Are you frustrated with the lack of traction in your innovation efforts? Have amazing Innovation plans and strategies been scuttled by those you thought were capable of making Innovation happen? There are many factors that affect an organisation’s ability
Disruptive technologies Changing government policy New market or business trends Increasing competition from unexpected sources Staff turnover or disengagement These are some of the reasons recent clients have cited for focusing on the need to be more innovative, and
In his book Eat That Frog, Brian Tracey says we can Get More of the Important Things Done by ‘eating that frog’ as the one of the first tasks for the day. By that he means do the thing
What Type of Leaders do we Need and Want? Effective and inspirational leadership, whether at a national/international political level or a business/team level, is vital for successful and sustained performance. The big question is what type of leadership? For leaders
Strategic Innovation Innovation is Simple, but Not Easy! This is a lesson many people are now learning. Having studied continuous improvement, creative thinking and innovation since the early 1980s, having read dozens of books and hundreds of articles and papers
The Mindwerx 2015 Innovation Survey identified a number of concerns and questions in relation to making Innovation happen, with a BIG one being ‘how to measure Innovation’. We’re working on an in-depth paper on this as part of our book
One of the challenges faced by organisations adopting deliberate thinking to help promote innovation is connecting new thinking techniques to real and important issues in the organisation. People learning new techniques struggle to know when and where to use the
Facilitating creative collaboration is one of the most important management roles in leading a creative environment. In particular empowering a team with critical and creative thinkingfacilitates innovation effort that draws out new exciting ideas from the team. Today’s leader needs to be a
Just saw a job advertisement for an Innovation Manager at Shell - it got me thinking about what are the core skills to manage innovation in a large team. This is an edited version of what they propose - would be interested
