Tag Archive: Innovation

Challenge All Requirements

Reject requirements you can’t defend.

Dead policies scare people into submission. Established practices need an exorcism.

Are today’s requirements good ideas gone bad?

“Simplifiers are accelerators.” Jon McNeill

Learn five questions that challenge requirements.

Building a Learn-It-All Organization

Microsoft (MS) missed the Smartphone revolution. Windows operating system never got traction in the mobile sector. Zune – Microsoft’s music player was a colossal failure. The launch of Xbox One required a retooling of their approach to gaming. They weren’t learning fast enough.

CEO Satya Nadella is building a learn-it-all mindset at Microsoft.

3 Kinds of Leadership for 3 Kinds of Innovation

I’m delighted to host another important book giveaway.

Do you know the three kinds of innovation and three factors for leadership success in each?

Organizing for an Innovative Culture

New Book Giveaway!! 20 copies available!! Leave a comment on this guest post by Bella Rushi to become eligible for one of 20 complimentary copies of her new book, The Innovative Executive: Leading Intelligently… Continue reading

Constraints, Creativity, and the No. 2 Highest Paid Dead Celebrity

The highest paid dead celebrity of 2020 was Michael Jackson. No. 2 on the list is the children’s author, Dr. Seuss. He died in 1990. According to the Associated Press, Seuss earned $33,000,000.00… Continue reading

4 Ways to Stop Resisting Breakthrough

You might be working so hard for a breakthrough that you push it away. I’m convinced that some breakthroughs are missed because we have the wrong expectations. A breakthrough doesn’t arrive on schedule.… Continue reading