Organisations love innovation, but they hate their innovators.” Jeff and Staney DeGraff close out the DeGraff trilogy with The Art of Change — the paradox mindset, the seven paradoxes, and why the man who saved Operation Warp Speed got passed over for promotion.
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Creativity is not a gift. It is a skill. Jeff and Staney DeGraff return for part two of the DeGraff trilogy with The Creative Mindset — and the six-step CREATE method (Clarify, Replicate, Elaborate, Associate, Translate, Evaluate) that turns ordinary teams into compounding inventors.
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What if innovation doesn’t come from alignment—but from constructive conflict? In this episode of The Innovation Show, Aidan McCullen explores The Innovation Code with Jeff and Staney DeGraff, revealing how breakthrough ideas emerge when opposing perspectives collide. Learn the four innovation archetypes—Artist, Engineer, Athlete, and Sage—and how to harness tension to drive creativity, adaptability, and long-term success.