Category: Innovation
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I Can’t Prove It
Several years ago, at the Transform Innovation Summit at the Mayo Clinic, Roger Martin gave a moving talk about what kills and what drives innovation. In the talk, which he called a rant, he suggested that the two words- prove and it- when used together, are innovation killers. He provided several powerful examples in the talk, which I recommend that everyone…
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The Lonely Frontier
It is cliche to say, but change is never easy. The kinds of organizational changes I am advocating in my new book- The Fifth Age of Work– are far from easy. The comfort of familiarity and tradition should never be underestimated. Established tradition and known routines make the world easier to understand and navigate. Yet, established…
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Co-Leadership: Corporate Coworking, Part III
Co-Leadership is the third installment in our series on ‘corporate coworking.’ In Part I we introduce the notion of corporate coworking to a broader audience. We have been kicking this around for a while, and apparently so have others in the world of HR (see John Sullivan’s parallel but rather different take on corporate coworking…