There are 17 article(s) tagged Let's Grow:

• February 2019

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

    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.

    By Michael Graber February 16, 2019

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

    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.

    By Michael Graber February 09, 2019

  • Let’s Grow: Fear of creativity limits opportunities

    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.

    By Michael Graber February 04, 2019

• January 2019

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

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

    By Michael Graber January 26, 2019

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

    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.

    By Michael Graber January 19, 2019

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

    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.

    By Michael Graber January 12, 2019

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

    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?

    By Michael Graber January 05, 2019

• December 2018

  • Let’s Grow: Leverage suppliers to accelerate innovation

    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.

    By Michael Graber December 22, 2018

  • Let’s Grow: The system is rigged against innovation

    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.

    By Michael Graber December 15, 2018

  • Let’s Grow: Design a workplace that fosters innovation

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

    By Michael Graber December 10, 2018

• November 2018

  • Let’s Grow: Four secrets of successful intrapreneurship

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

    By Michael Graber November 24, 2018

  • Let’s Grow: Driving culture change in large companies

    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. 

    By Michael Graber November 21, 2018

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

    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.

    By Michael Graber November 10, 2018

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

    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.

    By Michael Graber November 09, 2018

• October 2018

  • Let’s Grow: Be ‘that department’

    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.

    By Michael Graber October 20, 2018

  • Let’s Grow: Healthy dose of amnesia

    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.

    By Michael Graber October 13, 2018

• September 2018

  • Let’s Grow: Practicing Innovation – An Inside Job

    It is a heroic adventure being an innovation practitioner. To lead an organization to where it is ready to flex its culture, business model, practices and management style requires the types of talents and skills that only metaphors can describe: the hunting instincts of a lion, the fortitude of a buffalo, the wisdom of an owl and the patience of a turtle.

    By Michael Graber September 17, 2018