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In these posts I try and challenge, stretch and inspire new ideas & conversations.
How McDonald’s celebrates past innovation
Want to build a more innovative culture -- celebrate the past I walked past my local McDonald's outlet recently and I noticed the wall next to the serving counter with all the past innovation achievements of McDonald's. It was quite impressive. A simple, easy yet...
Great example of how a hotel is using small wins innovation
How some customers can influence others I love this example of what I call small wins innovation. At the COMO hotel in Melbourne behind the desk where you check in (or out) there are a few whiteboards. The staff can write welcome messages. Or as in this case a member...
The monday morning new ideas meeting
A meeting you will love to attend My cousin works for a major television station. I was chatting to her the other day and she mentioned that she had to run to attend a 10.00am daily meeting to discuss the night's program. She told me that this short, sharp session was...
What is SMART Creativity?
Creativity today has to be SMART With the rise of smart products it also makes sense for creativity itself to be smart. Simply being creative for creativity's sake may be fun and personally rewarding. But in an applied setting it is often a waste of time and energy....
What would you create if you weren’t afraid?
What would you do if you weren't afraid? This provocative question was first posed by author Spencer Johnson. Spencer wrote a number of books and perhaps his most famous one was Who Moved My Cheese? I love this question. It suggests what hold most of us back is our...
What innovators can learn from the share a coke campaign
The Share a Coke campaign In 2011, Coca-Cola in Australia was facing a more aggressive and crowded market-place. It briefed a number of agencies to come up with a new campaign idea that would increase consumption of Coca-Cola over the summer period and get people...
Big wins vs small wins innovation
Big wins vs small wins innovation One of the most common questions i receive when I am running workshops with leaders on small wins innovation is this. What are the key differences between big wins innovation and small wins? Here is a quick summary: Scale: Big Wins...
Start every team meeting with a small wins story
How small wins can build confidence and success I have just finished reading (again) a book by Harvard Professor, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, called Confidence (2004). She outlines a number of key strategies to help leaders and managers in particular to regain confidence...
The advantages of small wins innovation
The Little Bets Book I have just finished reading a wonderful book called Little Bets by Peter Sims -- How breakthrough ideas emerge from small discoveries. In this book he gives numerous case studies of how many successful people from comedians to business people who...