90 Seconds of Innovation Podcast · Failing to Embrace Risk: Enemies of Innovation (Series Ep. 9) Not all risk is bad. In fact, failing to embrace risk at all is another enemy of successful innovation. In this series, Ron Price examines the 12 enemies of successful innovation. Episode Transcript: Enemy number nine of successful…
90 Seconds of Innovation Podcast · Making Assumptions You know what they say about assuming. In this series, Ron Price examines the 12 enemies of successful innovation. Enemy #2 is making assumptions. Episode Transcript: Enemy number two in the 12 enemies of successful innovation is making assumptions. It is so easy for us to…
90 Seconds of Innovation Podcast · Lack of Clarity Innovation is not for the clouded mind. In this series, Ron Price examines the 12 enemies of successful innovation—starting with a lack of clarity. Episode Transcript: There are 12 enemies of successful innovation. Enemy number one is lack of clarity. First of all, clarity does…
90 Seconds of Innovation Podcast · What Makes Innovation Successful? Dr. Evans Baiya shares that many major innovation projects fail—and that there is a secret ingredient for success: people. Episode Transcript: For a long time, we always used to talk about the systems, the strategy, the ideas of innovation. And yet, with all that…
Why do companies innovate? If you ask this of any company leadership, they will offer many reasons: “Because of our competition. Because of inspiration or motivation. Because our employees or shareholders want it.” The problem is, many leaders do not think about innovation during strategy creation. It’s a huge missed opportunity. Leaders often want innovation,…
Steve Jobs once said, “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” He was certainly referring to leading in terms of industry: if your company is innovating, it will generally lead the pack. But I think he was also referencing positional titles in the workplace. If you are a leader, you are expected to innovate….
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”…
90 Seconds of Innovation Podcast · Why Do Innovations Fail? Why do up to 93% of all innovations fail? Innovation expert Ron Price discusses what gets in the way of successful innovation, and how we can combat those roadblocks. Episode Transcript: Why do up to 93% of all innovation initiatives fail? That’s right, up…
Dr. Andy Johnson, Leadership Coach, discusses ideation and innovation—and how he uses the Innovator’s Advantage process and the Six Stages of Innovation to help introverted leaders to be the innovators they are. Video Transcript Dr. Andy Johnson: Being innovative is really one of the most important things to be in business today, in my estimation….