We often think of change and innovation as linked to disruption, but does disruption really create growth for your company? Charlene Li, an expert who has been helping companies grow for decades, has a different take on disruption. She firmly believes that disruption doesn’t create growth — it’s the opposite; growth creates disruption, and we dive into what that distinction means and why it can be so powerful.

We often think that we consciously make all our decisions, but the truth is, the primal mind is often in control. We need to understand and harness it so that we can become stronger innovators and leaders who are more relevant and valuable in the work that we do while getting ourselves unstuck and avoiding sabotaging ourselves. In this episode, Derrick Kuhn and I continue our discussion about the primal mind.

You may have noticed that in some organizations, everyone seems to be on the same page and moving forward together as if pulled along by an invisible force. In other organizations, everyone seems to be scattered in different directions and perhaps even pulling each other down. What causes this, and how can you get your team moving in the direction of innovation? Katherine Radeka has the answers.

We’re all familiar with the concept that taking great risks can result in great rewards but shifting our mindset and perspective to actually take those huge leaps can be difficult. When we are so used to taking tiny baby steps and seeing incremental progress, we often find ourselves paralyzed with fear to take a big leap but that’s exactly what we need to do to reap the rewards. Allison Maslan helps business owners go from a 10% mindset to a 50X growth mindset, and in this episode, she shares her insigh

I often get questions about what I’m reading, what I’m learning out of it, how it impacts how I think about my personal and professional life, and how it helps me grow and evolve as a human being. In this episode, Derrick Kuhn, my friend and the person who provides me with a lot of my book recommendations, and I are digging into the primal mind.

This episode’s question comes from Ed in the real estate industry who finds that his time is often sucked up doing busywork. How can he carve out and protect the time of day where he’s at his best to do the things that actually move the needle forward?

A lot of us know that we engage in activities that are busywork that don’t really move your business forward but not many of us realize just how much time we lose doing this.

Too often, we get caught in looking at where we are and trying to work forward, which results in quite a bit of incremental improvement. Instead, we should be looking to the future and looking backward to see how we could get there using the technologies and capabilities available. This is what produces more innovative and transformational thinking — an area in which Herb Schul specializes.

Creating an innovation team comes with the good intention of driving innovation, but unfortunately, it’s often a misguided step that leads to negative outputs. When you limit innovation to just one team, you’re not tapping into the full potential available in your organization and creating an ‘us vs. them’ mentality, which means ideas do not move forward or get implemented.

This episode’s question comes from Ruth, who runs a direct sales home business with a great product; in all the training provided, they tell you to follow certain processes and systems to succeed. But when everyone else is doing the same thing and following the same steps, how do you stand out and be different?

People often sabotage or hinder their creativity, and it has a lot to do with how they define creativity and approach it. The good news is, creativity doesn’t have to be a long and laborious process, and if we define it right, exercise the creative side of our brains more, and give ourselves time to mull over ideas instead of jumping to judgment so quickly, all of us can be creative and come up with innovative ideas. Roger Firestien has just the tools to help us all get creative.