Tag: Leadership
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Belief Creates Bandwidth
By Anthony Vengrove ‘Tis the season to believe. I’m a big believer — and not just during the holiday season. Since leaving my corporate career in January 2012, I started Miles Finch Innovation, have almost completed a masters in Leading Innovation and Change, reveled in the birth of our adorable twins (and survived the subsequent…
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Innovation Agility: The Constant Shift Between Creativity & Logic
By Anthony Vengrove It’s like pistons in an engine. A spark creates an explosion that drives the piston but friction eventually slows it down — requiring more combustion to keep it in motion. Ideas are like a spark that ignites creative energy but the friction created by logic often slows things down to a halt.…
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The Best of Lead with Giants: June 2013
By Anthony Vengrove This month’s Best of Lead With Giants is being hosted by Dan Forbes on his blog LeadWithGiants.com. Jump on over there now to see a great curation of the best leadership blog posts published this month from the Lead With Giants Community. Thank you to Dan for selecting our recent “Seven C’s of…
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Leading Innovation with your Change Management Hat
By Anthony Vengrove In much of the philosophical discourse about what innovation is and is not, many overlook an obvious fact: that all innovation involves change. Of course, there are degrees of change depending on the type of innovation, but the fact remains the same. Therefore, we can safely say the pursuit of innovation requires…
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Why Big Companies Can’t Innovate: Insight from a Former Fortune 200 Innovation Director
By Anthony Vengrove I’ve noticed a lot of conversation lately centered on why big companies struggle to innovate. Scott Anthony, Beth Comstock, Ron Ashkenas and others have written on the topic each with different takes. I must confess, I don’t completely agree with all the diagnoses nor do I think they’ve addressed all of the critical reasons. My…