Idea to Value - Creativity and Innovation with Nick Skillicorn

In today's episode of the Idea to Value Podcast, we speak to Simon Hill, founder of Idea Management software company Wazoku.

https://www.ideatovalue.com/podc/nickskillicorn/2017/02/podcast-008-simon-hill-get-everyone-involved-everyday-innovation/ 

Wazoku has grown steadily in the past few years into one of the big players in the idea management space, enabling companies to gather ideas from across the entire company and track their progress much more efficiently than with traditional brainstorming or idea suggestion schemes.

They have also been at the forefront of what they call "EveryDay Innovation", which aims to help companies better understand what it takes for everyone in a company to be involved with innovation and to find out how they are performing against other companies.

Things we cover in today's episode:
* Software itself is not a silver bullet which will make you innovative (02:20)
* What is EveryDay innovation? (02:45)
* How you benchmark innovation across other companies (04:45)
* What distinguishes a novice company against a mature company when it comes to innovation (06:40)
* How different teams within a company can get involved in innovation (09:15)
* What idea management software actually does to help innovation management (10:40)
* How people within companies feel like they are involved in innovation (13:30)
* Co-creating innovation with customers (14:40)

Links mentioned in this episode:

* Wazoku's website: https://www.wazoku.com/ 
* The EveryDay innovation thought leadership: https://www.wazoku.com/everydayinnovation/ 

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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David Burkus is a best-selling author, an award-winning podcaster, and associate professor of management at Oral Roberts University. His latest book, Under New Management, challenges the traditional and widely accepted principles of business management and proves that they are outdated, outmoded, or simply don't work — and reveals what does. He's delivered keynotes to the leaders of Fortune 500 companies and the future leaders of the United States Naval Academy. David is a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review and Inc.

In today's episode of the Idea to Value Podcast, we talk about the following:

* The difference between how academics talk about creativity compared to individuals who are trying to innovate (03:00)

* The Myths of Creativity, and "the stories we tell ourselves are true even when they are not true" (03:55)

* Everyone has the potential to increase their creativity (04:55)

* How companies unintentionally silo creativity into certain divisions, telling others that they do not need to be creative (06:10)

* What are successful companies doing that encourages innovation in their teams? (07:30)

* The need to demonstrate trust in employees, and elimination of blockers (08:15)

* Tactics for employees to improve their own performance, and for company leaders to improve performance across the entire company (10:10)

* "What would have to be true for this idea to work?" (13:20)

* David's creative process (14:45)

Links from this episode:

* David Burkus website: http://davidburkus.com

* Work Smarter Summit: https://davidburkus.samcart.com/referral/SM1cAULR/999888

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/

https://www.ideatovalue.com/

* Subscribe on iTunes to the Idea to Value Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/idea-to-value-creativity-innovation/id1199964981?mt=2 * Subscribe on Stitcher to the Idea to Value Podcast: http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=129437&refid=stpr

Get your free ticket  to David Burkus' upcoming Work Smarter Summit: https://davidburkus.samcart.com/referral/SM1cAULR/999888

David Burkus is a best-selling author, an award-winning podcaster, and associate professor of management at Oral Roberts University. His latest book, Under New Management, challenges the traditional and widely accepted principles of business management and proves that they are outdated, outmoded, or simply don’t work — and reveals what does. He’s delivered keynotes to the leaders of Fortune 500 companies and the future leaders of the United States Naval Academy. David is a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review and Inc.

In today's episode of the Idea to Value Podcast, we talk about the following:

* The difference between how academics talk about creativity compared to individuals who are trying to innovate (03:00)

* The Myths of Creativity, and "the stories we tell ourselves are true even when they are not true" (03:55)

* Everyone has the potential to increase their creativity (04:55)

* How companies unintentionally silo creativity into certain divisions, telling others that they do not need to be creative (06:10) 

* What are successful companies doing that encourages innovation in their teams? (07:30)

* The need to demonstrate trust in employees, and elimination of blockers (08:15)

* Tactics for employees to improve their own performance, and for company leaders to improve performance across the entire company (10:10)

* "What would have to be true for this idea to work?" (13:20)

* David's creative process (14:45)

Links from this episode:

* David Burkus website: http://davidburkus.com 

* Work Smarter Summit: https://davidburkus.samcart.com/referral/SM1cAULR/999888 

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/ 

https://www.ideatovalue.com/ 

* Subscribe on iTunes to the Idea to Value Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/idea-to-value-creativity-innovation/id1199964981?mt=2 
* Subscribe on Stitcher to the Idea to Value Podcast: http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=129437&refid=stpr 

In today's episode of the Idea to Value Podcast, we talk to Zal Dastur from Lucep.

https://wp.me/p6pllj-gM

Lucep is a technology company working out of Singapore and India, which enables companies to respond to leads faster than traditional methods like asking someone to call a number.

They have also been nominated as one of the hottest 30 Technology companies in India in 2016.

Some of the topics covered include:

* What it is like starting up a company in a competitive market

* How it feels to find out your customers initially don't understand what you're offering

* The challenges of working across several geographical locations

* Finding out example what your value-adding principle is

* How Lucep approaches innovation

Links

*Lucep homepage https://lucep.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/

https://www.ideatovalue.com/

* Subscribe on iTunes to the Idea to Value Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/idea-to-value-creativity-innovation/id1199964981?mt=2 * Subscribe on Stitcher to the Idea to Value Podcast: http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=129437&refid=stpr

In today's episode of the Idea to Value Podcast, we talk to Zal Dastur from Lucep.

https://wp.me/p6pllj-gM

Lucep is a technology company working out of Singapore and India, which enables companies to respond to leads faster than traditional methods like asking someone to call a number.

They have also been nominated as one of the hottest 30 Technology companies in India in 2016.

Some of the topics covered include:

* What it is like starting up a company in a competitive market

* How it feels to find out your customers initially don't understand what you're offering

* The challenges of working across several geographical locations

* Finding out example what your value-adding principle is

* How Lucep approaches innovation

Links

*Lucep homepage https://lucep.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/

https://www.ideatovalue.com/

* Subscribe on iTunes to the Idea to Value Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/idea-to-value-creativity-innovation/id1199964981?mt=2
* Subscribe on Stitcher to the Idea to Value Podcast: http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=129437&refid=stpr

In today's episode of the Idea to Value Podcast, we interview Peter Cook from the Academy of Rock.

Peter takes lessons from his long experience in both the business and musical industries, and meshes them together to help companies improve the way they approach challenges.

We go through some of the major things which businesses and leaders can learn from music.

Some of the topics covered include:

• Why it is easier to swallow hard truths if they are sugar coated (03:00)
• Musical dissonance and cognitive dissonance, and listening effectively (03:40)
• How to practice effectively to actually see improvement (05:30)
• How business leaders can use the idea of "flow" like musicians (07:20)
• Why trying to "force flow" will fail (09:35)
• What is "purposeful improvisation" (11:30)
• The danger of working on an idea with no exposure to an audience (14:00)

Links

Peter's homepage: Academy of Rock http://www.academy-of-rock.co.uk/

Human Dynamics http://humdyn.co.uk/aboutus/

Peter's Book: Leading Innovation, Creativity and Enterprise: http://amzn.to/2khBQ3O

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/

In today's episode of the Idea to Value Podcast, we interview Peter Cook from the Academy of Rock.

Peter takes lessons from his long experience in both the business and musical industries, and meshes them together to help companies improve the way they approach challenges.

We go through some of the major things which businesses and leaders can learn from music.

Some of the topics covered include:

• Why it is easier to swallow hard truths if they are sugar coated (03:00)
• Musical dissonance and cognitive dissonance, and listening effectively (03:40)
• How to practice effectively to actually see improvement (05:30)
• How business leaders can use the idea of "flow" like musicians (07:20)
• Why trying to "force flow" will fail (09:35)
• What is "purposeful improvisation" (11:30)
• The danger of working on an idea with no exposure to an audience (14:00)

Links

Peter's homepage: Academy of Rock http://www.academy-of-rock.co.uk/ 

Human Dynamics http://humdyn.co.uk/aboutus/ 

Peter's Book: Leading Innovation, Creativity and Enterprise: http://amzn.to/2khBQ3O

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/ 

In today's episode, we talk about the last of the 3 Dimensions of Innovation: Organisational Support.

What does it really take for innovation to flourish at an organisation?

Find out by clicking the play button to listen to the episode above.

The capabilities to support a culture of innovation we discuss are:

1. Vision & Strategy
2. Ten Types of Innovation
3. Leadership & Sponsorship
4. Developing a culture of innovation:
5. Reward vs Risk aversion
6. Measuring and Rewarding Performance
7. Budget
8. Bureaucracy
9. Training and New Experiences
10. Company-wide Idea Generation
11. Open Innovation
12. Innovation as a value
13. Trends & Industry

In today's episode, we talk about the last of the 3 Dimensions of Innovation: Organisational Support.

What does it really take for innovation to flourish at an organisation?

Find out by clicking the play button to listen to the episode above.

The capabilities to support a culture of innovation we discuss are:

1. Vision & Strategy
2. Ten Types of Innovation
3. Leadership & Sponsorship
4. Developing a culture of innovation:
5. Reward vs Risk aversion
6. Measuring and Rewarding Performance
7. Budget
8. Bureaucracy
9. Training and New Experiences
10. Company-wide Idea Generation
11. Open Innovation
12. Innovation as a value
13. Trends & Industry

In today's episode of the Idea to Value Podcast, we talk about the various capabilities which companies need in order to be successful at innovation.

The capabilities we highlight in more detail include:

1. Innovation Methodology
2. Focus on Problem and Solution
3. Experimentation & Prototyping
4. Feedback incorporation
5. Diversity in Team
6. Evaluation Criteria
7. Work Environment
8. Resources
9. Tools
10. Time Available
11. Cross Pollination
12. Brainstorming Effectively
13. Message and Buy-in