July 09, 2019
13 Guidelines for Navigating the New Decade Ahead
In 2009, after a speech at the St. Petersburg International Economic Summit (Russia’s Davos), I wandered into a panel discussion on the topic of trade wars, led by New York...
May 12, 2019
Seven Brainstorming Techniques for Your Next Ideation Session
Over the years, I've seen a lot of innovation tools come and go. They get introduced with great fanfare at conferences. Perhaps a high-profile company or two starts...
May 09, 2019
How to Prepare College Students to Innovate
Several years ago, when my nephew enrolled in business school at the University of Southern California, I asked him to ping me whenever the topic of innovation came up. He...
April 15, 2019
Managing the Future: Capitalizing on the Driving Forces of Change
In 2006, I was invited to conduct a masterclass for a group of Nokia high potential managers on the topic of driving growth through innovation. At the time, the company was...
August 15, 2017
Seven Strategies for Generating Ideas
How do organizations come up with new ideas? And how do they use those ideas to create successful new products, services, businesses, and solutions?
To answer these...
August 08, 2017
The Four Modes of Thinking and How They Impact Performance
Hi there, this is your brain speaking. Just wondering what thinking mode you are operating in today? Seems simple, but it’s important to know what’s going on up there....
August 01, 2017
Seven Fundamental Leadership and Innovation Skills
You don’t need a crystal ball to see that the world of work is changing. According to a study from McKinsey Global Institute, almost half the jobs people currently perform...
June 21, 2017
How Crowdsourcing Can Enhance Innovation Performance
Article first published as How Crowdsourcing Can Enhance Innovation Performance on Forbes.com.
Disruption and digitization are changing the game for more and more...
May 30, 2017
Are You Indispensable at Work? Seven Workplace Skills to Master
How to make innovative thinking and strategic workplace skills your ticket to success
In a time of economic disruption, unprecedented downsizings, budgetary cutbacks and the...
May 22, 2017
How To Build Your Personal Innovation Strategy
Article first published as How To Build Your Personal Innovation Strategy on Forbes.
Most of the discussion about disruption these days revolves around companies, less...
March 13, 2017
Winning on Shark Tank: Nine Strategies for Selling Your Bright Ideas
Later this week at a resort hotel in Huntington Beach, California, a group of managers from a $2 billion program and construction management company will host a Shark...
March 09, 2017
Six Innovation Leadership Skills Everybody Needs To Master
You don’t need a crystal ball to see that the world of work is changing. According to an important new study from McKinsey Global Institute, almost half the jobs people...