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When Nobody Wants Your Innovation

Jeff DeGraff / August 17, 2015

What happens when the comfort of the old is preferable to the risk of the new? This is the situation […]

For years I trained consultants in the ambiguous and complex art of innovation at a prestigious consulting firm. I was

In today’s snappy corporate speak, forms of creative leadership are like statement blazers or ultra low-rise jeans: they’re either in

What if the groundwork of your innovation has already been laid for you? What if there were enormous databases of

There are six irresistible words at the start of all major innovations: let me tell you a story. Behind every

Innovators know that sharing isn’t just caring–it’s the only way to get by. Collaboration has recently emerged as the defining

Most of the matter in the known universe is stuff that we have no way of seeing. Dark matter–the incredibly

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

The opportunity to innovate may be right in front of your eyes, but turn around or blink and you’ll miss

The fundamental difference between leading and leading innovation is simply this: there is no data on the future where breakthrough