Why Understanding People is the Key to Innovation

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As Dr. Evans Baiya and I were researching innovation for our book, The Innovator’s Advantage, we came upon an astounding statistic: 85-93% of all innovations fail! We wanted to know why, so we dove deeper, using research and our years of experience helping companies with innovation and development. And we discovered one commonality: Leaders did…

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Is Everyone an Innovator?

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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…

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Dale Dixon, Chief Innovation Officer at BBB GW+P, during Innovation Academy 2019.

The Innovation Academy Journey: The Beginning of a New Cohort

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“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…

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Navigate the Storm Using Innovation and the Talents of Your Team

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I have a bias to confess to. The phrase “we are in this boat together” sparks an almost irrational irritability. While we are in this pandemic storm together, we are most certainly not in the same boat. As leaders, we know instinctively that some of our team members are flailing around in a dinghy with…

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The 6 Essential Innovation Personalities

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Are these personality types present in your team? Innovation is fundamental to grow and sustain an organization. Yet when it comes to innovation, leaders often make the mistake of involving the wrong team members in the process, which ultimately stalls or kills the initiative. What if I told you there are just six high-performing innovation…

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The 3 Recovery Killers That Will Stymie Your Post-Pandemic Comeback

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Businesses that are surviving are those that were either prepared or those that pivoted quickly, innovated, and found ways to keep delivering value for their customers. The business world has been significantly disrupted by the pandemic. During situations of macro disruption, most people look for ways to first survive and eventually emerge from the circumstances…

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What Type of Person Excels in the Verify Stage?

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 90 Seconds of Innovation Podcast · What Type of Person Excels in the Verify Stage? Ron Price says a person that excels in the Verify Stage will have strong planning and organizing skills, have a strong customer focus, and have a sense of achievement when collaborating. Episode Transcript What type of person excels in…

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Why Your Employees Are the Key to Recovery

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In this article, we will look at how to identify and understand employee contributions, and learn how to work with idea generators, evaluators, and activators. The key to recovering from a business crisis is creating new value—whether it be new products or services, improving processes to be more efficient and save money, or identifying and…

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