Scale your Idea Up and Out
The concept of scale is an important one for innovation and greater success. Just like the mighty oak tree began as a small acorn turned seedling, our success begins with
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innovation
Innovating on the Wall: Activities for Reflection and Strategy
When you post your innovation activities on the wall and keep them there, you not only have more room to work and collaborate but you are visually reminded of what
Data: Generate, Analyze, Interpret, Visualize, Communicate and Innovate from it
The CTO of IBM recommends people develop the skill of turning data into knowledge. The New York Times featured an article about how new ways to mine or exploit raw
Speech on Developing and Communicating Innovative Ideas
I had been blogging about the process of creating a visual keynote speech. I recorded a final prototype version of a speech on "developing and communicating innovative ideas" from my
How to create a visual keynote speech
I'm doing a pecha kucha keynote speech for an event called Showcase at the University of Wisconsin. This is my story of how I'm developing it. A pecha kucha is
Do Not Create Alone: How to Develop a Title Using 2 Question Surveys
I am finishing a book based on my dissertation research of high quality leadership programs. The purpose of the book is to help people innovate their own leadership programs and
Out-innovate, outeducate, and outbuild: Obama’s call for a focus on education & innovation
“We need to out-innovate, outeducate and outbuild the rest of the world.†This was President Obama's memorable quote from the 2011 State of the Union Address that summed up what
Change behavior, choice, and the interaction: Innovation for the purposes of fun
This great fun theory video shows us the results of innovating for the purposes of making something more fun. Many of us want to change behavior, the decisions people make,
Visualizing, Storyboarding, Whiteboarding, & Showing How Great Ideas Happen
This is a great example of an emerging way to explain something by visualizing it on a whiteboard. Taking notes like this is so much more engaging for the brain
How to Encourage Creative Thinking: Developing experiential training activities to teach the innovator’s DNA
My favorite innovation articles are those that focus on which capacities we need to cultivate to become better innovators personally. Innovation processes and systems are excellent but learning how to