A Glimpse Into the Future of Health Care.
[spacer height=”40px”]Well listen I’m really anxious to share with you today a glimpse into the future of health care and and really what I think is most exciting about this is the fact that the future of health care and disruption favors the DO. The future of health care favors the DO. If there’s nothing […]
Innovation Leaders Earn the Respect of Their Employees and Peers
#innovationmandate Notice in the title I used the word “earn.” I did not say “deserve,” or “are entitled to,” or “should expect.” Any leader who struts around and expects to be respected just because of the nameplate on their door, or the view from their corner office, is making a big mistake. Innovation leaders earn […]
To Innovate Is to Adapt
#innovationmandate H.G. Wells once wrote: “Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature’s inexorable imperative.” The renowned science fiction author may have been talking about the future of humanity, but winning leaders understand exactly what he was saying.In business, change is the norm. You either adapt or perish. Adaptation is the fueling force of evolutionary […]
The Three Key Attributes of Innovation Leaders
#innovationmandate There are three key attributes that innovation leaders know and practice. They are Access, Action, and Authenticity. 1. Access When it comes to team engagement, providing access goes far beyond the so-called open-door policy. Having an “open door” means your innovation team members can enter your office when they want to, to ask a […]
Successful Innovators Seek Truth
#innovationmandate Today’s winning innovation leaders know the first step towards leveraging disruption is to recognize the world as it really is and not as they’d like it to be.They know that wishful thinking will put them on the road to disaster. I once had the tremendous honor of serving as the keynote speaker for the […]
BlackBerry Innovates, Falls, and Then Re-Invents Itself
#innovationmandate[spacer height=”20px”] For a thousand years, no man could run a mile in under four minutes. Everyone believed it could never be done. Then in 1954, Roger Bannister ran the mile in 3:59.4 minutes. At the time, this was astonishing. No one had ever run so fast! But the pace quickened. Since then, runners have […]
The Innovation Race Is Getting Faster and Tougher
#innovationmandate[spacer height=”20px”] For a thousand years, no man could run a mile in under four minutes. Everyone believed it could never be done. Then in 1954, Roger Bannister ran the mile in 3:59.4 minutes. At the time, this was astonishing. No one had ever run so fast! But the pace quickened. Since then, runners have […]
Innovation Leaders Stay One Step Ahead
#innovationmandate People often say that in today’s business environment where innovation is accelerating, competing in business is like running a race. True. In a race and in business, there are winners and losers. Actually, to be more precise, in every race there’s exactly one winner and many losers. The person who first crosses the finish […]
The Speed and Size of Innovation
[spacer height=”20px”]Yeah when you guys invited me to this movie I didn’t know I was gonna be the movie. Well let’s get this out in the open, you know right away. I’m obviously far less attractive in person than my publicist would like you to believe. I know you guys are thinking that. So there […]
All Things Innovation
To stay ahead of the innovation curve, as a leader it’s imperative that you give your employees and stakeholders a reason to get up in the morning, come to work, and dedicate themselves to quality, innovation, and total customer satisfaction. It’s not the same thing as paying them high salaries or offering generous benefits. People […]