What is disruptive innovation? Let’s just throw a bunch of stuff on the wall to see what sticks. I’m sure you’ve heard that before. While that may be the go-to strategy for innovation for a lot of organizations it rarely works. When you employ the let’s see what sticks strategy you do the following….

  The biggest barrier to innovation is energy. One of the biggest barriers to innovation isn’t your ability. In fact, what we’ve discovered with our proprietary innovation quotient edge assessment and the tens of thousands of people that have taken it, is that everyone innovates. But how we innovate is unique to each of us….

People today are asking how to be innovative. “Being innovative is universal, we all do it. However how we innovate is unique to each of us.” I know not what you expected me to say right? You were probably expecting me to talk about some magical gifts that are bestowed to certain people. Gifts that…

  How to Make Decisions – Try The Refrigerator Method Hey entrepreneurs! This one is specifically for you. If you are at the starting point of your entrepreneurial journey, you may be asking yourself how to make decisions about which ideas to pursue. You have several things that you’re passionate about, many great skills, and…

  How to Be Innovative – Ask Inciting Questions How to be innovative is found in the questions not the answers. But we have to pick our questions wisely. If we ask the same questions in the same way and even of the same people, it’s no surprise that we get the same answers. And…

  The so-called experts out there talk about getting people to bring game-changing ideas to their next meeting or rattle the cages of status quo. They talk about creating change agents out of everyone. Let me ask you a question. What is the role of a change agent? More importantly: does that sound like something…

How can I be more innovative?  I want to answer a question I got in, which is: how can I be more innovative and generate more ideas when I’m brainstorming? Sometimes I get stuck at five, ten ideas and I need more. All right, there is a fundamental flaw with that question, I’m sorry for…

How to get work done fast – 50:10 rule    Are you interested in how to get work done fast? Today I wanted to come to you with a tool that I use that I think you will find valuable. I was engaging in a conversation with someone on LaunchStreet this morning and they asked…

Top ways to manage change in 2017 – recognize and handle it How do I handle change? Well, let me ask you these three key questions. Number one, if you don’t change will the economy change? Yeah it’s changing all the time. If you don’t change where your customers need change? Yes, they evolved daily. If you don’t change…

The Most Innovative People – Become one by thinking about your favorite brands   This morning I was talking to a colleague of mine and she was saying: you know Tamara, sometimes I feel like I get stuck, like I’m doing my task, my mundane exercises and I almost forget to be innovative, like I can’t do it…