Oh, The Joys of Screwing Up
Innovation poses two problems for most leaders, given the way they are trained to think. First, its value diminishes over […]
Growth
Why the ‘most innovative companies’ aren’t
Pull out the list of the “most innovative companies” from your favorite business magazine. With the exception of their brand
On the Hypocrisy of Innovators
Recently I spoke to a conference of leading business school deans about the prospects of the MBA degree. My speech
Your New Year’s Absolution
When did ambition become a bad thing? If you just read the comments under your favorite blogs and columns you
Why Innovation Is So Hard
Chances are, innovation doesn’t work where you work — or only works some of the time, mostly in spite of
Recreating Your Company
Innovation is different from everything you do as a leader in three distinct ways. First, innovation happens in the future
Creativity, Growth
Show; don’t tell
“Picture yourself in a boat on a river, With tangerine trees and marmalade skies.Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly, A girl with kaleidoscope eyes.” (The Beatles)
Creativity, Flexibility, Growth
From Theory to Practice
Enlightenment may be in some degree an article of faith but in substance it is an act of investigation and demonstration.
Creativity, Flexibility, Growth, Innovation
Take Multiple Shots on Goal
The laws of probability, so true in general, so fallacious in particular.” ( Edward Gibbon) Retired center Wayne Gretzky is
Flexibility, Growth, Personal Innovation
Getting Better Every Day in Every Way
Nineteenth Century French psychologist turned célébrité Émile Coué famously recommended that repeatedly chanting “Every day, in every way, I’m getting