“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…
Innovation and why creating new value for your customers is essential. Originally published by Better Business Bureau, February 23, 2021. As a business owner, how you deal with disruption can dictate how well you run your business. After 2020, many small business owners not only stared adversity in the eyes, but they had to come…
Sam Fife, Director of Innovation at Better Business Bureau Great West + Pacific shares how the Innovator’s Advantage and the Innovation Fitness Assessment™ has impacted company culture and helped create a culture of innovation. Video Transcript Sam Fife: The biggest impact for me, I think, is realizing that everyone in the organization has so much…
A story from the 2019 Innovator’s Advantage Academy with Better Business Bureau Great West + Pacific. Imagine an iceberg floating in the middle of the sea. Above the surface sits the impressive tip and rugged edges. What you do not see is what rests below the surface—a massive glacier with peaks and valleys and mass…
A story from the 2019 Innovator’s Advantage Academy with Better Business Bureau Great West + Pacific. If there is one takeaway from my journey into the world of innovation, it’s that truly successful innovation requires courage and the willingness to let go of uncertainty. Welcome back to the Innovator’s Advantage Academy—a behind-the-scenes, unscripted backstory of what…
A story from the 2019 Innovator’s Advantage Academy with Better Business Bureau Great West + Pacific. Few things can be scarier than challenging ourselves and our preconceived notions. Yet, fewer things can be more rewarding. This is my behind-the-scenes, unscripted story of how I challenged myself and my staff. We tore down our preconceived notions and…
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