Innovation
Change: 3 Essentials For Every Leader
The sustainability of any organization hinges on leadership’s ability to understand, embrace, and implement change.
Strategy, Capability & Really Bad Advice
Let me get right to it – if you want to fail as a leader then please follow the flawed advice given by the wizard of innovation mentioned in the opening paragraph.
Extreme Makeover – Leadership Edition
The fastest transition from inept to adept occurs when leaders turn the topic of change on themselves.
Innovations Best Kept Secret
In today’s post I’ll share innovations best kept secret – a different argument altogether.
When to Restructure
The mere discussion of corporate reengineering can cause fear, anxiety, and in some cases even panic.
Ideas Don’t Equal Innovation
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth I had a long conversation yesterday with a friend discussing creativity, ideas, innovation, branding and the like. As a result of our conversation, I decided to dust-off an old post, give it a few updates, and pass along my thoughts, which can be best summarized as “Ideas Don’t Equal ...
Game Changers
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth At one time or another all great leaders experience something that is so big, so impactful, that it literally changes the landscape. It’s what I call a “Game Changer.” A game changer is that ah-ha moment that creates an extreme, disruptive advantage or improvement. What’s interesting is that ...
Leadership & Change
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth First the bad news: If you’re not willing to embrace change you’re not ready to lead. Put simply, leadership is not a static endeavor. In fact, leadership demands fluidity, which requires the willingness to recognize the need for change, and finally the ability to lead change. Now the good news: ...
The Innovation Song
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth The Innovation Song you ask? That’s right…The above video contains a song performed by a Stanford student which was submitted for his final project for a class entitled: “Innovation and Implementation in Complex Organizations.” The song was intended as a tribute to Gordon MacKenzie’s “Orbiting the Giant Hairball,” a book which ...
Measuring Innovation
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Measuring innovation is where the rubber meets the road. While it’s very easy to wax eloquent about innovation, I’ve found that for most companies, measuring innovation is quite a tall order. Moreover, even for those organizations that do measure innovation, are they measuring the right metrics, for the right reasons? ...