Do you wish you could unlock the creativity within yourself and your team? Then read “Creativity, Inc. (The Expanded Edition)” by Ed Catmull, co-founder of Pixar, and Amy Wallace, which explores how to foster innovation, collaboration, trust, communication risk-taking, and failure resilience.
Essential Innovation KPIs
There are hundreds of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure innovation success. What are the right innovation KPIs to use? What KPIs will give insight into the innovation process? KPIs should be unique to your organization.
Ethics are essential to any functioning society, but unfortunately, many people have become too accepting of unethical behavior. Greed, jealousy, and selfishness can lead to unethical decisions, and the media has a history of glamorizing those who break the rules.
Do you want to create something that stands out from the crowd? If so, embracing intense criticism is essential for your success. Intense criticism can help refine ideas, provide valuable feedback, promote collaboration, and encourage creative thinking.
The 7 Rules to Live By For Career Success
Defining a set of rules to live by is personal and essential. The rules you choose to live by should be thoughtfully created and tailored to suit your own individual needs. They should reflect your values, goals, and personal development objectives – all while giving structure to how you navigate life.
“How I Built This” inspires aspiring entrepreneurs or innovators. The stories provide valuable lessons that can be applied in any business setting while also giving readers a glimpse into what it takes to build something from nothing.
Six Vital Innovation Skills
The innovation skills that can allow you to be successful no matter your organization type, size, or geographical location all have the same foundational elements.
Serendipity from random face-to-face interactions has been responsible for some incredible innovations. But in a world of hybrid and remote work environments, can organizations create a digital environment that encourages serendipity?
Key Ingredients for Innovation Success
The innovation process starts with ideas and the management of them. But ideas won’t develop and thrive without the right culture. When you set up a sound system of gathering ideas and laying a foundation for an innovation culture, innovation success ensues.
Innovation is the lifeblood of any organization—but it comes with risk. That’s why dark innovation has emerged as a powerful technique to explore high-risk ideas without interference. But what exactly is dark innovation?
Finding Creative Inspiration
Everyone is creative. Yet some people seem more creative than others. What do those people have that others might lack? What’s the secret to creativity? Creative people practice creativity.
Creating a strong company culture is essential for success. Without proactive effort, organizations risk creating an ‘accidental culture’ of distrust, poor communication, lack of accountability, and low morale. Leaders get the culture they deserve based on their actions.
How a Bypass Incision Almost Lead to an Amputation
Thomas loves working with people, and his job as a casino supervisor kept him on his feet during his eight-hour shift. But peripheral artery disease, which is plaque buildup in mainly the leg arteries, was slowing him down and jeopardizing his job.
Have you ever found yourself in a job you thought you wanted, only to realize it wasn’t the right fit for you? Or maybe you’ve been in a job for years but still feel unsatisfied with your career? The concept of match quality might be the missing piece to your career puzzle.
The quest for a new, groundbreaking idea is futile because there is no such thing as a new idea. All ideas are inspired by what has come before us, and it’s ok that they are.
Dealing with FOBO (Fear of A Better Option)
The fear of a better option (FOBO) can block critical decisions. It is the enemy of innovation. It will paralyze teams from moving forward on an ideas. It is the preferred tool antibodies will use to kill ideas.


