Category: Innovation

Innovation, Leadership

A Taste of Leadership – The transition from Either/Or to Both/And

I had the opportunity to watch a TEDx Talk delivered by Alf Rehn recently and blown away by not only the way he delivers the talk but also the way he presents a very important concept – we are today in an economy where we, as leaders need to move away from the either/or (ex: either your are process driven or you are creative) mindset towards “Both/And (you are both process driven and creative, based on the need of the hour) mindset if we are to tap into the creativity of our teams and succeed in an ever changing, fast […]

Innovation, Podcast

PBTO 25: Fostering Innovation When Failing is Not an Option

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http://traffic.libsyn.com/pushingbeyondtheobvious/24_PBTO25__Fostering_Innovation_when_Failure_is_Not_an_Option.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Email | RSS Today, we host Peter Vander Auwera. HE is the founder of Innotribe and Corporate Rebels United. He shares what he has learnt from running an innovation incubator, where, failure is not an option. We talk about Different types of Innovations Collaborative Innovation Incremental Innovation The importance of building a Portfolio of Innovation projects The importance of alignment in the organisation for innovation to foster Evaluating How real is your innovation What are the capabilities that we need to build in our organisations to foster innovation Why its important to measure […]

Ideas, Innovation

7 Ways You can Train Yourself to Get Creative Ideas

We all live in a world where our ability to come up with creative ideas and run with them is one of the biggest competitive advantage that we could have in our professional and personal lives. So, if you agree and think that you want to hone this skill to become someone who is good at this, the following 7 practices will be of help: Travel & Experience: Travelling to new places forces your mind to become aware of things around you. You start noticing things that you would otherwise not notice in your home town. Travelling also exposes you […]

Customer Engagement, Innovation

Book Recommendation: Sprinkles – Creating Awesome Experiences Through Innovative Service

In this short, sweet and highly insightful book, Chip Bell takes us on a 9 course gourmet meal and shows us how one can go about creating innovative service experiences without breaking the bank. He also shares with us his secret sauces that when added in the right measures have the potential to create service experiences that are worthy to be shared by the customers who experience them. What is even better is that every single time that you read the book, you end up getting a new idea that you could implement in a business quickly and have an […]

Innovation

How to Build an Insanely Successful Product or Service

I was at a tech startup event last week and as is at all these events, there was a discussion about how do you build new products or services that have a good chance at success. I have learnt from my personal experience and from observing a lot of successful and not so successful startups that every entrepreneur trying to create a new product or service could follow the following process to have a good chance at building a successful product or service: Step1: Know thy user My personal experience in having facilitated numerous innovation workshops and from observing some highly […]