Your Role in Innovation Depends on Where You Sit
Innovation leadership is not a one-size-fits-all solution, instead differing based on what role you play in the organization. (More)
What Makes Mentoring Work?
“We tried mentoring once, it never really worked. Anyway, people find their own mentors informally. What I need to know is how to fill my leadership pipeline.” I recently held (More)
Go Where the Fruit Is
In this blog post I wrote about how playgrounds and organizations are remarkably similar, and how they both constrain intrinsic motivation and innovation. The essence of the problem is that (More)
Networks of organizations: a strategy for societal impact
Nowadays we are witnessing a new trend within global corporations. Nike, Unilever, Coca Cola and others are collaborating within a network of organizations, across sectors with the same aim in (More)
The HR Manager’s Challenge (well, one of them) – and how we’re trying to help
I attended ASTD/ICE last year with the express purpose of introducing a new line of digital products to HR Managers at the Expo. This was my first year with CCL, (More)
Managing the Tension Between Innovation and Operational Effectiveness
Organizations aspiring to become more innovative have often approached us for leadership development solutions. We would shudder when they also felt that they were hampered by a culture that was (More)
9 questions to help you understand the need for innovation in your organization
“Can you help our organization be more innovative?” the prospective client asks. “Yes we can,” we reply. And then comes a series of our insightful discovery questions aimed at understanding (More)
5 strategies to try before you set out to disrupt the world
My last blog post focused on the unpleasant truth that most organizations choke on radically new ideas. I’m afraid I might have left people with an “abandon hope all ye (More)
Does your organization choke on radically new ideas?
Several years ago, at an innovation conference where I was speaking, I found myself in the hotel bar at closing time talking to some of the big names and brains (More)
How to create an innovative workspace
No, coffee is not required. Not that it hurts. Neither is beer, which can (or bottle). But I digress. People who know me know that I believe that “words mean (More)
