It's a dirty job, but somebody's gotta do it. Let me make a confession. I've probably misled you. I won't say "lied," because nothing I've said in these blogs has been untrue. But perhaps I've hidden something from you. Let me unveil a truth about innovation: It's a dirty job. Hard work. Painful work at times. In his Forbes article "Innovation is Management," Tendayi Viki explains it well. "Every entrepreneur wants to be Steve Jobs. But the Steve Jobs they want to be is the S

Special thanks to Nina Paley and her "copyleft" policy for the "Mimi and Eunice" cartoon above. http://mimiandeunice.com/ In their book Think Like a Freak, journalist Stephen Dubner and economist Steven Levitt provide us with the three most important words that few people use enough. They are rarely heard in board rooms, meeting rooms, or classrooms. They are never heard in political debates. As Dubner describes in an interview with Wharton management professor Adam Grant, “A

The following is an excerpt from Keep Innovation Simple - Lead with Clarity and Focus in a World of Constant Change. I get the sense that the business leaders and media pundits of the world aren’t all talking about the same thing when they say "innovation." And the products and services they keep churning out as their “innovations” make me question what they mean, too. So, before embarking on a journey into the principles of innovation, we should probably establish what innov