Idea to Value - Creativity and Innovation with Nick Skillicorn

In today's episode of the Idea to Value Podcast, we talk about the Impostor Syndrome with one of the world's leading experts, Dr Valerie Young.

https://www.ideatovalue.com/podc/nickskillicorn/2017/10/podcast-023-dr-valerie-young-5-ways-people-experience-impostor-syndrome/ 

This is something which millions of people from all occupations suffer from but may not understand the reasons for. Here, we discuss its causes, effects, and how you can deal with it.

Topics covered in this episode:

* What the Impostor Syndrome is (03:00)

* Who it affects (04:30)

* How entrepreneurs can get over the procrastination that comes with launching a new product (06:30)

* The five different ways that people experience the Impostor Syndrome (09:00):

- The Perfectionist

- The Expert

- The Natural Genius

- The Soloist / Rugged Individualist

- Superman / Superwoman

* How each person with any of the characteristics can overcome their unique challenges (13:00)

* If you want to stop feeling like an Impostor, you need to stop thinking like an Impostor (18:00)

* Feelings are the last things to change (19:30)

* Everyone needs to continue trying to improve themselves and learn new things throughout your life and career (21:00)

Links mentioned in this episode:

* The Impostor Syndrome Website: http://impostorsyndrome.com 

* Book: The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women: Why Capable People Suffer from the Impostor Syndrome and How to Thrive in Spite of It http://amzn.to/2yAKi3W 

Bonus:

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In today's episode of the Idea to Value Podcast, we chat with Paul Sloane, one of Twitter's biggest innovation influencers and author of multiple books on the subject, including the third edition of The Leader's Guide to Lateral Thinking Skills.

https://www.ideatovalue.com/podc/nickskillicorn/2017/09/podcast-022-paul-sloane-leaders-need-courageous-innovate/

In this week's episode, we talk about why leader's need courage to actually try new things and innovate, and learn some case studies of inspiring leaders who have succeeded in doing just that.

Topics covered in today's episode:

* What stops most companies from innovating is not a lack of ideas but a lack of leadership (01:30)

* Is lateral thinking just a new way to think of lots of new ideas? (03:30)

* Approaching problems from a new direction will lead to novel new solutions which can't be found using a traditional academic way of solving a problem (04:45)

* Leadership is about creating an environment where ideas can be turned into action (05:30)

* Great leaders need to be both a firefighter and an arsonist (06:45)

* Leaders need to give themselves time to focus on strategic activity and delegate other tasks (08:30)

* Courageous leaders need to make decisions which could be difficult and potentially unpopular (09:30)

* Why being innovative can be such a difficult decision because it can disrupt your own core business (10:30)

* Great leaders realise they don't have all the answers about how their company will reach their future goals, and let other team members contribute to finding the solutions to reach that goal over time (13:00)

Links mentioned in this episode:

* Paul's Website: http://www.destination-innovation.com/

* Paul's new book: The Leader's Guide to Lateral Thinking Skills: Unlock the Creativity and Innovation in You and Your Team http://amzn.to/2f5cioH

Bonus:

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In today's episode of the Idea to Value Podcast, we chat with Paul Sloane, one of Twitter's biggest innovation influencers and author of multiple books on the subject, including the third edition of The Leader's Guide to Lateral Thinking Skills.

https://www.ideatovalue.com/podc/nickskillicorn/2017/09/podcast-022-paul-sloane-leaders-need-courageous-innovate/ 

In this week's episode, we talk about why leader's need courage to actually try new things and innovate, and learn some case studies of inspiring leaders who have succeeded in doing just that.

Topics covered in today's episode:

* What stops most companies from innovating is not a lack of ideas but a lack of leadership (01:30)

* Is lateral thinking just a new way to think of lots of new ideas? (03:30)

* Approaching problems from a new direction will lead to novel new solutions which can't be found using a traditional academic way of solving a problem (04:45)

* Leadership is about creating an environment where ideas can be turned into action (05:30)

* Great leaders need to be both a firefighter and an arsonist (06:45)

* Leaders need to give themselves time to focus on strategic activity and delegate other tasks (08:30)

* Courageous leaders need to make decisions which could be difficult and potentially unpopular (09:30)

* Why being innovative can be such a difficult decision because it can disrupt your own core business (10:30)

* Great leaders realise they don't have all the answers about how their company will reach their future goals, and let other team members contribute to finding the solutions to reach that goal over time (13:00)

Links mentioned in this episode:

* Paul's Website: http://www.destination-innovation.com/ 

* Paul's new book: The Leader's Guide to Lateral Thinking Skills: Unlock the Creativity and Innovation in You and Your Team http://amzn.to/2f5cioH 

Bonus:

This episode was made possible by our premium members and the Deep Creativity training system. Sign up now to get exclusive creativity exercises every single day and take your ability to generate ideas to the next level. Use coupon code PODCAST for 25% off your first month. Find out more at https://www.ideatovalue.com/deepcreativity/ 

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In today's episode of the Idea to Value Podcast, we speak with one of the world's most well-respected innovation professors, Jeff de Graff from the University of Michigan.

https://www.ideatovalue.com/inno/nickskillicorn/2017/08/podcast-21-jeff-de-graff-need-conflict-succeed-innovation/

Jeff has been involved in Innovation research and teaching for more than 3 decades (which is almost as long as I've been alive...), is the author of multiple books on the subject of creativity and innovation, has worked with around half of the Fortune 500 companies and is known as the Dean of Innovation.

Definitely, an episode not to be missed.

Topics covered in this episode:

* In his most recent book The Innovation Code, he wants to dispell three ideas (02:00):

1. that there is a one-size fits-all way to innovate

2. how innovation needs to get away from using a standard process

3. how innovation is borne from constructive conflict

* Data shows that only about 25% of companies consistently show up across the lists of "Most Innovative companies", so there is a problem with the way these lists are made (04:30)

* Since 1993, the 10 largest Innovation Indexes have only beaten the growth-focussed Russell 2500 Index benchmark on two occasions out of 300 attempts (05:30)

* Innovation is a meritocracy. You need the right players in the right places at the right time (06:30)

* What company motives are and how that determines their desire to innovate (08:00)

* In a crisis, the risk of trying something radical and the risk of doing nothing is reversed (09:00)

* What distinguishes a successful innovation lab from ones which fail (11:00)

* Most labs are good at ideation but are bad at scaling ideas and getting them into the core organisation (12:30)

* Why it's so hard to link innovation to share price and company performance, but how it's possible (14:30)

* What most people get wrong about innovation (19:00)

1. Saying that everyone can innovate

2. Benchmarking against incumbent companies

3. Freedom creates innovation

4. People who are born as geniuses

* What makes people and teams creative (21:30)

* There are people who are Visionary Creators, and there are people who are Engineer Innovators / Adapters, and they need each other in order to truly innovate (22:30)

* The danger of social media is that you never end up meeting the opposite type of creator, instead only getting your own views reinforced (24:30)

* He doesn't think that it's possible to build missing capabilities in your innovativeness or creativity. More important is to work with people who can fill your gaps (27:00)

* Can you hand off the ideas at the right time in order for innovations to not get stuck in the process? (28:30)

Links mentioned in the episode:

* Jeff de Graff's website: http://jeffdegraff.com

* Jeff's new book "The Innovation Code": http://amzn.to/2wbwtZK

Bonus:

This episode was made possible by our premium members and the Deep Creativity training system. Sign up now to get exclusive creativity exercises every single day and take your ability to generate ideas to the next level. Use coupon code PODCAST for 25% off your first month. Find out more at https://www.ideatovalue.com/deepcreativity/

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In today's episode of the Idea to Value Podcast, we speak with one of the world's most well-respected innovation professors, Jeff de Graff from the University of Michigan.

https://www.ideatovalue.com/inno/nickskillicorn/2017/08/podcast-21-jeff-de-graff-need-conflict-succeed-innovation/ 

Jeff has been involved in Innovation research and teaching for more than 3 decades (which is almost as long as I've been alive...), is the author of multiple books on the subject of creativity and innovation, has worked with around half of the Fortune 500 companies and is known as the Dean of Innovation.

Definitely, an episode not to be missed.

Topics covered in this episode:

* In his most recent book The Innovation Code, he wants to dispell three ideas (02:00):

1. that there is a one-size fits-all way to innovate

2. how innovation needs to get away from using a standard process

3. how innovation is borne from constructive conflict

* Data shows that only about 25% of companies consistently show up across the lists of "Most Innovative companies", so there is a problem with the way these lists are made (04:30)

* Since 1993, the 10 largest Innovation Indexes have only beaten the growth-focussed Russell 2500 Index benchmark on two occasions out of 300 attempts (05:30)

* Innovation is a meritocracy. You need the right players in the right places at the right time (06:30)

* What company motives are and how that determines their desire to innovate (08:00)

* In a crisis, the risk of trying something radical and the risk of doing nothing is reversed (09:00)

* What distinguishes a successful innovation lab from ones which fail (11:00)

* Most labs are good at ideation but are bad at scaling ideas and getting them into the core organisation (12:30)

* Why it's so hard to link innovation to share price and company performance, but how it's possible (14:30)

* What most people get wrong about innovation (19:00)

1. Saying that everyone can innovate

2. Benchmarking against incumbent companies

3. Freedom creates innovation

4. People who are born as geniuses

* What makes people and teams creative (21:30)

* There are people who are Visionary Creators, and there are people who are Engineer Innovators / Adapters, and they need each other in order to truly innovate (22:30)

* The danger of social media is that you never end up meeting the opposite type of creator, instead only getting your own views reinforced (24:30)

* He doesn't think that it's possible to build missing capabilities in your innovativeness or creativity. More important is to work with people who can fill your gaps (27:00)

* Can you hand off the ideas at the right time in order for innovations to not get stuck in the process? (28:30)

Links mentioned in the episode:

* Jeff de Graff's website: http://jeffdegraff.com 

* Jeff's new book "The Innovation Code": http://amzn.to/2wbwtZK 

Bonus:

This episode was made possible by our premium members and the Deep Creativity training system. Sign up now to get exclusive creativity exercises every single day and take your ability to generate ideas to the next level. Use coupon code PODCAST for 25% off your first month. Find out more at https://www.ideatovalue.com/deepcreativity/ 

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In today's episode of the Idea to Value Podcast, we talk to Brad Barbera, author of "Keep Innovation Simple", Innovation Strategist and holder of the first patent for low-fat mayonnaise.

https://www.ideatovalue.com/inno/nickskillicorn/2017/08/podcast-20-brad-barbera-learn-love-chaos-hate-confusion/

Topics covered in this episode:

* Is there a perfect formula for innovation which works for all companies? (03:00)

* Why you need to be careful about applying best practice from other companies (04:30)

* How you can keep innovation simple (06:45)

* What affects an individual's capability of being innovative (07:45)

* Why you should develop a mindset of "Respectful Irreverence" (10:30)

* You need to have some grit to get through the tough times of innovation (12:30)

* Why some companies want to downgrade their innovativeness, and why it is hard to change (13:15)

* Why the simple things are so hard, but the most important (14:00)

* The difference between complexity and complication (16:30)

* The importance of π pi-shaped innovators (18:30)

Links from this episode:

* Brad's website: https://www.bradbarbera.com/

* Book: Keep Innovation Simple: http://amzn.to/2w9p2oH

Bonus:

This episode was made possible by our premium members and the Deep Creativity training system. Sign up now to get exclusive creativity exercises every single day and take your ability to generate ideas to the next level. Use coupon code PODCAST for 25% off your first month. Find out more at https://www.ideatovalue.com/deepcreativity/

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In today's episode of the Idea to Value Podcast, we talk to Brad Barbera, author of "Keep Innovation Simple", Innovation Strategist and holder of the first patent for low-fat mayonnaise.

https://www.ideatovalue.com/inno/nickskillicorn/2017/08/podcast-20-brad-barbera-learn-love-chaos-hate-confusion/ 

Topics covered in this episode:

* Is there a perfect formula for innovation which works for all companies? (03:00)

* Why you need to be careful about applying best practice from other companies (04:30)

* How you can keep innovation simple (06:45)

* What affects an individual's capability of being innovative (07:45)

* Why you should develop a mindset of "Respectful Irreverence" (10:30)

* You need to have some grit to get through the tough times of innovation (12:30)

* Why some companies want to downgrade their innovativeness, and why it is hard to change (13:15)

* Why the simple things are so hard, but the most important (14:00)

* The difference between complexity and complication (16:30)

* The importance of π pi-shaped innovators (18:30)

Links from this episode:

* Brad's website: https://www.bradbarbera.com/ 

* Book: Keep Innovation Simple: http://amzn.to/2w9p2oH 

Bonus:

This episode was made possible by our premium members and the Deep Creativity training system. Sign up now to get exclusive creativity exercises every single day and take your ability to generate ideas to the next level. Use coupon code PODCAST for 25% off your first month. Find out more at https://www.ideatovalue.com/deepcreativity/ 

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In today's episode of the Idea to Value Podcast, we talk with professional magician Kostya Kimlat, recently a winner on the magic TV show Penn & Teller's Fool Us.

https://www.ideatovalue.com/podc/nickskillicorn/2017/08/podcast-019-kostya-kimlat-methods-vs-effects-creative-like-magician/

We talk about what constitutes originality and creativity in the art form of magic, what it takes to create your own tricks, and why customers always care more about the effect of what they experience compared to the method of how it was done.

Topics discussed in today's episode:

* Why magic causes such joy and bewilderment in people (02:00)

* How magicians hide their skills and creativity instead of showing them off like other artists (06:00)

* What most people see as creativity in magic was actually creative 100 years ago (08:00)

* The two way to be creative and innovative: methods vs effects (08:30)

* How knowing too much about your methods can make you lose sight of what your customers see (11:00)

* How he developed his skills and whether you can be creative from the beginning or need to hone your skills first (13:00)

* "The secret is the most important thing, until you learn it" (14:30)

* How you can learn magic from books, and paying your dues through hard work (16:00)

* How often does failure happen in magic, and how can companies deal with failure? (17:30)

* The balance between "playing the hits" (performing things that you know will work) and trying out original new tricks (20:30)

* How you make your audience feels like there is spontaneity and make them feel recognised and special (25:00)

Links mentioned in this episode:

Kostya Kimlat's website: https://www.kostyakimlat.com/

Bonus:

This episode was made possible by our premium members and the Deep Creativity training system. Sign up now to get exclusive creativity exercises every single day and take your ability to generate ideas to the next level. Use coupon code PODCAST for 25% off your first month. Find out more at https://www.ideatovalue.com/deepcreativity/

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In today's episode of the Idea to Value Podcast, we talk with professional magician Kostya Kimlat, recently a winner on the magic TV show Penn & Teller's Fool Us.

https://www.ideatovalue.com/podc/nickskillicorn/2017/08/podcast-019-kostya-kimlat-methods-vs-effects-creative-like-magician/ 

We talk about what constitutes originality and creativity in the art form of magic, what it takes to create your own tricks, and why customers always care more about the effect of what they experience compared to the method of how it was done.

Topics discussed in today's episode:

* Why magic causes such joy and bewilderment in people (02:00)

* How magicians hide their skills and creativity instead of showing them off like other artists (06:00)

* What most people see as creativity in magic was actually creative 100 years ago (08:00)

* The two way to be creative and innovative: methods vs effects (08:30)

* How knowing too much about your methods can make you lose sight of what your customers see (11:00)

* How he developed his skills and whether you can be creative from the beginning or need to hone your skills first (13:00)

* "The secret is the most important thing, until you learn it" (14:30)

* How you can learn magic from books, and paying your dues through hard work (16:00)

* How often does failure happen in magic, and how can companies deal with failure? (17:30)

* The balance between "playing the hits" (performing things that you know will work) and trying out original new tricks (20:30)

* How you make your audience feels like there is spontaneity and make them feel recognised and special (25:00)

Links mentioned in this episode:

Kostya Kimlat's website: https://www.kostyakimlat.com/ 

Bonus:

This episode was made possible by our premium members and the Deep Creativity training system. Sign up now to get exclusive creativity exercises every single day and take your ability to generate ideas to the next level. Use coupon code PODCAST for 25% off your first month. Find out more at https://www.ideatovalue.com/deepcreativity/ 

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In today's episode of the Idea to Value Podcast, we speak with Stuart Semple, a visual artist based in Dorset, England and also one of the people in the centre of a recent controversy within the artistic world.

What follows is an interesting story about how one of the world's most famous artists Anish Kapoor was given the exclusive rights to produce art using the "blackest black" pigment ever produced, called Vantablack (which I have written about previously here: https://www.ideatovalue.com/curi/nickskillicorn/2016/07/new-blackest-material-world-absorbing-99-965-light/).

Stuart is leading the fight back, saying it is bad news for all other artists to be prevented from expressing themselves using this new medium, and has also worked to make extreme colours available to everyone with his "pinkest pink" paint (except for Mr Kapoor though).

Topics covered in this episode:

* Stuart's history and current art projects (01:00)

* The controversy behind Vantablack and how the artistic community was excluded (02:30)

* Should an artist not have the right to have exclusive access to something if they get there first? (05:45)

* How different artists will use materials in different ways to express themselves (07:00)

* Stuart's history in creating colours and getting to the pinkest pink in the world, with yet more controversy (08:30)

* Our computers can't actually handle the brightness of real-life colour saturations, and only output in Red, Blue and Green (10:30)

* Everyone gets creative blocks, even professional artists, but you need to work through them (12:00)

* The difference between work he initiates himself and work commissioned by other people (13:45)

* The difference between creativity and self-expression (16:00)

* Does he still feel anxiety about what people will think before he releases his work (17:00)

Links from this Episode:

* Stuart's art: http://stuartsemple.com

* Buying some of Stuart's amazing paint: https://culturehustle.com/

Bonus:

This episode was made possible by our premium members and the Deep Creativity training system. Sign up now to get exclusive creativity exercises every single day and take your ability to generate ideas to the next level. Use coupon code PODCAST for 25% off your first month. Find out more at https://www.ideatovalue.com/deepcreativity/

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