There is a scene from Fiddler on the Roof that has taught me more about life than most holy books I’ve read.

In it, two men are heatedly arguing over the age of a horse. When they see Tevye, the town milkman/sage, walking by, they begin passionatel… Continue reading →

Most newly launched organizational innovation initiatives have a dark side, a not-much-talked-about shadow side — the metaphorical alcoholic-father-in-the-basement side. And it is this… fascinating new projects are conceived, senior leaders get e… Continue reading →

Back in the late 1990s, in New York City, there lived a world-class architect who had just spent the last two years of his life designing and building what many people were claiming to be the best inner city housing project ever conceived. Continue reading →

DEAR HEART OF INNOVATION READERS: If you have been receiving any value from my blog, I invite you to respond to this newly posted poll of mine — my grassroots effort to create the support I need from friends, fans, clients to help me get the word ou… Continue reading →

Click here for Mitch Ditkoff’s (that’s me, folks) first article published in Arianna Huffington’s recently launched, cooler-than-the-Huffington–Post publication: THRIVE GLOBAL. It’s my inspired rant about the emerging storytelling revolution on plan… Continue reading →

OK. It’s true. We’ve belled the cat. We have. We’ve figured out how your organization can spark employee’s ability to innovate in just 15 minutes a week. No trainings. No workshops. No online courses. We call it “Micro-Learning for Innovators.” Click… Continue reading →

Here’s one of the dirty little secrets of corporate brainstorm sessions: When they are led by upper management, department heads, or project leaders, they usually get manipulated.

Because honchos and honchettes are so heavily invested in the topic b… Continue reading →

Innovation is a huge topic in organizations these days. Every company is looking for new and better ways to do more with less, differentiate themselves from the competition, and unlock the hidden genius of their workforce.

At the same time, many o… Continue reading →

As 21st century work continues to be automated and robotized (is that a word?), much of what you are doing to make a living will eventually be replaced by smarter, more efficient machines. But there is something that human beings have going for them … Continue reading →

Time-crunched as you are, I know you don’t even have two-minutes to read this. So thanks for your 119 seconds.

I’m not going to sell you on the power of storytelling. You already know it’s powerful. What you don’t know is how to make it real in your… Continue reading →