Posts by Ludwig Melik
Inverse the Six Ws for Problem Discovery
Identify the right problem Who doesn’t love to solve a great mystery? After all, the greatest stories in history tap into that very desire to solve problems; the story presents a mystery and has you follow along as its characters search for the Six Ws. This is particularly engaging because solving problems is directly…
Read MoreCreativity, Compassion, & Collaboration: Leading a Risk-Averse Culture That Promotes Ideation and Leaves Ego at the Door
It’s high noon, and onlookers gaze in silence as you stand in the middle of the town, staring down your challenger with one hand hovering over your holster. Strangely, a disagreement in conversation often feels like a duel in the Wild West, where one person absolutely has to come out on top and assume…
Read MoreOvercome Innovation Adversity with Diversity
Diversity and innovation have a lot of in common in the outcomes they seek such as increasing employee and customer engagement. By uniting these initiatives, D&I teams can more easily show tangible outcomes from their efforts.
Read MoreAchieving Your New Year’s Innovation Resolutions
The annual cycle of introspection and planning is upon us. But only 8% of us will actually achieve our New Year resolutions and the organizations we work for will not fare much better. Common reasons for failure include unrealistic goals, not tracking progress and simply neglecting the commitment altogether. Innovation is top of mind for…
Read MoreHas your Innovation Program Jumped the Shark?
Innovation programs and systems are launched with a lot of fanfare but the sizzle will fizzle unless you properly nurture your innovation program and the underlying policies, processes and systems you use to help deliver better innovation results. How can you avoid this from happening? “Jumping the shark” is attempting to draw attention to…
Read MoreReversing Your Company’s Shrinking Lifespan
We are all living longer than we used to but the companies we work for are not. Corporate life expectancy is at a serious decline. Our life expectancy has increased by almost 30% in the last 80 years but corporate life expectancy has fallen by almost 500% in the same period. This rapid rate of…
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