50 Questions to Spark Strategic Innovation
I believe that strategy is change and I know that change can be hard — but getting started shouldn’t be. You just need to be willing to ask the right kinds of questions, the answers to which will prompt you to reimagine every area of your business — from your value proposition to your product […]
5 Tips for Avoiding Communication Breakdown
If you haven’t heard the audio of AOL chief Tim Armstrong firing an employee during an all-hands meeting that was ostensibly meant to reassure nervous workers after the company announced its plans for scaling back its network of hyper-local Patch portals, you can check it out at Business Insider. Approximately two minutes into his prepared remarks […]
Making Innovation a Core Capability
As innovation has gone from buzzword to must-have at companies of all types and sizes, I find that many leaders remain mystified as to how to make it work within their own organizations. Drawing on inspiration from some of the work I’ve been doing with corporate clients looking to foster innovative thinking, leading and doing within […]
