by New & Improved | Oct 8, 2013 | Science of Innovation
Its the 12th week I’ve been on the road – 68 out of 91 days, 12 long car drives, 12 plane trips, most to different locations for different purposes, many with early morning startups and late evening end times. There is no pattern. I’m in a state of constant change. I...
by New & Improved | Aug 27, 2013 | Leadership Values, Science of Innovation
Intellectually, you know that to win big in sports, business, or life in general, you have to risk failure. Master salesman, Tom Watson, said, “If you want to succeed, double your failure rate.” If you look back at history you’ll find, in success...
by New & Improved | Apr 23, 2013 | Innovation Culture, Science of Innovation, What's New in Innovation
If you’ve been exploring how to drive innovation for any length of time at all, you’ve run into a shipload (yep, more than a boatload) of systems, processes, procedures, and tools, all claiming to be the one best route to creating a culture of innovation. So how can...
by New & Improved | Apr 3, 2013 | Science of Innovation, What's New in Innovation
Someday soon you may be able to download new skills directly into your brain. This sounds like something right out of a science fiction novel, but new research suggests it might actually be possible to learn complex tasks with little or no conscious effort. Mind...
by New & Improved | Mar 27, 2013 | Science of Innovation, What's New in Innovation
Have you noticed that noise – too much of it or the lack of it – impacts your creative thinking energy? When New & Improved’s founders, Bob Eckert and Jonathan Vehar wrote More Lightning, Less Thunder – How to Energize Innovation Teams...
by New & Improved | Mar 14, 2013 | Science of Innovation
Your next good idea may come from collaborating with the person sitting next to you or sitting half-way around the world. As Steven Johnson writes, “Chance favors the connected mind.” Learn more about the power of collaboration… Sure collaboration...
