Innovation for Teams
How does innovation impact company culture? In this short clip, Skip Hall explains the role innovation plays in building teams.
Men Needed!
By Stacy Ennis, HR.com, February 2019
An Open Conversation About Women in Leadership
It was 7:45 a.m. on a Tuesday. My team and I were waiting on participants for a breakfast meetup we had organized at a global conference. The topic was Women in Leadership.
The meetup was meant to be an open, candid conversation about the state of women in leadership. But the event description included something you don’t often see for these types of meetups: “Men, we hope you’ll join us.”
That morning, our space filled quickly. We brought in more tables and chairs, and yet people still kept coming. The room was packed. We had attendees from all over the world, each with different backgrounds and experiences. The diversity in the room was beautiful.
Creating a Culture of Innovation
By David Quinlan
A personal journey into the world of innovation and what it might mean for your business.
Few things can be scarier than challenging ourselves and our preconceived notions. Yet, fewer things can be more rewarding.
This is my behind the scenes, unscripted back story of how I challenged myself and staff. We tore down our preconceived notions and learned what it means to be innovative and how even a 107-year-old organization like BBB can make it happen.
Trust me, I get it. I’ve found myself in numerous situations where I felt like a fish out of water, grappling with an abstract idea or concept. It’s uncomfortable – especially if you’re a process freak like me!
Read MoreInnovation for Introverts
What role do introverts play in innovation? Leadership coach Andy Johnson explains ways in which the Innovator’s Advantage provides clarity on how all personality types can contribute to innovation.
Innovation for Non-Profits
Innovation often has the face of creativity and the ability to expose blind-spots. Communications coach Kelly Gibbons shares how innovation plays a crucial role when working in a non-profit organization.
What Leaders Should Know About Innovation
By Ron Price
These days you hear and read a lot about innovation. It’s a common buzzword and there are constantly new articles and blogs written about it, but most of it is simply a rehashing of what has been written in the past. There’s very little new thought going into innovation, which is ironic if you think about it.
This is part of the reason Dr. Evans Baiya and I decided to write The Innovator’s Advantage. We wanted to share with leaders the link between innovation and people that we discovered through our work in innovation with our clients.
For effective leadership, innovation is not an option. Successful innovation requires leaders to have equal amounts of dedication to the process and new ways of thinking about people. Read More
Be Aware of Premature Judgement in Innovation
by Dr. Evans Baiya and Ron Price
Every idea has potential, so if right now you have a single idea, that is a start. In many cases, the full potential of an idea is not evident and may not be fund in the original problem it was intended to solve. This means you cannot put restrictions on the ideas; understand and acknowledge each idea and its potential without limiting its application.
A common mistake that kills potentially great innovations is the abandonment of ideas or projects if the desired outcomes are not met the first time after implementation. In other cases, innovative ideas are prematurely judged to be abandoned based on past experiences. Past experiences do not always guarantee current or future failures since the times, circumstances, team compositions, market conditions, etc., keep changing. Read More
The 6 Essential Innovation Personalities
By Dr. Evans Baiya, innovationenterprise.com, March 2018
Innovation is fundamental to grow and sustain an organization. Yet when it comes to innovation, leaders often make the mistake of involving the wrong team members in the process, which ultimately stalls or kills the initiative.
What if I told you there are just six high-performing innovation personalities that are all necessary to get the innovation job done? While every person on your team is capable of contributing to innovation, they all contribute differently. Personality matters when it comes to innovation projects. And it is not possible to develop and scale an innovation without each of these personalities. Read More
10 Things Effective Leaders Do to Encourage Innovation
By Dr. Evans Baiya, success.com, December 2017
When I work with companies on innovation projects, whether it’s industry-changing new products and services or smaller-scale ideas to streamline internal processes, I often see leaders and their teams struggling to freely ideate and really dive into the brainstorm process. When they do finally get there, it’s a big aha moment, but it takes a while.
The reason is simple: When ideation isn’t second nature, it’s because company culture hasn’t been supporting it. This is understandable. In today’s fast-paced marketplace, there is hardly time for breath, let alone innovative thought and brainstorm sessions around the future of the industry, company or department. Read More
Is Your Idea Good Enough?
By Dr. Evans Baiya, Innovation Enterprise, September 2017
You have an idea to solve a problem or opportunity, whether it be a new process for your department or even a new business idea. So how do you figure out if your idea will actually work and if it’s sustainable? People often come up with ideas that could be significant, but they struggle with quantifying them to determine if they can be viable products, improvements, services or businesses with true value. Read More