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Ascend Your Innovation Plateau: Think Leadership

Practice makes perfect. People master collaborative innovation as they convene people on the critical conversations and as they navigate the day in a life of innovation challenges. What’s next? What possibilities do we see for further progress? What possibilities do we see for leadership? In this article, innovation architect Doug Collins shares insights for the advanced practitioner: people who have become familiar with the blueprint for collaborative innovation and seek to hone their craft further.

Ideascale2021-12-05T08:41:59-08:00November 13th, 2012|Categories: Collaborative Innovation, Leadership|Tags: Best Practices, Collaboration, collaborative innovation, courage, Crowdsourcing, diversity, ethics, leadership, team diversity, virtues, wisdom of the crowds|

Real Innovators Sail Off the Map

Innovation is often regarded as a journey of discovery. Small steps or large, its purpose is locating and conquering new innovation territory. When incremental explorations are not enough though, it might be time to sail off the map. In this article, Gijs van Wulfen takes a look at Christopher Columbus’ example, and how urgency, courage, new technology, teamwork and perseverance can help corporate explorers reach the New Found Land.

Ideascale2021-12-05T08:21:54-08:00September 27th, 2012|Categories: Front End of Innovation|Tags: courage, explorers, innovation champion, innovation psychology, inspiration, Teamwork|

Being First: Ten Innovation lessons from Mount Everest

Reaching the highest point of the Earth is one of the greatest expeditions of mankind. It made Edmund Hillary famous. After reading Hillary’s ‘View from the Summit’ Gijs van Wulfen shares ten innovation lessons on being 1st.

Ideascale2021-12-03T14:44:38-08:00August 30th, 2012|Categories: Front End of Innovation|Tags: Competition, courage, innovation champion, innovation psychology, inspiration, leadership, lessons learned, luck, obstacles, Teamwork|

How Improvisational Techniques can Benefit Innovators

The techniques of improvisational performance can be applied in helpful ways to any situation where people are collaborating to innovate or build something, says improv expert Kat Koppett.

Ideascale2021-12-02T16:10:25-08:00September 13th, 2011|Categories: Idea Management, Interview|Tags: achievement mindset, adapt, brainstorm, circus bow, courage, create, creative leadership, Creativity, cultural norms, empathize, entrepreneur, Failure, flex, habits, idea management, ideas, imagine, improvisation, innovation tool, intention, Interview, organizational development, paradigm, passions, reward structures, storytelling, tell stories, yes and rule|

Creativity is key to organizational and individual sustainability, says Annalie Killian

Creativity is not only essential to the sustainability of organizations, it's also key to individual health and happiness, points out maverick woman Annalie Killian.

Sarah Vandenberg2021-12-01T15:45:57-08:00October 13th, 2010|Categories: Collaborative Innovation, Interview, Leadership, Open Innovation, Organization & Culture|Tags: amplify, blend, catalyst, catalysts, catalyze, coaches, collaborate, Collaboration, collective culture, Communication, confidence, courage, create, creative energy, creative experimentation, Creativity, cross-functional collaboration, cultivate, curious, experiment, futurist, innovation, Interview, leadership, lifelong learning, magic, Open Innovation, organizational beliefs, re-imagining, reframed, safe learning space, social responsibility, transformational change|

How do you Build and Sustain a Culture and Climate for Innovation and Entrepreneurship?

The fifth major issue to be tackled by our distinguished panel of innovation practitioners is innovation culture, specifically: How do you build and sustain a culture and climate for innovation and entrepreneurship, and how do you encourage "smart risk taking" and drive out fear of failure?

Sarah Vandenberg2021-11-29T13:50:47-08:00August 19th, 2008|Categories: Interview, Organization & Culture|Tags: company culture, courage, culture, entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship, Failure, Innovation Culture, Innovation Expert Panel, Interview, intrapreneur, risk management, risk-taking|