Drawing on in-depth research of hundreds of successful innovators soon to be released in his next book, Change the World without Quitting your Job, Kaihan Krippendorff outlines the seven key steps to unlock the value of your employees’ ideas, drive innovation inside your organization, and make sure the next “great idea” doesn’t go unnoticed.
By recognizing where your organization blocks the path of internal innovation along this IN-OVATE path, you will be able to unlock a flow of value-generating ideas.
The well-loved entrepreneurial story, as entrepreneurial guru Michael Gerber points out in his enormously influential book and concept, The E-Myth, is far more myth than reality. The true entrepreneurial journey is far harder to generalize than we would like, and its many permutations often lead to failure. We just don’t discuss those as often.
Last June, John Chambers, former Cisco CEO, proposed that “soon you’ll see huge companies with just two employees – the CEO and CIO.” The concept seems crazy now, but tangible evidence suggests we are...
Innovators from Richard Branson to Mahatma Gandhi share the practice of seeking “fourth options” where others have accepted three. They do it through stories, a.k.a. “strategic narratives”. Kaihan will share the five corporate narrative...
Individual sand crystals slipping through the hourglass marking time is an apt mental image for where we are in the year – more than half the year has passed, school years are about to...
Recent research into innovation reveals that the key to being a successful innovator has less to do with what’s been previously assumed — like your R&D process or the number of patents you file....
We are approaching an historic transformation of what for thousands of years we have considered work: scavenging, hunting, laboring in fields, and later offices. Today we are seeing a punctuated equilibrium, a radical rethinking...
A Strategic and Innovative Thinking Workshop: Out-think the Competition® In times of change, the ability to create innovative solutions and to see innovative strategic options becomes critical for continued success. Innovation rarely happens by...
An interview with author Kaihan Krippendorff who describes the concepts and application of strategic innovation: how today’s Outthinkers are using disruptive approaches to building sustainable competitive advantage.
