90 Seconds of Innovation Podcast · Where Does Innovation Begin? Where does the innovation journey begin? First, we must identify the problem. Episode Transcript: Where does the journey begin for great innovations? It begins by identifying problems to be solved. Whose problem is it? What are the symptoms? How big is the problem? And…
Learning how to pivot is a critical skill for leaders and innovators who will undoubtedly experience uncontrollable circumstances. What happens when you run an experiment and the outcome is not what you had planned? One of the traps of experimentation is expecting the testing to validate your thinking. It is natural to want the experiment…
4 Questions to Quantify Your Next Innovation Originally published September 15, 2017, with Innovation Enterprise. You have an idea to solve a problem or opportunity, whether it be a new process for your department or even a new business idea. So how do you figure out if your idea will actually work and if it’s…
Do you know what problem you are trying to solve? Learn how falling in love with your problem is essential to successful innovation. Episode Transcript The question today is a good one: what is your problem? Not you—the problem you’re trying to solve with your innovation. Most start-ups, individual innovators, or even large companies, corporate…
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…
The single most important mandate of innovation is to create new value. Similarly, one of the mandates of entrepreneurialism is to deliver value. Yet, innovation and entrepreneurialism are not necessarily the same. As a matter of fact, they are two different subject areas that require distinctive mindsets, skills, passions, and behaviors. One of the biggest…
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…
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