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The patterns behind innovation decisions. The signals to watch for, the questions that matter, and the thinking tools you can use immediately. New episodes every Wednesday. Audio wherever you get your podcasts. Video on YouTube. Twenty years and 20 million downloads. Now sharper than ever.
Career Advice For Finding The Dream Innovation Job
Download KI_20081214.mp3 Finding that dream job in the innovation/creativity economy seems out of reach to many. It’s not. With the right level of commitment, energy and passion, you can land that job. What is your dream innovation job? Some may say that I have the dream
Proving The Value Of Innovation – How do you prove to management that innovation is important?
Download KI_20081207.mp3 Innovation is one of the key catalysts from the economic recovery – but only if senior management protects and support it, rather than cut it or even eliminate it. The reason senior managers consider cutting innovation programs is because of the impression that it delivers little to
When is the best time to innovate?
Download KI_20081026.mp3 When is the best time to innovate? * Innovation is 24×7 .. not something that you wait “until your in the mood” * Some of the drivers that cause people/organizations to all of sudden change their view of innovation * Competitors … they are constantly beating you to market
Adjacent Innovations – How to use adjacencies to create killer innovations
Download KI_20080923.mp3 How do you improve the success rate of your innovation programs? Everyone wants to focus on the “new/new” (new product/service with a new “go to market”). These kinds of project are high risk and hard to convince management that the project will be successful.
Lessons Learned From Creating Innovation Teams
Download KI_20080713.mp3 Segment 1: Lessons Learned From Creating Innovation Teams 1. Changing the organizations culture * People will resist * Be prepared for corporate anti-bodies * Secure deep management support * Win by example * Find/train/support innovation evangelists 2. Define the metrics * Management needs proof of impact and success * Secure
Changing Your Perspective Skills
Download KI_20080629.mp3 Segment 1: How to change your perspective and look beyond the obvious * We all have filters * We don’t even realize we have filters (what is half of thirteen?) * We need our own internal flags to remind us to change our perspective Segment 2: Why is
Observation Skills – Find the unspoken needs and wants of customers
Download KI_20080601.mp3 Using observation skills to find the unspoken needs and wants of customers. * Simple approach – Use feedback from customers (complaints, emails, etc) * Go deeper * Active Observation – get our of the chair/office and go to where the customers are * Active Reflection – after the observation, go back and
Creative Economy – Recorded LIVE!
Recorded live April 4, 2008 at the Business Alliance Bootcamp for Growing Companies and Entrepreneurs … Change is something we may try to stop but never will. From the agriculture economy to the manufacturing economy to the knowledge/information economy to that of the creative economy … where wealth creation is dependent
