INNOVATION COACHING AND MENTORING

INNOVATION COACHING AND MENTORING

The business playing field has changed and will keep on changing, in ways that we cannot yet imagine. Uncertainty and instability are the key drivers of the business game, and many of our coaching clients are challenged by a diverse range of wicked, societal, business...
GENERATING DISCOVERY FOR INNOVATION

GENERATING DISCOVERY FOR INNOVATION

Just in case you haven’t seen the latest Star Trek movie yet, here is one of its key messages in generating discovery for innovation, which links to generating fresh new ways of business problem-solving: “You know the greatest danger facing us is ourselves, an...
DEALING WITH FEAR OF FAILURE

DEALING WITH FEAR OF FAILURE

In the 2014 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Report more than 206,000 individuals were surveyed across 73 economies and 3936 national experts on entrepreneurship from 73 economies participated in the survey. GEM participant economies represent 72.4% of the world’s...
CHANGE YOUR QUESTIONS AND CHANGE YOUR WORLD!

CHANGE YOUR QUESTIONS AND CHANGE YOUR WORLD!

In the incredibly challenging process of compiling, collating and presenting the new ImagineNation MOOC (massive online open course) on innovative leadership, we created a new role for innovative managers and leaders as ‘disruptive provocateurs!’ One of their key...
LEADING AND COACHING INNOVATION

LEADING AND COACHING INNOVATION

I recently caught up with a long term, highly successful and esteemed colleague who proudly shared with me her latest model for developing high performance leaders in global corporations.  It was a very comprehensive and multi-faceted model, that clearly outlined the...
BE THINK AND ACT DIFFERENTLY

BE THINK AND ACT DIFFERENTLY

Steve Jobs proved that surprising the market again and again with exciting unexpected solutions results in incredible business, customer, and profitable outcomes. He achieved these outcomes despite increases in global competition, a roller-coaster economy, and...