is capable of coming up with ideas. Whether bad, good, or great, employees bring ideas with them to work every day. So, what’s the correlation…
When you think about your job, how do you feel? Truly think about it—write something down even. Are you fulfilled? Frustrated? Overwhelmed, engaged, proud, bored, thankful, unchallenged? If you’re feeling unchallenged and frustrated in your work, then something needs to change—and soon. Because it’s likely you will realize, or already have realized, that your position…
As innovators, we are always striving for betterment. But how do we achieve it? You cannot be a successful innovator alone, nor can you if you do not know the challenges you face. Some of the most important aspects of being a successful innovator are knowing yourself and knowing who can help you—and when it’s…
Being an inventor is a great achievement. After all, you are the one who comes up with the ideas, or a new discovery. From incandescent light bulbs to the internet of things (IoT), inventors have made untold numbers of improvements to our lives. We have been privileged to work with many people who are truly world-class…
“Great companies, from an innovation standpoint, are the ones that are able to make their mental models—their mindsets—clear to the world,” Dr. Evans Baiya said. Session 2 of the BBB Greater West + Pacific Innovation Academy 2021 did not hold back. The cohort of 24 met with their coaches for the first time in April…
Everyone contributes to innovation at different levels and in different stages. Episode Transcript The question today is, is everyone an innovator? The answer is yes, yes, yes! Everyone is an innovator. How do I know that? We have what we call the Innovation Fitness™ Score. Everybody has an Innovation Fitness™ Score. In other words, we…
In this episode, Lori McNeill shares how to inspire innovation within your team. The secret? Working as a team. Episode Transcript Today’s question is: how to inspire innovation with your team? Well, I’ll tell you if you look back through history, innovation was never about just one person. It doesn’t matter what idea it was, it…
“Taking the work of Evans and Ron and The Innovator’s Advantage book and putting it into a course inside of an organization like this,” Dale Dixon, Chief Innovation Officer, said, “and going this deep with innovation with a group of people, creating a group of innovation champions—it really changed the way we operate as an…
The Innovator’s Advantage is happy to announce that Tanja Yardley has joined its team as an innovation coach, trainer and faculty member. She will help facilitate the Innovator’s Advantage Academy, coach leaders and teams through innovation initiatives, and deliver innovation training programs. “Tanja’s results-oriented career and her depth of business, leadership and innovation experience bring…
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