Karen Holst Tudhope

Organizations that can think creatively to establish longer runways for innovation work, diversify the makeup of teams, and agree on balanced metrics are positioned to overcome the difficult nature of innovation allowing it to flow freely and carry them into the future.

In the future, jobs will require people to be adaptable and innovative. Students that learn these skills will be in high demand and the next leaders of organizations driving innovation.

In order to create and execute on new, novel ideas, it requires taking a leap to get an organization system in place and the discipline of evaluating and iterating organization strategies as you go along.

While large corporations are investing in building a culture of entrepreneurship, the reality is that implementing disruptive innovation is a complex endeavor. It requires to move resources from your core business to experiment on potentially successful, ambiguous business concepts.

Leveraging key enablers will help you to navigate that complexity. An innovation portfolio tightly aligned to your company business strategy, upfront agreement on innovation accounting and a well organized… Show more

While large corporations are investing in building a culture of entrepreneurship, the reality is that implementing disruptive innovation is a complex endeavor. It requires to move resources from your core business to experiment on potentially successful, ambiguous business concepts.

Leveraging key enablers will help you to navigate that complexity. An innovation portfolio tightly aligned to your company business strategy, upfront agreement on innovation accounting and a well organized and staffed innovation team will provide with a solid platform to continuously engage your organization along with its innovation journey. Show less

Roadblocks don't have to be the death of a great idea. With a simple, three-step strategy—prepare, listen, and follow-up—you can set yourself on the path to blowing past what slows good ideas down.

When launching innovation programs, there are two areas to focus on to gain quick wins: new behaviors and new processes. Employing activities within these areas will further your innovation strategy, gaining trust and credibility along the way.

When leaders want to scale and grow their business, they develop internal corporate programs to create a structure that accelerates innovation efforts.

These corporate innovation programs vary in size and opportunity depending on the long-term goals and objectives of the organization. But when starting a new program, it often requires building a prototype or smaller program that can then lead to bigger initiatives down the line.

When you develop an initiative that has room to… Show more

When leaders want to scale and grow their business, they develop internal corporate programs to create a structure that accelerates innovation efforts.

These corporate innovation programs vary in size and opportunity depending on the long-term goals and objectives of the organization. But when starting a new program, it often requires building a prototype or smaller program that can then lead to bigger initiatives down the line.

When you develop an initiative that has room to grow, you create momentum and buy-in from leadership and also allow for the testing of what works and what doesn't.

These four corporate innovation approaches provide the inspiration for launching a new program within your own company. From providing tools to transforming mindsets, they are built to empower your teams to bring new solutions to market. Show less

Researchers find that positive emotions like trust, curiosity, confidence, and inspiration broaden the mind and help us build psychological safety. We become more open-minded, resilient, motivated, and persistent when we feel safe. Humor increases, as does solution-finding and divergent thinking--the cognitive process underlying creativity.

When it comes to digital resources, the issue is not about making more resources available or curating all of them through a new website. It is about a bigger challenge: addressing educator needs by putting them first in designing the solution.