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Paul Sloane

Paul Sloane is the author of The Leader’s Guide to Lateral Thinking Skills and The Innovative Leader. He writes, talks and runs workshops on lateral thinking, creativity and the leadership of innovation. Find more information at destination-innovation.com.

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To Achieve Radical Innovation, Break the Unwritten

Every business operates in an environment of written and unwritten rules. Many of these boundaries and restrictions are self-imposed and accepted without questioning. Here are some examples from Paul Sloane of contrarians who broke "the rules" and uncovered breakthrough innovations.

2021-11-29T13:43:44-08:00June 25th, 2008|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: , , , |
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Overcoming Customer Resistance to Innovation

Sometimes the biggest resistance to innovation comes from the person who should benefit most from it – the customer. Customers can be very conservative. When you come along with an unorthodox new product or service they are often initially unimpressed. Why should the buyer take a risk with your unproven new gizmo? He knows that new products often have bugs and he does not want to be the guinea pig on which you experiment. He is familiar with the current method – why should he change?

2021-11-29T10:20:29-08:00January 10th, 2008|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |
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When it Comes to Innovation, Trust your Intuition

MBA students are taught to treat business in a rational, scientific way. They analyze situations, develop financial models, critically examine management decisions and logically examine different scenarios. When they emerge from the hallowed halls of academia, they are often surprised to find that businesses run much less on logic and much more on emotion. It is not cold, intelligent analysis that drives most organizations forward. Emotional energy is often the real engine behind successful people and organisations.

2021-11-29T10:15:11-08:00July 20th, 2007|Categories: Idea Management|Tags: , , , |
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Paul Sloane Talks about Strategies for Creating Effective Innovation Processes

Paul Sloane is renowned as a thought-provoking, entertaining and motivational speaker. His books have established Paul's reputation as the leading expert on lateral thinking and lateral leadership and he has published numerous articles on InnovationTools.com. With his consultancy, Destination Innovation, Paul helps organizations to develop a vision, culture and process for innovation. In this thought leader interview, he shares his thoughts on how to establish effective processes for innovation.

2021-11-29T10:01:50-08:00December 13th, 2006|Categories: Interview, Leadership, Life Cycle Processes|Tags: , , , , , |
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Put your Best People on Innovation

Many businesses make the mistake of giving innovation projects to junior executives. It seems natural to hand innovation opportunities to enthusiastic and promising upstarts. But generally it is the experienced heavyweights who can overcome all the process and political obstacles that will occur, explains Paul Sloane.

2021-11-29T10:00:35-08:00December 7th, 2006|Categories: Innovation Psychology|Tags: , , , , |
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