We Are Family - Managing Innovators
How do you manage a team of innovators? No that’s not the start of a joke. It’s a serious question. Do you take a command-and-control...
Small Changes, Big Results
In the latest issue of Fast Company, there is an extensive interview with Ed Catmull, President of Pixar, with some good excerpts from...
Will People Do What You Expect Them to Do with Your Innovation?
A day care center had a problem. Working parents were occasionally late in picking up their children, creating scheduling issues for...
Using Mental Chains to Free Your Innovating Capability
Try a quick exercise in innovation: Challenge 1) In sixty seconds, think of as many new solutions to existing problems as you can. Go....
Your Culture Will Munch on your Strategic Wheaties
As I sit and eat my bowl of cereal, hearing and feeling that delightful crunch before the milk saturates the toasted flakes of grain, I...
Throwing Your Hand on the Saw Blade
Risk is a necessary input to Innovation. Steve Gass is the inventor of SawStop. He is a risk-taker. If you are unfamiliar with SawStop,...