Category: Psychology
Ultimately, successful and sustainable innovation is all about purpose and passion. The people in your organization have to be clear on what the purpose of the organization is. Ideally, that purpose has to be something bigger than the individuals and something that people can get passionate about, because first and foremost, as Jeffrey Phillips has said, “You can’t force a disinterested person to innovate.” Continue reading
The name Apple is synonymous with innovation. Long has the Silicon Valley giant brought childlike excitement into the tech industry, thanks largely to the vision of its late CEO, Steve Jobs. Remember the launch of the Apple II? We don’t either, but it was one of their crucial first steps towards greatness. Arguably though, Apple’s greatest achievement came in 2007, when the company flipped the smartphone world upside down and back to front with the launch of the very first iPhone Continue reading
Pessimists are usually right and optimists are usually wrong but all the great changes have been accomplished by optimists. Continue reading
If you have kids, you know that they all pass through the “Why Phase,” where they keep asking “Why?” until you ultimately resort to the conversation-ending phrase “Ask your Mother (or Father).” Continue reading
The worse part of these fads is their psychological effect on employees. When leaders attempt fads and fail, the results can demoralize employees, especially if they feel bounded to operational distortions and that their leaders misplaced their efforts. Continue reading
Cooperative innovation is transforming project management, evolving from “all-in-one” integrated projects to collaborative design, building innovative components on top of which various applications can be designed. Continue reading
