“When companies don’t pivot, we know the stories,” Dr. Evans Baiya said. “They’re archaeology, part of history—we talk about them that way. That’s because pivoting is TIME-BOUND. Disruption can happen overnight, and you must always be ready to pivot.” One year, seven virtual sessions, countless coaching and executive meetings, and a week together in-person in…
As the Better Business Bureau Innovation Academy 2021 cohort nears the halfway point of their year-long journey, they are now starting to discover where they fall in the innovation continuum and the skills required for each stage of innovation. According to Ron Price, this is when the Innovation Academy clicks for most people—they can now…
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…
“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…
“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…