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…
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…
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…
90 Seconds of Innovation Podcast · What Type of Person Excels in the Develop Stage? Co-Author Ron Price says the type of person that will excel in the Develop Stage thinks creatively, has self-starting skills, is good at planning and organizing, and is open to new ideas. Episode Transcript What type of person excels…
90 Seconds of Innovation Podcast · What Are The Six Stages of Innovation? Innovation expert Ron Price discusses the Six Stages of Innovation and how businesses should use them to be successful. Episode Transcript What are the Six Stages of Innovation? This is Ron Price, co-author of The Innovator’s Advantage. Stage One is to identify…
Why should I care about my Innovation Fitness score? Episode Transcript Today’s question is, what is the Innovation Fitness Score? All of us, seven billion of us humans, have the potential to innovate. And in fact, all of us do innovate. The question becomes, how much do we innovate and where do we innovate? So…
There are 6 stages on the Innovation Pathway. But how do I traverse this pathway successfully? Episode Transcript Today’s question is, how do I navigate through the innovation pathway? We know there are six stages in the innovation pathway, and we say the Six Stages are Identify, Define, Develop, Test, Deploy, and Scale. So, how…
Struggling to get your idea from point A to point B? Discover the path to successful innovation with these 6 steps. Episode Transcript Today’s question is: What does the Innovation Pathway look like? When we talk about the Innovation Pathway, this is the journey that you go through or you take from an idea or…
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…
These days you hear and read a lot about innovation. It’s the common buzzword and there are constantly new articles and blogs written about it, but most of it is simply a rehashing of what has been written in the past. There’s very little new thought going into innovation, which is ironic if you think…