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Let's Grow: Designing your culture for high performance

michael@southerngrowthstudio.com (Michael Graber) — Sat, 9 Mar 2019 04:00:00 -0600

How we structure the world of management and metrics needs to be reimagined, innovated and renewed for the emerging era.

Let's Grow: Creating momentum that matters

michael@southerngrowthstudio.com (Michael Graber) — Mon, 4 Mar 2019 04:00:02 -0600

If speed-to-market is an issue, the pure Agile approach is one that may increase project timelines. In this economy, who has time for such luxuries?

Let's Grow: Rely on workplace culture to embrace innovation

michael@southerngrowthstudio.com (Michael Graber) — Sat, 23 Feb 2019 04:00:00 -0600

Clinging to specific innovation methods doesn't work. The secret to innovation is that there is no secret method or formula, only what works in your workplace culture.

Let’s Grow: Wisdom on handling the talent side of innovation

michael@southerngrowthstudio.com (Michael Graber) — Sat, 16 Feb 2019 04:00:08 -0600

Swarm Vision CEO and founder Suzan Briganti has grown the company from a garage startup to a trusted solution provider to global Fortune 500 clients. She chats with Let's Grow columnist Michael Graber about what drives the Swarm talent assessment system and how the world of innovation needs to change.

Let’s Grow: Don’t flirt with innovation if you don’t mean business

michael@southerngrowthstudio.com (Michael Graber) — Sat, 9 Feb 2019 04:00:00 -0600

Even when a desire for innovation exists, an anxious executive team can create a death grip on change. But beware: The most-driven, brightest employees can see through this bad “innovation theater” and jump ship as frustration increases.

Let’s Grow: Fear of creativity limits opportunities

michael@southerngrowthstudio.com (Michael Graber) — Mon, 4 Feb 2019 16:53:00 -0600

Monica Kang, founder and CEO of InnovatorsBox, continues her conversation with Michael Graber about why it's important to rethink creativity and fight the fear of testing new ideas.

Let’s Grow: More heart, less head – making feedback matter

michael@southerngrowthstudio.com (Michael Graber) — Sat, 26 Jan 2019 04:00:00 -0600

The best insights are often stumbled upon. Like happiness, such insights are just naturally occurring byproducts of being curious.

Let’s Grow: Rethink creativity to innovate, inspire, and thrive at work

michael@southerngrowthstudio.com (Michael Graber) — Sat, 19 Jan 2019 04:00:06 -0600

Columnist Michael Graber interviews Monica Kang, founder and CEO of InnovatorsBox and author of “Rethink Creativity,” about the creative mindset and how she found the courage to launch her own venture.

Let’s Grow: The long sleep – innovative product gestation

michael@southerngrowthstudio.com (Michael Graber) — Sat, 12 Jan 2019 04:00:01 -0600

You could call it hibernation, but that’s too kind. You could call it neglect, yet some are working on it pushing the proverbial boulder up the corporate mountain. To be kind, let’s simply call it the long sleep. This condition happens inside organizations when an innovation concept bounces along internally for a long time without launching.

Let’s Grow: Increased R&D doesn’t equal innovation

michael@southerngrowthstudio.com (Michael Graber) — Sat, 5 Jan 2019 04:00:01 -0600

A recent PwC study looked at a large rise in global research and development spending in 2018, more than a 17 percent gain over 2017. Many pundits shared the article as evidence of an innovation revolution despite the warnings in the article. Silly, huh?

Let’s Grow: Leverage suppliers to accelerate innovation

michael@southerngrowthstudio.com (Michael Graber) — Sat, 22 Dec 2018 04:00:08 -0600

Corporate innovation teams face an uphill battle to commercialize products and services. Instead, leverage the people who depend on your business to thrive – your suppliers – to innovate on your behalf.

Let’s Grow: The system is rigged against innovation

michael@southerngrowthstudio.com (Michael Graber) — Sat, 15 Dec 2018 04:00:01 -0600

Work in innovation for more than a decade you see familiar patterns. One of the most damning, yet predictable ones is relying on the core business units to commercialize innovations outside of their core.

Let’s Grow: Design a workplace that fosters innovation

michael@southerngrowthstudio.com (Michael Graber) — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 11:38:40 -0600

A talk from the Back End of Innovation Conference by Melissa Steach, I-O psychologist, human factors and ergonomics specialist, Herman Miller Inc.

Let’s Grow: Keep your business nimble by thinking ‘the Startup Way’

michael@southerngrowthstudio.com (Michael Graber) — Fri, 30 Nov 2018 21:15:41 -0600

Highlights of a Back End of Innovation Conference keynote by Eric Ries, author of “The Lean Startup” and “The Startup Way.”

Let’s Grow: Four secrets of successful intrapreneurship

michael@southerngrowthstudio.com (Michael Graber) — Sat, 24 Nov 2018 04:00:08 -0600

A keynote presentation by Paul Campbell, chief innovation officer at W.L. Gore & Associates, from the Back End of Innovation Conference.

Let’s Grow: Driving culture change in large companies

michael@southerngrowthstudio.com (Michael Graber) — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 14:23:15 -0600

Highlights of a Back End of Innovation keynote by Alex Goryachev, managing director of innovation strategy and programs at Cisco's Corporate Strategic Innovation Group.

Let’s Grow: Finding focus in the midst of ambiguity

michael@southerngrowthstudio.com (Michael Graber) — Sat, 10 Nov 2018 04:00:12 -0600

A Back End of Innovation conference keynote by Jon Kolko, partner, Modernist Studio. Kolko started out by discussing the myth of creativity and how it becomes mystified in the workplace. “Nothing is further than the truth,” he adds.

Let's Grow: Companies should focus on a growth mindset, not a fixed mindset

michael@southerngrowthstudio.com (Michael Graber) — Fri, 9 Nov 2018 18:07:24 -0600

Richard Jupe, vice president, innovative product development, Altria. Jupe got to the point, fast. Altria’s strategy: reduce risk and expand choice. “We have a dual engine. We are changing our culture with this model,” he says.

Let's Grow: Be ‘that department’

michael@southerngrowthstudio.com (Michael Graber) — Sat, 20 Oct 2018 09:53:57 -0500

Which department acts like a lightening rod within your organization? You know that if they are called to participate in a meeting it will be both productive and enjoyable. You smile anticipating the meeting, even leaving your smartphone and laptop on your desk because you know it will be completely engrossing.

Let's Grow: Healthy dose of amnesia

michael@southerngrowthstudio.com (Michael Graber) — Sat, 13 Oct 2018 18:52:33 -0500

When doing both strategic planning and innovation work, the biggest hurdles are your own experiences, worldviews, and knowledge of the market and players in it.