The Weekly Roundup – June 19, 2010

10 Signs that Innovation Will Go Horribly Wrong

Big companies – and even modest-sized ones – depend on innovation. But how can you tell when things are about to horribly wrong? This list of 10 danger signs is very helpful for spotting the problems early: https://bit.ly/cuvQUy

The Innovation Life Cycle

It’s extremely difficult to foster game-changing innovation in established businesses. This article shows why – and what you can do about it: https://bit.ly/beCH0b

Stuck with a project? Use your creativity zoom lens

Everyone has had the experience of getting too close to a project, or work in general, and losing perspective. This article offers several simple ways to re-establish your perspective and your creative juices: https://bit.ly/cw44jT

The Creative Secrets of Einstein and Disney

What did Walt Disney and Albert Einstein have in common? An incredible ability to picture where they wanted to go creatively speaking. Learn the secrets of the masters in this article: https://bit.ly/bel4fT

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New Thinking for the New Era of Business

Albert Einstein famously noted, “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking that we used when we created them.” In our post-COVID world of ...

When an Astronaut Needs a Pen

Ever get stuck on a problem, only to realize you're solving for the wrong thing? That's exactly what happened when the rocket scientists at NASA ...

How Shake Shack Drives Innovation

Do you prefer the crispy mozzarella, tempura watercress, and black garlic mayonnaise cheeseburger or the pumpkin mustard, bacon, cranberries, and sage hot dog? For something ...

Lady Gaga’s Secret to Creativity

Just before she won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, I watched Lady Gaga dazzle the live audience with a pitch perfect performance of ...

Creativity: Does Size Matter?

For some reason, we’ve been taught that for creativity and innovation to count they need to have a magnitude the size of the 1989 San ...

The Lexicon of Creativity

There’s more confusion around the meaning of the word innovation than the chaos at the airline ticket counter after a cancelled flight. Is there a difference between ...

The Brain Science of Becoming More Creative

When we hear stories about iconic leaders like Salesforce.com’s founder Marc Benioff, or widely celebrated virtuosos like Lin-Manuel Miranda for that matter, we immediately think ...

Correct the Overcorrect

When the misguided leaders at Enron, Tyco and Worldcom committed fraud and marred their shareholders with huge losses, the Securities and Exchange Commission rightfully swooped ...

Learning to Color

Fact: Creativity has become the most needed skill in business. It’s gone from a nice-to-have to becoming mission-critical. Fact: Creativity is a learnable skill. All humans have ...