What do you get if you throw the following ingredients into a mixing bowl? Wu Wei, BF Skinner Boxes, Frans De Waal, Ethology, Behaviorism. You get that Innovation cannot be forced, it can be enabled.
The brain divides the world into 2 spaces, up and down. Up encourages us to seek out more, down encourages us to protect what we already have.
Whenever we place someone in a position beyond their abilities, it can rack them with insecurity, fear and doubt. In an organisation, power can poison talented people.
What has Wikipedia, IKEA and Organisations got in common? This articles connects the dots.
What is Normalcy Bias and how does it impact Innovation? What is an askhole?
Our evolutionary history reveals a slow progression from selfishness and competition to cooperation and collaboration. With every cycle of evolution, we will see increased collaboration and altruism. If we do not evolve this way, we will see increased social carnage, destruction of our planet and the demise of our species.
Ants have many lessons to teach humans about surviving change, including innovation lessons, lessons in collaboration and organisational structure.
We need to spread our bets when we explore with innovation. We need leadership to support innovation initiatives.
“What we know is a drop, what we don’t know is an ocean.” – Isaac Newton
“It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.” Epictetus […]