Innovation Without Execution is Like a Taco Without Filling
Innovation is awesome. Innovation is also useless without execution. In 2012 Taco Bell introduced the Doritos Locos Tacos, a standard taco where the shell is made from Nacho Cheese Doritos. Brilliant! The Doritos Locos Tacos went on to went on to become Taco Bell’s most successful product launch ever, selling 100 million Tacos in 10 […]
Increasing Innovation by Busting Your Comfort Zone (Guest Post by Ken Okel)
If you have seen me speak, you know my simple definition of innovation: “Doing something new, or doing something old in a new way.” In order to do something new or something old in a new way, you have to get out of your comfort zone. Staying in your comfort zone is the opposite of […]
Innovation Technique: Throw it All Away, Make it Earn Its Way Back (Guest Post by Thom Singer)
One of the biggest barriers to using innovation to take your business or career to the next level is the current success you are enjoying. If you try to innovate by clinging to what you are already doing, you begin the creative process already limiting yourself. You are far better off throwing it all away! […]
Innovation Lesson from Pixar: Stop “Planning Derivative Work”
I love Pixar. Let me be clear; I don’t just love Pixar movies (though Toy Story, Toy Story 2, and The Incredibles are amongst my favorite movies). I love Pixar the Company. I have read and watched quite a few books, articles, and documentaries about Pixar, and their story and methodology never ceases to amaze […]
Innovation Roundup – 7-18-2014
Here’s a sampling of some great articles about innovation from around the web: Blindsided by Innovation: Stop Being Romantic! – You get comfortable, you stop being hungry, you start to miss the signs, and then all of a sudden you’re blindsided by innovation, and you’re out of business. Don’t let it happen to you! Always […]
Live Tweets of the Ding! Happens Keynote
I recently presented the opening keynote for the Florida Society of Association Executives’ Annual Conference. I am happy to say, the program went vey, very well. There were even some firsts for me: My first “on-stage mid-speech volunteer selfie” My first, “the volunteers are going to start playing a different improv game” moment A few […]
Tap Into Your “Zone of Brilliance” – Leverage the Balance of Improvisation and Preparation
Can I make a confession? I am a paid professional speaker who speaks on the power of improvisation, and yet, my speeches are fairly well planned out when I speak! Does that seem incongruent to you? Would it make it worse if I told you that I practice my keynotes and that some of my […]
Innovation Roundup
Here’s a sampling of some great articles about innovation from around the web: Two Words That Drive Creativity & Innovation – (Disney understand the value of saying, “Yes, And!”) “What if …,” and “yes, and …,” are simple, yet powerful, concepts requiring a disciplined approach. In fact, at Disney Institute we believe that creativity is not an […]
Building a Culture of Innovation – Step 3: Adopt the Right Mindset
(This is Part 3 of a 3-Part series of posts on “How to Build a Culture of Innovation.” To read Part 1, click here. To read Part 2, click here) Building a Culture of Innovation starts with getting buy-in and setting proper expectations. However, even if you have buy-in and have set proper expectations, your […]
Innovation Roundup
Here’s a sampling of some great articles about innovation from around the web: How Corporate Antibodies Destroy Innovation – “You see, the more entrepreneurial you are as an employee, and the bigger you dream, the more likely you are to get shut-down.” How To Measure Innovation (To Get Real Results) – “According to McKinsey, more than […]
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