Leadership
Innovative excuses
Self-fulfilling prophecies.
Three key principles for innovation management
Best practices for managing innovation at scale.
When all goes slow
What to do when everything grinds to a halt.
Anchor
Innovation does not happen in a vacuum.
Exploit negativity
A simple move.
The effective corporate innovator
Three key traits.
Stalwart ignorance
Time doesn't wait.
Three business facts
Own your success.
Ambiguity vs uncertainty
Each demands a different approach.
What is the decision?
Clarity first.
Awareness of the unspoken and unwritten
On paying attention to the subtle and sublime.
Mutual understanding
An investment that pays dividends.
Malignant modesty
Shout it from the rooftops!
Burning innovation questions
You asked, I answered.
The best source of ideas
Hidden in plain sight...
Take your time
Know when to go slow, and when to go fast.
Innovation is a joint effort
Forget about individual heroics.
Gatekeep innovation funding
Funds commensurate to risk.
Tsardom
Not a great path forward.
Dare to ask
On asking the right questions.
Dispel torpor
Act before it is too late.
Creativity isn't enough
Some food for thought.
Unambiguous expectations
The continuous cycle of clarification and communication.
Hold no grudges
Don't poison yourself.
Quickstart: Critical Thinking
Practical guidance for busy professionals.
One critical thing innovation leaders must do
A direct way to maximise your impact with minimum effort.
Jargonic obfuscation
Speak to be understood.
Quickstart: Innovation teams
Practical guidance for busy professionals.
Quickstart: Profitable innovation
Practical guidance for busy professionals.
Differences that make the difference
An eye for details.
Quickstart: Strategic growth
Practical guidance for busy professionals.
Attitude matters
Summaries of The Innovator's Attitude™ 2024 issues.
Refrigeration
Watch out for the freezer burns.
On killing ideas
Do it early; do it often; do it with care.
Reciprocity
Value for everyone.
Don't lose your cool
Take your future in your own hands.
Jousting tournaments
An inappropriate analogue.
Develop your people
On importance of doing the work of leadership.
Juncture points
Have the courage to trust your judgement.
Bidirectional idea development
Capability to both progress and regress are paramount.
Taiichi Ohno's wisdom
Lessons from the grandmaster.
Prioritise innovation
Dare to lead.
Invest in your innovation teams
Step out of the shadows.
Managing innovation at all levels
Senior and middle managers need different innovation tools and methods.
Zealotry
Focus your energy.
Using Games and Simulations to Facilitate Generative Conflict
An exploration of generative and destructive conflict; play and social success; and role of games in contested spaces.
Resentment
Move on.
Relinquish
If it is good, it'll come back.
Opportune opposing opinions
Devil's advocate done right.
Bulletproof
On getting another chance.
The effective innovator
Five key questions.
Be brazen
Dare!
Innovators' decisions
Three critical levels.
Better the whole
Rome wasn't built in a day.
The myth of separation
A helpful reminder.
Three simple ways to innovate cheaper and faster at scale
Three actionable points for Chief Innovation Officer, Innovation Manager, and any other innovation leader.
Maintenance
Important but insufficient.
Kayfabe
Intentionally unreal.
Illumination
Brawn and brains.
Managing innovation at scale
For your reading pleasure.
On accessibility
Make expertise known.
Lucidity
In pursuit of clarity.
Three ways to increase innovation ROI
The art of disciplined investing.
Puzzle fragments III
A reflective interlude.
The Puzzle Episode 15
Is company a family?
More than the beginnings
Innovate anytime, anywhere.
The Puzzle Episode 14
How to move fast without breaking things?
The Innovator's Handbook 2024
Download your copy for free.
The Puzzle Episode 13
How to turn a stagnating project around?
Ceremonial rites
Bring out the incense!
Why ISO standards fall short in innovation management
Give them a wide berth.
Systems and superstars II
Putting things into a perspective.
Systems and superstars
On succeeding in the long run.
On intelligent innovation
A conversation with Brian Gorman of the Qonversations podcast.
Take the reins
Managing innovation is an activity.
Innovating without limits
Have no fear
Trinity
Forgetting any single one may spell doom.
Be a preventionist
No is a wonderful word.
Better attitude, better innovation results
Summaries of The Innovator's Attitude™ 2023 issues.
In charge
Not as random as it seems...
Worship
Pragmatic Agnostics to the rescue!
Whole-being strategising
A rich, textured experience.
On strategic growth, curiosity, and martial arts
A conversation with Sean Sullivan of the Converge Coffee podcast.
Resurgence
Stand in the face of uncertainty.
Sucralose
Ooops.
g & G
All encompassing growth.
Cookbook fallacy
Recipes are for the kitchen.
If it's good, it'll come back
Have no fear!
Deeper, to the depths of understanding
Ten questions to get you started.
How to grow during challenging times
Drink a lot of milk.
Symbiosis
Strive for mutuality.
The power of community
Learning with peers.
On innovation, teams, and management
A conversation with Gwenevere Crary of the Scaling With People podcast.
What innovators fear
And one way of thinking about them.
Isaak Tsalicoglou and Bruno Pešec pull the curtain on innovation
Tales from the trenches.
Data-driven decisions vs decision-driven data
Subtle, yet vital differences.
Ignorance isn't bliss
Three key ingredients for destitution pie.
Planning during chaos
Plans aren't sacred.
On strategic clarity
Shared understanding for shared success.
The three Cs of growth
For people and business.
On characteristics of successful innovators
A conversation with Beverly Hathorn of Teambuilding Cultures podcast.
Inspiration
Outside-in? Inside-out? How about inside-in?
On using data to take your company to the next level
Start with an end in mind.
Willpower
An inescapable proverb.
Habits that accelerate product development
Clarity reigns supreme.
Wonder
And mean it!
On lean, change, and reflexivity
A conversation with Ron Pereira of Gemba Academy Podcast.
Wayfaring
On continous change.
Positioning for reinvention
Three tips for organisations looking to reinvent themselves.
Innovation carnival
On avoiding innovation theater.
Uniquely ordinary
You are note alone.
Rapid assumption scan
Two questions to ask early and frequently.
Dogma buster
Do you dare?
Leading and innovating during crisis
How to lead and innovate in challenging and uncertain times.
Sunk cost
Please don't go there...
Two types of competition
One of them might ruin you. The other will ruin you.
11 mistakes innovation boards must avoid
A slippery slope.
On viable innovation teams
Five key ingredients.
People innovate
An important reminder.
How to get the most out of the data you have right now
An eye-opening exercise.
Kick starting creativity
What to do when a blank slate leaves you blank?
The machine
Look around. What do you see?
Pressure
Opportunities everywhere.
Voyeurism
Be careful there...
Better basics, better innovation
Maintain the foundation.
Six elements of innovation performance
A novel look on the relationships...
Awareness
Questions to ponder.
Together
On getting lost.
People above all
The sustainable competitive advantage.
The overlooked champion
A match made in heaven.
Three surprising differentiation tactics
What lies therein is barely within human comprehension.
Slow, then fast
Have the courage to do so.
Speaking is acting
The power of speech should not be ignored lightly.
Destructive tribalism
There be dragons...
Exploiting the strategy gap
Infinite opportunities.
Limitless
Play with boundaries.
On teams and groups
Similar but different.
Fall in love
We are not heartless automatons.
On setting objectives
New year, new ambition.
Nurture communities
Real professional development.
How to manage core business and innovation projects in the same portfolio?
Showing isn’t the same as managing.
A year of advice on innovation attitudes and behaviours
Summaries of The Innovator's Attitude™ 2022 issues.
Continuous communication
Never stop explaining.
The tangible value of stopping early
Evidence-driven innovation investments.
What will you do?
Innovation portfolios aren't colourful toys.
Go hard
No holding back.
Be confidently wrong
But keep an open mind.
Embrace, extend, enhance
A humble change strategy...
Getting started with an Innovation Board
Venture Board; Growth Board; Innovation Board—oh my!
Reject fearmongering
On burning platform fallacy.
Introducing the Corporate Innovation FAQ
Another free resource for corporate innovators.
How to select the right innovation framework for you?
A deep answer to a seemingly simple question.
Trust your gut
This is no voodoo.
On corporate innovation and curiosity
A conversation with Judith Germain of the Maverick Paradox Magazine podcast.
On creating good
It's a long game.
Develop people and systems
Amplify your efforts.
On innovating strategically
A conversation with David Hatch of the Leading With Integrity podcast.
Have a team charter
Keep it simple and light.
How to get relevant pitches from startups?
Spolier alert: be clear on what you ask for.
The cycle of doom
Demolish the silos!
On ethical leadership
Ethical leaders act on three dimensions of ethics.
Learn how to learn
Benefits? Faster innovation and higher financial performance.
Always be testing
Question your assumptions.
Clear enough
Alignment is a superpower.
A great leader is not afraid to discuss ideas
Traits of great leaders.
Inspire change
Tell stories.
How to overcome reluctance to invest in corporate innovation
Three practical measures any executive can implement.
Indomitable intent
Trials and tribulations of corporate innovators.
40 000 words on corporate innovation
Read, listen, or watch—up to you!
Stand straight
On decisiveness.
Numbers are dangerous
Dig deeper.
Five steps to augmented strategy
Small steps, great results.
On accounting as innovation enabler
A conversation with Adam Larson of the Count Me In® podcast.
Words are deeds
Use them wisely.
O Fortuna!
Cue the music.
Enduring engagement
Reject the illusion of quick success.
On leading innovation
A conversation with Zoë Routh of The Zoë Routh Leadership Podcast.
Clarity before commitment
Four questions to laser-focus on the vital few.
Pragmatically agile
Beyond the noise.
Thirteen corporate innovation questions answered
Oh yes! Even more practical answers to practical matters.
On how corporate innovators can manage innovation
A conversation with Étienne Garbugli of The Lean B2B Podcast.
On stagnation
Decay requires action.
Five corporate innovation questions answered
Yes, even more practical answers to practical matters.
On the politics of corporate innovation
A conversation with Amber Daines of The Politics of Everything podcast.
Do you really know?
Shine a light.
Ten more corporate innovation questions answered
Even more practical answers to practical matters.
On making better decisions
A conversation with Steve Pappas of the Science of CX podcast
Eight more corporate innovation questions answered
More practical answers to practical matters.
Eight corporate innovation questions answered
Practical answers to practical matters.
How do executives and managers benefit from data
Spoiler: it has very little to do with technology.
High-stakes innovation
Four de-risking questions.
"No thanks, I'm full."
Put your chef's hat on.
Mind-gut balance
A hallmark of holistic leader.
Big-bang fallacy
There is a better way.
How to get management buy-in for your idea
Build trust, explain urgency, and communicate value.
On data driven decisions, profitable innovation, and augmented strategy
A conversation with Michael Grace of Tech Pro Unicorn Podcast.
Use verbs!
Yeah, words do matter.
Alignment reigns supreme
Psst, come closer so I can tell you a little secret...
Three critical roles for corporate innovation
Innovators innovate, managers manage, executives fund.
Trampled
Tactical withdrawal.
It's a matter of priority
Reframe your thinking.
Embrace the bias
On agency.
On using plain language
A conversation with Bella Englebach of The Edges of Lean podcast.
How to run effective corporate venture boards
The most important function for maximising your returns on innovation investments.
The Four Growth Arenas
On how to grow fearlessly.
Be responsible
Don't pump and dump.
I don't care about your innovation process
Results before compliance.
Traits of great corporate innovation champions
Make sure to pick the right one.
The most powerful leadership technique
Words and deeds as one.
4 decision-critical data sources
Better data, better decisions, better business.
Inquisitiveness
On the importance of being curious.
Disrupting the disruptors
A conversation with Jens Heitland of Innovation Culture Coding show.
Excuses
On going beyond self-justification.
Strategy for the 21st century
From yearly planning and roadmaps to fast and continuous decisions.
What inspires you?
Go straight to the source.
Blog review 2021
Best posts on innovation, strategy, and leadership.
20%
Be clear and direct.
Innovating profitably in all areas of your organization
On innovation, strategy, and leadership at the Lubar Executive Education Podcast
Blow them up!
Metaphorically speaking, of course.
How many?
Not too many, hopefully.
The consequences of a bad strategy
When value destruction runs rampant.
The secrets to growth
Five time-tested lessons.
Mapping is the key
On creating valuable insight.
Blind spots
Do you have what it takes?
How to leverage your existing data to improve your decisions
You don't need big data to make better decisions.
Innovation isn't the most important thing
First things first.
Model accountability
A fish rots from the head down.
27 innovation metrics you must measure
Systemic challenges require systemic measures.
4 critical layers of the innovation accounting system
Systemic challenges require systemic approaches.
Be relentless!
The only flow that matters.
20 Common Misconceptions About Corporate Innovation
Seeing differently, acting differently.
An expensive lesson
Don't allow your knowledge to rot away.
Innovation vanguard
Onwards!
Systems view of leadership
No followers, no leaders.
On respect for humanity and innovation
An aspiration worthy of my time.
How are you considering the whole system?
On understanding wholeness.
On why innovation theatre is disrespectful
Time is precious. Don't waste it.
Make them cower!
Let 'em shrivel.
Three keys for profitable innovation
From gambling to taking control.
How to ensure your corporate innovation initiative stands a chance
Alignment, communication, and commitment.
Are you in control of your decisions?
Own your success.
Are you different?
Don't discriminate.
Respect creativity, challenge ideas
Go hard on ideas, be gentle with people.
Partisanship
Beyond duopolies.
One simple way to improve your decision making muscles
Better thinking, better decisions, better results.
Go slow to go fast
Speed isn't always the fastest way.
Why do executives fear innovation?
And specific actions they can take to become fearless innovators.
Product versus project madness
Focus on the right things.
Fear and punishment
Pause. Reflect.
A case for innovation funnels and portfolios
The right tools for the right tasks.
How to argue for your innovation project
Explain the strategic rationale, visualise the opportunity cost, and use emotional language.
Cruelty
Are you exercising it?
Our goals, our results
Better thinking, better decisions.
On setting up innovation teams
Start small and hyper-focused.
The fallacy of centralised innovation
Beguiling promises; misplaced expectations.
Corporate innovation roles
Three roles for any innovation system.
On identifying your options
Two modes, limitless options.
On selecting the winning innovation project
Invert your thinking.
How to hold innovation teams accountable?
Match expectations to the idea maturity level.
On opportunities and possibilities
Innumerable options.
The biggest mistake with corporate ideathons
Disrespect.
Rapid change
Transformations are overrated.
On being an effective leader during turbulent times
Five areas to focus on during chaos and upheaval.
Analogies
Words shape the world.
Huddle
Face the odds together.
Self-Sabotage Checklist
A practical way to be less successful.
How to lead in turbulent times
On the the critical role of a leader during challenging times.
