2020 has been a sea-change year for workplaces as COVID-19 sent businesses scrambling to adjust to remote work. Some offices that had offered flexible … Read more
Traditional Approaches to Innovation Are Not Enough
A recent Google search for the phrase “culture of innovation” yielded 665,000,000 results. There is no shortage of opinions on how to create an environment … Read more
How to Manager Idea Grenadiers, Oxygen Suckers, Tell-Me-What-To-Doers, and More
We all know them. “Idea machines.” They’re the people who present countless ideas, none of them quite relevant to your business. We also know their … Read more
COVID-19’s Upside: A Culture of Innovation
There is no argument that COVID-19 has had a tremendous impact on the world economy and marketplace — its most consistent characteristic being an … Read more
8 Ways to Use Soft Skills to Drive Innovation
Innovation appears in most organizations’ strategy or mission statements. But what does it actually take to achieve innovation? It takes people. … Read more
How Imaginary Worlds Can Inspire A Different Future
In the next five minutes you’ll hear about imaginary worlds and comic book heroines and bad ass princesses. And little girls who see a world of … Read more
Start Your Own Shark Tank to Turn Your Entrepreneurs Into Intrapreneurs
Every business wants a workforce full of go-getters and innovators, especially in an increasingly competitive digital world. But it’s increasingly … Read more
To Innovate In HR You Need Idea Sex
Here’s some disruptive HR advice from the Denver DisruptHR group: “HR needs more sex.” “More specifically, idea sex.” What HR … Read more
How to Become the da Vinci of HR
When we think of geniuses, perhaps several names come to your mind. For me, one stands out above the rest – Leonardo da Vinci. I agree with Michael J. … Read more
Creativity Thrives When People Move
Feeling uninspired and need a jolt of creativity? Brace yourself. I recently read about a development that’s fascinating … and maybe a little freaky. … Read more
3 Ways to Grow a Culture of Creativity and Innovation
Innovation isn’t easy. It requires dedicated time, support from company leaders and often a cost investment, but it can lead to big payoffs. In fact, … Read more
HR’s Job Should Be to Encourage Conflict
For years we’ve been hearing the drumbeat about making the workplace fun. So, as Amanda Ono tells it, we drank the Kool-Aid, installing ping-pong … Read more
Get Better Ideas, Higher Engagement and Even Improve Your Managers By Encouraging 2-Way Feedback
Every successful relationship works via a careful process of give and take. We need to learn how to express ourselves, our ideas, and our interests. … Read more
RIG Your Young Workers For Employment Success
Think about this for a moment: Creativity is one of the soft skills most desired by employers. Yet too often, when a young worker comes up with a creative … Read more
Your Conference Room Is An Idea Killer
“Let’s get a conference room; I will send out the invites.” As I sat on the call and thought of going to this meeting and dreading the thought of it, I am … Read more
6 Keys to Mindful Leadership
Mindfulness is defined as: the intentional, accepting and non-judgmental focus of one’s attention on the emotions, thoughts and sensations occurring … Read more
In Search of Creative, Independent Thinkers
It’s hard to find a leader today who isn’t aggressively calling for growth and innovation within their organization and hasn’t clamored for more creative, … Read more
Building a Culture of Innovation Means Being Challenged, Taking Risks and Sometimes Failing
Does your company have a culture in which innovation thrives? Are people challenging the status quo and being encouraged by leaders to take risks in … Read more