Category: Innovation
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How To Stifle Innovation
By Tony Vengrove This post is an adaption of an article that originally appeared on Intrepid Now. I recently reacquainted myself with a great book, The Change Masters: Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the American Corporation, written by Rosabeth Moss Kanter in 1983. Given the prodigious rise of innovation, entrepreneurship, and intrapreneurship in the past decade or…
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Navigating Transitions: Letting the Story Unfold
By Tony Vengrove Despite the frenetic pace of 21st Century living, the prospect of a major transition often makes us hit the brakes so we slow down and create space for highly judicious thinking. Although we live in an age where anything seems possible, with more and more people chasing entrepreneurial dreams and accepting the risks associated with them, navigating…
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Seven C’s Lightening Round with John Bell
A tradition on The Stories of Creative Leadership Podcast is to ask our guests to share a pithy quote about each of the Seven C’s of Creative Leadership. In our last episode, we spoke with John Bell, author of Do Less Better: The Power of Strategic Sacrifice in a Complex World. It was a fantastic conversation with many, many useful insights about creative…
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The Spirit of Whatever it Takes
By Tony Vengrove This post is adapted from an article originally published on Intrepid Now. I absolutely abhor the phrase, “make innovation happen.” It’s a silly phrase often used in blog titles such as, “Seven Steps to Make Innovation Happen.” I read such posts and feel like I’m listening to a snake-oil peddler pitching a…
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Seven C’s Lightening Round with Raphael Hernandez
A tradition on The Stories of Creative Leadership Podcast is to ask our guests for a pithy quote about each of the Seven C’s of Creative Leadership. In a recent episode, we spoke to Lt. Col. Raphael Hernandez of the United States Marine Corps to understand how the Marines foster creative thinking in often demanding situations. You can catch the entire interview here. Here’s…