Chronic innovation critics are people and processes that kill new ideas before they can thrive. They prevent you from trying new things and learning from failures. The criticisms may result in your organization getting stuck in its current state. Innovation critics love to point out why an idea will fail. These people are often the…
Are innovations invented or discovered? We have debated this question for many years. Some people believe innovations are inventions, while others believe they are discoveries.
With people's growing curiosity to understand how to be more creative, more innovative, there is a strong desire to learn the answer to this question. To understand if innovations are…
What is The Heart of Innovation? This first episode, Co-Hosts Emmy Award-winning Journalist/Patient Navigator Kym McNicholas and Interventional Cardiologist Dr. John Phillips talks about the catalysts for creating change in healthcare through this…
The innovation arms race is the race to be the most innovative company in the world. It's a competition where the prize is market share, customers, and profits. And the cost of entry is high.
This is a competition where there is no finish line.
To compete, companies must invest heavily in R&D. But not…
Innovation storytelling helps capture people’s attention and connect with them on an emotional level. This connection allows you to get your message across in a way that is both memorable and meaningful, leading to lasting change.
Storytelling can help build an innovation culture in an organization, inspiring people to ideate and take action. Additionally, it can help create…
Craig Leddy of Interactive TV Works joins us to discuss innovation in the media industry.
Innovation in Media and Entertainment
Most people don’t think of the media industry as a driver for innovation. People tend to overlook that things like cable TV took decades to get to today. In the media and cable industries, the…
How often do we step back and think about how we think? Probably not often enough. However, understanding how we think is important if we want to improve the quality of our ideas and, as a result, our innovations.
Periodically throughout my career, I have benefited from reflecting on how I think. It's important for…
This episode is a commencement speech I virtually gave on the biggest barrier to innovation.
The Biggest Barrier to Innovation
Fear is an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous and likely to cause pain or a threat. For humans, fear tends to build on itself. Fear stands for false evidence that…
Thinking is one of the essential skills a person must learn. It allows us to decide, solve problems, and come up with new ideas. And yet, many people never learn how to do it properly.
The history of thinking goes back centuries. The ancient Greeks were some of the first people to think about…
An innovation strategy is a plan outlining how a business will create, develop, and bring new products or services to market to gain a competitive advantage. A strategy guides the efforts of individual employees or entire teams and tailored to the organization's unique needs. It also helps ensure the organizations' innovation initiatives remain competitive and relevant. Businesses without…
We seldom see things in a clear light until after they have occurred. However, the way we recall events may not be accurate. Our brains fill in the blanks of our memory with what we think happened.
Memory is not like a video recorder; it is malleable and can be changed by what we hear, see…
Let's continue our series about the innovation agency and explore why organizations hire them.
Hire an Innovation Agency
To help with creative problem-solving.
An innovation agency can help organizations find new solutions to their problems. These agencies bring new perspectives and stimulate creativity, allowing companies to overcome roadblocks and generate new ideas.
To help with…
Charles Dickens is quoted as saying: “If men would behave decently, the world would be decent.” This is so true! If we want to see a change in the world, it starts with each one of us behaving decently. When we are kind, compassionate, and respectful to others, we set the tone for how we…
Let us explore what an innovation agency is and how it can help bring you more success in the challenging innovation process.
Why Hire An Innovation Agency?
Innovation Agency is a term created to distinguish agencies that specialize in innovation from the agencies such as advertising, design, marketing, and PR agencies.
An innovation agency specializes in helping…
With organizational failures, the imagination is often at fault. We can't imagine things going wrong, so we don't plan for them. Organizations can't imagine that their employees would do something unethical, so they don't have policies in place to prevent it. Owners can't imagine that a natural disaster could destroy their business, so they don't…
Rob Enderle of the Enderle Group joins us to discuss Digital Twins, the Metaverse, and the hybrid work model innovations.
Metaverse and Digital Twins
Recently, Rob has been engaging in the Metaverse and Digital Twin technology. Everybody is trying to figure out the use of the Metaverse. One interesting use has to do with demolished cities…


