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Simplifying Innovation: 3 Myths That Keep You from “Causing a Disturbance”

If you can slice a melon, you can be a breakthrough innovatorView speaker!

By TSG

If you can slice a melon, you can be a breakthrough innovator

A couple of nights ago, I was enjoying a rerun of a TV show from the 90s. Heading into a commercial break, I heard, “Promotional consideration provided by Wal-Mart,” as their logo and slogan appeared on screen: “Always low prices. Always.” Remember when that was Walmart’s identity? Fast forward 10 or 15 years after that […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: branding, Cause a Disturbance, innovation, innovation speaker, Ken Tencer

Little Bets Yield Big Ideas – Interview with Peter Sims

By TSG

Peter Sims Little Bets Book

Are great ideas created or discovered? That’s the theme of my recent interview with Peter Sims, author of the new book, Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries, and you can listen here: If you’d like a hint about the answer to the opening question, consider how how Google began: The founders didn’t set out […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: In the Spotlight Speaker Interview, innovation speaker, Little Bets

In the Spotlight: Peter Sims on True North, Authentic Leadership and Innovation

By TSG

Peter Sims is a best-selling coauthor, strategic adviser and keynote speaker specializing in leadership and innovation. He is the coauthor (with Bill George) of True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership, the BusinessWeek and Wall Street Journal best-selling book that New York Times called “one of the most important books on leadership to come along in […]

Filed Under: Blog, In the Spotlight, Innovation Speakers, Leadership Development, Organizational Excellence Tagged With: authentic leadership, bill george, good to great, howard schultz, In the Spotlight, in the spotlight interview series, innovation speaker, jim collins, leadership speaker, leadership speaker interview, leadership speakers, peter sims, true north

Scott Berkun Talks Innovation on Harvard Business Online

By TSG

Did you catch the recent CNBC series, The Business of Innovation? If so, you might remember former Microsoft manager and author of The Myths of Innovation, Scott Berkun, as one of the resident thought leaders – a.k.a. “The Provocateur.” (FYI: You can view executive summaries of each of the five episodes on CNBC’s site here.) […]

Filed Under: Leadership Development, Organizational Excellence, Speaker News Tagged With: cnbc, creativity speaker, harvard business online, innovation speaker, microsoft speaker, scott berkun, the business of innovation

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