It is not often that we hear about positive achievements in the fight against climate change. However, Bill Gates has just reported impressive results from his initiative "Breakthrough Energy" launched in 2015. By examining these achievements, we can glean valuable lessons for driving innovation and organizational transformation.
Topics: Organizational Transformation, Innovation, Sustainability
Tomorrow, we are celebrating a holiday in the U.S. that is uniquely anchored in gratitude and appreciation. When we express what we are thankful for, we typically refer to the wonderful things in our lives that we are enjoying right now.
Topics: Innovation, Organization Design, Appreciative Intelligence
The pandemic has magnified one of the most prominent difficulties leaders face during volatile times. Despite insufficient information, executives must make deeply consequential decisions, often on the spot.
Topics: Innovation, Business Agility, Agile Decision Making, Adaptability
Do you remember the first weeks of the Covid-19 lockdown? People were scared, shocked and, above all, bored. This has been one of the many painful sides of the pandemic. From another angle, however, it was quite a surprising explosion of creativity.
Topics: Innovation, Boredom, Corporate Psychology, Creativity
Sustainability is a particularly effective way of increasing a company’s change and innovation capability –and therefore, it is one of the fastest current entry points into driving a company’s success!
Topics: Innovation, Large-Scale Organizational Change, Sustainability
Several comments on a Linkedin post (The Product of Innovation is Ideas) inspired an examination of the fractal nature of ideas. This train of thought has some interesting implications for innovation management and culture.
Topics: Innovation, Business Innovation, product innovation
I’ve been a student of innovation for more years now than I care to count. One of the things that has always made the art of innovation so very enjoyable to me is the fact that every discipline in business is of the belief that they “own” innovation, a premise from which they have each devised a particular flavor of innovation – one that mirrors their perspectives on business.
Topics: Innovation, Business Innovation, Systems
In working with business leaders around the world, we spend a lot of time talking about the values, philosophies, and cultures they need to guide and nurture innovation in their business. One of the key questions we are often asked is, “how can we drive engagement and ownership in the business for the new things we are trying to do?” …“how can we put some power into our strategy?”
Topics: Innovation, Strategy, Vision
Have you ever experienced the power of visual collaboration with customers and colleagues when facing complex problems?
Topics: Innovation, Business Innovation, product innovation, Design Thinking
Have you ever heard about Design Thinking? What comes to your mind when you hear it?
Creativity? Creation? Innovation?
Topics: Innovation, Organizational Change, product innovation, Design Thinking
