Creative Innovation (Pt 8): Guidelines over Rules
The culture we develop greatly influences employees. An innovative culture will encourage employees to be innovative. All right, how do we do... Read More
Over Thinking Decisions (Pt 2): Warning Signs
Posted on24 Sep 2012
TagsClaude Steele, creativity, decisions, expectations, Ian Leslie, information, innovation, Intelligent Life, Over Thinking Series, Performance, Stanford University, success, thinking process
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In Part I, I introduced Over Thinking (OT) referencing Ian Leslie’s article, “Non Cogito, Ergo Sum,” (Intelligent Life, May/June 2012 edition) and... Read More
Creative Innovation (Pt 7): Conflict
While we’ve discussed the benefit of dissenters and disruptive personalities with respective to creativity and innovation, I’ve implied conflict but have not... Read More
Creative Innovation (Pt 6): People Mix
In previous posts of this series, I covered accepting disruptive personalities, allowing spontaneity and creating conditions for interactions. Underlying these are people.... Read More
Extremely Unified Groups: More Aggressive, More Destructive
Posted on20 Aug 2012
Tagsadaptability, aggressive, business planning, compliance, creativity, Daisy Yuhas, Disruptive Innovation & People Analogy, dissent, group, innovation, leadership, military, organizational culture, people, planning, product of our environment, Scientific American, Scott Wiltermuth, standardization, Stanford Prison Experiment, synchronicity, team building, University of Southern California, USC Marshall School of Business
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Groups change people; a person in a group is very different alone. Subliminal influences encourage groups to accept those who adopt its... Read More
Creative Innovation (Pt 5): Employees Running into Each Other
Posted on16 Aug 2012
Tagsbuild, context, Creative Innovation Series, creativity, employees, innovation, Jonah Lehrer, organizational culture, spontaneous, Steve Jobs, The New Yorker
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Since planning is so engrained in a business mindset, it’s easy to become frustrated when we hear we can’t pressure or force... Read More
Creative Innovation (Pt 4): Spontaneity & Frequency
Posted on06 Aug 2012
TagsAlex "Sandy" Pentland, Andrea Anderson, brain, brainstorming, Creative Innovation Series, creativity, drugs, face-to-face interactions, fun, group, Harvard Business Review, innovation, Jonah Lehrer, Scientific American, spontaneous, Steve Jobs, team building, team intelligence, The New Yorker
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The executive walks through the facility or offices to attend the manager’s meeting and finds many employees having conversations; they are laughing,... Read More
How Work Pressure and Fear Affect Innovation
It is simple. Employees who feel pressure and fear are less creative and innovative. Daniel Gilbert in “The Science Behind the Smile”... Read More
Too Much Information & Indecisiveness
Tony Hey in his article, “The Big Idea: The Next Scientific Revolution” (Harvard Business Review, November 2010 edition ), and Patrick Spenner... Read More
Linking Disruptive Innovations and Disruptive Personalities
Posted on05 Jul 2012
TagsClayton Christensen, Creative Innovation Series, crisis, David Kushner, Disruptive Innovation & People Analogy, dissent, George Holtz, glass half full-half empty metaphor, Harvard University, innovation, management, Personality, sensitivity, Steve Wozniak, The New Yorker
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Innovation is born from people. Children are like their parents in many ways. Do disruptive personalities give birth to disruptive innovations? Research... Read More
