Identifying Holes As a Team Can Prevent the Ship From Sinking When do you think about marking off all the things on your to-do list? Things like making a doctor’s appointment, asking an online store where your order is, making reservations? If you are like me, it’s at odd hours of the day when I…

How to Avoid the Big Mess of Collaboration I bet you know that there’s a big difference between collaboration and consensus — where even the best ideas get watered down into the worst. And that there’s a difference in when to gather input and when to take action. My co-pilot, Connie Warden, and I dig…

How to Manage Change, Transformation, and Innovation Through Lean Change Management Does it ever feel like the marketplace is moving quickly outside your windows? Yet, the process you’re using inside those windows is moving slower than a turtle on a hot day. I know, I’ve been there — I totally get it. A lot of…

How Falling in Love With Others’ Perspectives Propels Innovation Did you know that you need to spend time with people you don’t agree with? It’s not always easy, but it will help you be more innovative and make better decisions. Jennifer Riel, author of Creating Great Choices, and an adjunct professor at the Rotman School…

The Power of Customer Validation in a Startup Business Let’s get real for a moment. Have you ever had an idea that you thought was brilliant? Maybe it would make a massive impact on your bottom line. Or maybe it would solve your company’s biggest challenges? So many of us have had those ideas. So…

A Masterpiece is Created In the Reframing Yesterday someone told me the saddest thing. They said that their boss told them, and I quote, “You need to be more creative. I’m not sure what that means but I know you need more of it.” Ummm, hello — how are you supposed to improve something when…

Managing Change is Good Fun! Do you ever think to yourself, “Wait, that worked for so and so that had the same challenge, why didn’t it work for me?” I just had that experience yesterday with something I was working on. WTF right? And I think this is especially true when we are dealing with…

How Validation and Connecting Will Help You Step Into the Light In my travels, I meet a lot of entrepreneurs that claim to have an idea that is going to totally disrupt their category. Sadly, it’s rarely the case — sorry, but it’s true. But then I met Henry Schwartz, one of the Founders of…

How Validation and Connecting Will Help You Step Into the Light How do you get those that want to stay in the status quo see the light of innovation? Why do some people seem like they fear change? That’s the question, submitted by LaunchStreeter Kelly Foster, that we answer today. My co-pilot, Connie Warden and…

How Keeping an Open Mind and Being More Conscious of Your Thoughts Launch You Toward Success Are you tired of people telling you to be more entrepreneurial or wondering what it takes to adapt in today’s changing marketplace? Me, too! That’s why I had Joni Fedders, the president of Aileron, a national nonprofit committed to…