Making Your Own Space for Creativity
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Creating space in your head for creativity is an important part of innovation – I hope that these resources will help you clear that space, and do great work!
Tim Kastelle
Can Big Firms Pivot?
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Can large firms pivot? There are examples of firms that have, but not a lot of them. It’s a challenging process in the best of times, but they often try to do it in a crisis, which is even tougher. Your best strategy is to start experimenting now.
We’re Not Risk-Averse, We’re Variance-Averse
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When people say that their organisations are risk-averse, often they actually mean that they are variance-averse. This causes problems over the long-term, but experimenting and innovation can help you avoid these problems.
You Should Start a Blog Right Now
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You should start a blog right now. It will help both you and others learn, and it will help you build a skill.
Ask Better Questions, Do More Stuff, and Think About Maps?
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The innovation posts that caught my attention this week highlight the importance of asking better questions, and using an experimental approach to improve our innovation skills.
Writers Write, and Innovators Innovate
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Should “innovation” only be used to refer to big, world-changing ideas? No. This is actually a dangerous approach to innovating. The biggest hurdle is actually getting started – it’s more important to put effort into that.
Why Experimenting Builds an Innovation Culture – Interview with DK
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DK interviewed me for a podcast last week – this bit on how to use experimenting build your innovation culture is my favourite part from it.
The Innovation Loop
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Here is a simple process that will help you innovate more effectively.
This Week in Innovation – 23 February 2014
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My weekly roundup of great reading – the theme this week is that innovation is hard, but here are some ideas that can make it an easier journey.
When Should We Adopt a New Idea?
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When new ideas arrive, it might be easy to see that they will eventually win. But when should you adopt these ideas? It’s a hard question to answer.
Five Questions that Will Help You Build an Innovation Culture
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How do we innovate in a risk-averse culture? By realising that a culture is something that we create ourselves, through our interactions with people daily. When we change the way we act, we start to change out culture.
This Week in Innovation – 15 February 2014
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To build our innovation capability, we need to have a clear purpose, and a strong community. We also need to integrate innovation with our strategy. The posts that grabbed my eye this week all address these issues.