PrimeGenesis Blog
Innovation Prompt: Invite Others
John Mackey is certain that Whole Foods must continue to innovate to stay ahead of its competition.
Innovation Prompt: Look at things with a child like innocence
Neri Oxman suggests the beginner’s mind is filled with innocence
C2-MTL – Exploring the relationship between creativity and commerce
hugely varied experience from global success stories and thinkers to old friends to new friends with a hard-copy magazine in Missoula Montana (Mamalode) to arromatics to ubiquitous geo-location intelligent sensor networks
Innovation Tips From Richard Branson, John Mackey, Bobbi Brown And Others
The holy grail of innovation is the Eureka moment – the sudden breakthrough. Those moments don’t happen in vacuums. They have preludes and second acts. So prepare in advance, focus on solving problems, and follow through.
Innovation: Combatting the creativity crisis
Happy accidents are wonderful things. However, there’s been a long-term decline in creative skills at the same time that the need for creativity is increasing. Yarrow Kraner founded the Hatch Experience a decade ago to combat this
Innovation Follow Through – Richard Branson
Richard Branson has achieved remarkable success taking the Virgin brand into industries “out of frustration” with existing record, airline, and telecommunication companies and the like.
How To Light A Fire Under Your Team When Things Are Going Well
Three Steps to Motivate a Team in Good Times
Lessons for others taking over a team doing well:
Get clear on what’s going right and the organizational strengths that have fueled success.
Look outside for a change you can take advantage of.
Align your team around how to leverage the organization’s strengths against that outside change and then follow through to make it happen, adjusting along the way.
Where Should A New CEO Focus First?
The basics of 1) owning the vision, 2) investing in the right people, and 3) fueling the most important efforts by others are always necessary – and never sufficient. The secret to success is the application of those basics.
Be the Somebody That Steps Up and Helps
Don’t let colleagues go into a new job unprepared. It’s not quite the same as letting them jump into shark infested water without warning them. But it’s close.