Igniting Innovation

Analyst group Gartner considers Corporate Culture to be the biggest threat / impediment to innovation and I agree! The goal should not be to “do” innovation but rather for the entire organisation to “be” more innovative in everything they do.

But this often requires a dramatic cultural shift across the company - which is particularly difficult the larger the organisation and the longer people have been there.

So where do you start? I share a few ideas - listen on!

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How do you know what you don't know? This isn't a trick question and it stems from something a previous CEO said to me.

Many of the people that I speak to simply have no idea where or how to start looking out for the things that might have an impact on their work and life in the future. In this episode, Martin Lucas asks me about the source of the above question and we go on to discuss who in the organisation should be "scanning the horizon", where (as a minimum) they should be scanning and what they should be doing with the information they find.

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There are many dimensions to the "where" question - organisational, physical, geographical etc.

In this episode, Martin Lucas asks probing questions of my experience covering:-

* Where in the organisation does innovation take place?

* What department or function should be responsible for innovation?

* Who (job titles) is typically responsible for innovation?

* How important is physical space?

* Do you need a dedicated "lab" / bean bags / slides etc to stimulate innovation?

* How does geography influence innovation capability?

* Where should people focus on next?

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Innovation is a hot topic right now - and it should be as your future depends on it!

But it means different things to different people and many confuse or conflate the concepts of innovation and invention.

In this episode I explore:-

* what innovation is (and isn't)

* the different kinds of innovation

* why organisations need to think more innovatively

* what you should be doing about it

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