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‘You are the average of the five people that you spend the most time with,’ says author Richard Koch. While this statement is not to be taken literally or mathematically it plainly contains a disturbingly large grain of truth. For most of us the people we choose to associate with reflect ourselves, our values, our [...]  Many businesses make the mistake of giving innovation projects to junior executives. It seems natural to hand innovation opportunities to enthusiastic and promising upstarts. But generally it is the experienced heavyweights who can overcome all the process and political obstacles that will occur. In September 1999 Lou Gerstner, CEO of IBM, read a line buried [...] Here is a great little video clip on a favourite theme of mine. We should welcome failure. It is a natural part of the innovation process and not something to be feared or avoided. Many of the people and products that we now applaud as great successes were once seen as failures. Paul Sloane [...] |
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