90 Seconds of Innovation Podcast · My Team is Intimidated by Innovation—What Do I Do? Innovation intimidation is a fairly common occurrence. But there are also easy ways to dispel it so that your people can experiment, learn, and innovate without restraint. Episode Transcript: What should you do if your team is intimidated by…
90 Seconds of Innovation Podcast · How Can I Create Space for Innovation? Don’t fall prey to common excuses for avoiding innovation. Instead, focus on the ways that you can create space for innovation in your daily life. Episode Transcript: Innovation doesn’t have to take up all of your time, you don’t need big…
Before you and your team begin the innovation process, you must understand what kind of innovator you are. If you’ve followed along with The Innovator’s Advantage for a while now, you know one of my favorite things to remind people is that you are all innovators. Each and every person can innovate, but no one…
90 Seconds of Innovation Podcast · It’s Not My Job to Innovate (Innovation Excuses Ep 1) In this series, Dr. Evans Baiya addresses different corporate excuses and mindsets that hinder our ability to innovate successfully. One of the most common excuses? “It’s not my job to innovate.” Episode Transcript: How come you are not…
Should leaders expect innovation from their employees? It’s a common misconception that innovation is not a part of everyone’s job—but you can become a more innovative employee. Every day, employees have the opportunity to solve a problem. Otherwise, why would they be at work? Organizations hire employees for positions that each have specific purposes and…
90 Seconds of Innovation Podcast · Why Do People Avoid Innovation? Innovation leader Ron Price wonders why people avoid innovation—what stops us from seriously pursuing innovation? Episode Transcript: Why do so many people avoid a serious pursuit of innovation? Maybe it’s because they think it’s beyond them. They think it’s somebody else’s job. Maybe…
90 Seconds of Innovation Podcast · Is There a Best Time of Year to Innovate? Is there a good time to start an innovation project? Ron Price says the best time of the year to do so is any time—because the small changes can build up to truly big innovations. Episode Transcript: Is there…
90 Seconds of Innovation Podcast · Why Do We Undervalue Incremental Innovation? Undervaluing incremental innovation is common. Innovation expert Ron Price explains that it’s a myth is that only large-scale innovations count towards significant change—that the smaller, incremental innovations are the ones that matter most. Episode Transcript: Why do so many people undervalue the…
While most leaders champion innovation in their companies, very few employees actively engage in innovation activities. There is a problem to solve, then—if employees aren’t involved and passionate about innovation, the result will be higher failure rates of innovation initiatives. Why don’t employees get excited about innovation? One factor could be that the term “innovation”…
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…
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