business - Jeff DeGraff - The Dean of Innovation

The Cavalry Isn’t Coming – Why You Should Take Your Destiny Into Your Own Hands

Jeff DeGraff / December 28, 2017

I fly a hundred thousand miles or more each year, and usually when I get off my plane I’m met […]

Jeff DeGraff / October 31, 2017

One of the first stories I ever learned to read was called Stone Soup. It was a tale about three wily

Jeff DeGraff / October 24, 2017

Here are some ways to promote creative culture within your organization: Create a safe collaborative space: Collaborative innovation comes in

Jeff DeGraff / October 5, 2017

Leaders need to know their leadership type. My years of research have found that there are four main types: Create: The Artist is

Jeff DeGraff / December 21, 2016

In a world of open access, higher education remains astonishingly, frustratingly closed. Our universities are insurmountable barriers rather than the

Jeff DeGraff / October 13, 2015

It’s an old story–a new company with a new product and a new way of looking at things dislodges established

How do you teach creativity? I’ve had to work through this issue for over 25 years. In 1990, I returned

Go back to the basics. That is the imperative of radical innovation: take a look at the underlying rules and

Jeff DeGraff / January 26, 2015

One of the biggest challenges innovators face is to truly understand the market opportunity space before they start creating a

Jeff DeGraff / November 19, 2014

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