Dr. Evans Baiya is an internationally recognized and trusted guide to business leaders and innovators. Using his 6-stage process, he helps the businesses identify, define, develop, verify, commercialize, and scale ideas so the businesses and individuals can learn, grow, and thrive. He is the co-author of the award-winning book, The Innovator’s Advantage and co-creator of The Innovator’s Advantage Academy, a detailed step-by-step innovation training. Learn more at TheInnovatorsAdvantage.com.

Create a Team of Master Problem Solvers

Problem-solving is an essential skill as an innovator. If problems stump your employees, how can your organization ever innovate for customers? Luckily, problem-solving skills can be learned, and as a leader you can create a team of master problem solvers and innovators.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-07-27T20:26:57-07:00July 29th, 2021|Categories: Leadership, Organization & Culture|Tags: 5-whys method, problem definition, problem identification, Problem Solving, root cause analysis, skill development|

6 Ways to Innovate Your Business Model

The pandemic has given us all an opportunity to build a new business future. Market disruption equals opportunity for those willing to look and work for it. This is the time to adjust and innovate your business model to market conditions.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-03-24T19:36:57-07:00February 25th, 2021|Categories: Strategies|Tags: Business Model Innovation, channel innovation, covid-19, customer acquisition, customer acquisition innovation, disruption, ease of use, friction, market contraction, market expansion, pricing innovation, profit model innovation, relationship building, sustainability, user experience, user experience innovation, value, value proposition, value proposition innovation|

Why Your Employees Are the Key to Recovery

In this article, we will look at how to identify and understand employee contributions, and learn how to work with idea generators, evaluators, and activators.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-03-24T19:37:05-07:00November 26th, 2020|Categories: Organization & Culture|Tags: customer satisfaction, Employee Engagement, goal setting, idea activator, idea evaluator, idea generator, Ideation, innovation fitness score, innovation measurement, opportunity identification, Problem Solving, self selection, value creation|

The Key to Winning in the Attention Economy

The circumstances of 2020 have seen businesses push to increased virtual communication and online offerings. How do you compete in this new attention economy, especially with so much noise?

Sarah Vandenberg2021-03-24T19:37:13-07:00October 23rd, 2020|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: advertising, attention economy, Communication, covid-19, customer input, listening, market traction, marketing|

Let Customers Help You Innovate During COVID

In this article, we'll look at three ways to engage customers and create products they want to buy right now.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-03-24T19:37:20-07:00July 28th, 2020|Categories: Collaborative Innovation|Tags: brand evangelist, Collaboration, confidentiality, connection, coronavirus, covid-19, customer engagement, invention, product definition, Product Development, product validation, trust, value proposition|

Four Ways to Innovate Right Now

While the pandemic has been difficult for all us economically, as business owners, we never run out of opportunities. No matter the business climate, there is always a chance to do something new and something better—you just have to find it.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-03-24T19:37:24-07:00July 2nd, 2020|Categories: Strategies|Tags: Business Model Innovation, decision making, long term innovation, paradigm innovation, position innovation, process innovation, product, Product Development, product innovation, thought leadership, value creation|

Validate Your Pivot with Innovation

When planning or navigating a pivot, how do you know if you are pivoting in the right direction? Answer simple questions to validate your pivot and execute on four actions to help create speed-to-market.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-03-24T19:37:25-07:00June 12th, 2020|Categories: Life Cycle Processes|Tags: Change Management, market pivot, organization pivot, pivot, product pivot, speed to market|

How to Develop Innovative Leaders

There is no arguing that in today’s marketplace companies must innovate to survive. There is more pressure now than at any other time in history for innovation, especially if companies want to be industry leaders. This is because rapidly changing technology is continually driving changes in markets and shifting trends in customer behavior and expectations.

Ideascale2021-03-24T19:31:47-07:00September 14th, 2018|Categories: Strategies|Tags: creative, efficiency, free time, innovation, intellectual growth, leaders, opportunities, Product Development, ripple effect, risk, self awareness, shift, thoughtfulness|