Best Practices Are Stupid: 40 Ways to Out-Innovate the Competition
What if almost everything you know about creating a culture of innovation is wrong? What if the way you are measuring innovation is choking it? What if your market research is asking all of the wrong questions?
It’s time to innovate the way you innovate.
— Hire people you don’t like. Bring in the right mix of people to unleash your team’s full potential.
— Asking for … [ Read more ]
Content: Book | Author: Stephen M. Shapiro | Subject: Innovation
Personality Poker: How to Create High-Performing Innovation Teams
The desire for equality permeates everything we do and always has, as can be seen in many of our age-old philosophies. For example, we see it in the Golden Rule, which is often interpreted as ‘Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.’ However, who really cares what you want? After all, treating people as you want to be treated doesn’t address … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Stephen M. Shapiro | Source: ChangeThis | Subject: Organizational Behavior
Unleashing the Inner Innovator
The same advice on differentiating and learning faster than your competition that is often given to companies, is equally applicable to us as individuals. In this interesting piece, Stephen Shapiro explores how to unleash your inner innovator to differentiate yourself and to find new ways of adding value to your organization.
Editor’s Note: a very interesting read, especially the bit about NASA testing children for … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Stephen M. Shapiro | Source: 24/7 Innovation | Subjects: Innovation, Personal Development