If you google the phrase definitions of creativity, guess how many definitions show up? 135 million! That’s right, 135 million. And so, if you are looking for THE definition, give up now. You won’t find it. It doesn’t exist. What does exist is much… Continue reading →

Here’s why — spoken as clearly as possible in a 60 minute radio interview, hosted by Dr. Wanda Wallace. In the interview, Wanda and I cover a lot of ground, including how storytelling can change team and corporate cultures for the better. If you cur… Continue reading →

For the moment, let’s say you are on the cusp of launching a bold new project in the world — one that not only inspires you, but is the first thing you talk about whenever people ask you what you’re up to these days. You know: Your life’s work. You… Continue reading →

These days, almost all of Idea Champions’ clients are talking about the need to establish a culture of innovation.

Some, I’m happy to report, are actually doing something about it. Hallelujah! They are taking bold steps forward to turn theory into… Continue reading →

What is it that allows some people to get creative breakthroughs while others get only creative breakdowns — alternately blaming themselves, society, their company, and their increasingly suspect astrological configurations?

Is it true that people … Continue reading →

If you are working with a team of any kind and are hoping for more innovation, know this: it’s a function of “intrinsic motivation”, not pep talks, carrots, sticks, or “new initiatives.” Find out what people REALLY want to do and, assuming it is alig… Continue reading →

“They are playing a game.
They are playing
at not playing a game.
If I show them
I see they are,
I shall break the rules
and they will punish me.
I must play their game,
of not seeing I see the game.”

— R.D. Laing

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Some sound advice here, from the Harvard Business Review, on what it takes to be a successful Chief Innovation Officer.

Idea Champions
A workshop for innovation leaders
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And that would be… drum roll please… Mike Kennedy — the NBA’s Associate Vice President of Talent and Learning.

Read more about Mike’s leading edge work here, as well as the NBA’s renewed commitment, under Commissioner, Adam Silver, to be a rob… Continue reading →

If you are a member of a team, business, or volunteer organization, there’s a good chance you want whatever project you are working on to succeed. Yes? Towards that end, you work hard, think hard, generate ideas, go to meetings, fight fires, get pis… Continue reading →