Jan 23, 2022Are Your Innovation Efforts Causing People to Quit?The Great Resignation is real. At the start of 2021, 40% of employees thought about quitting. Between April and September, more than 24MM turned those thoughts into action. You don’t want your people to be in either of those stats. You value them and their experience, so you work hard…Great Resignation4 min readGreat Resignation4 min read
Jan 18, 2022Are YOU the barrier to innovation in your company? (and how to make sure the answer is ‘No!’)It’s January, and even though the end of the year feels far away, you know that it will be here in no time, and you’ll have to deliver on those revenue and profit numbers you committed to during Strat Plan. You know that growth in your existing business and cost-savings…Intrapreneurship3 min readIntrapreneurship3 min read
Jan 10, 2022Psychology Safety: Innovation Requirement or Red Herring?“Why doesn’t anyone bring me ideas?” “Why doesn’t anyone ask questions during my meetings?” “How can I get people to challenge my ideas?” If you have asked any of these questions, you are not alone. I hear these questions from managers to C-suite executives in every industry imaginable because they know that sharing ideas, asking questions, and challenging others are core behaviors…Innovation4 min readInnovation4 min read
Jan 4, 2022“Jobs to be Done” Doesn’t Work. (But one of these options might)Before we go any further, I need to be clear that I absolutely, totally, and completely believe in Jobs to be Done. In fact, more than once, I have uttered the words, “Jobs to be Done is a hill I will die on.” Which means that I died a little…Innovation4 min readInnovation4 min read
Dec 14, 2021Ignore the Experts. You Don’t Need a Culture of Innovation to Be Innovative.Have you ever said to someone, “I wish you were more like (fill in the name)? “ How did that go? Not so good, right? At least one or both of you probably became frustrated, disappointed, and maybe even heartbroken. You learned that even though people evolve and grow, they…Innovation4 min readInnovation4 min read
Dec 8, 2021Virtual Ideation Sucks. Here’s How to Make It Suck LessOver the past 987,460 days of forced WFH, I’ve participated in several virtual ideations. A few weeks ago, my turn to facilitate arrived. And, after four 4-hour sessions spread over two weeks, I can confidently declare this: Virtual Ideation sucks. We knew the experience wouldn’t be the same as an…Virtual Ideation4 min readVirtual Ideation4 min read
Dec 2, 2021Why You Need to Start Small to Succeed Big. Just like PicassoOn April 26, 1937, Nazi warplanes, at the request of Franco’s Spanish nationalists, bombed Guernica, a town in northern Spain’s Basque Country. Bombs rained down on the city center for two hours, killing hundreds of people, primarily women and children. On May 1, Pablo Picasso read an eyewitness account of…Innovation3 min readInnovation3 min read
Nov 20, 20214 Storms That Accelerate Innovation (You’re Only Doing 1)Everyone knows about brainstorms but did you know there are three other types of storms that can blow you to your innovation destination? Questionstorms First introduced in The Innovator’s DNA, these storms happen at the start of an innovation effort and seek to surface all the assumptions, expectations, concerns, and actual…Innovation4 min readInnovation4 min read
Nov 12, 20216 Steps to Move From Chaos to Calm“We are not lost. I know exactly where we are. Granted, it’s not where we want to be. Where we want to be is over there somewhere. I just need a moment to figure out how we get there.” - Me to my husband every time we go to a…Innovation3 min readInnovation3 min read
Oct 26, 20213 Common Innovation Gaps (and How to Close Them)A few weeks ago, I wrote that innovation happens in the gaps and offered a few suggestions for finding and closing those gaps. But I only told you half of the story. The gaps I wrote about are market gaps, the ones between what your customers want or need and…Innovation4 min readInnovation4 min read
