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Innovation Via Disruption And Disagreeableness

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Great short video from the inestimable Malcolm Gladwell on some requirements for innovation and entrepreneurship. http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/newswire/2013/video–successful-innovation-via-disruption.html I was struck by the unusual combination of very different attributes, noted by Gladwell, required for success: creativity  – willingness to experiment conscientiousness – follow-through on goals disagreeableness – don’t care about approval Disagreeableness I often reframe around creative tension – it seems a good way to drive forward, at the edge, with positive intent. I know many people with one, or two, of these attributes. It is a rare combination to find all three in one person, hence, perhaps, the acclaim successful innovators … Continue reading Innovation Via Disruption And Disagreeableness

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Entrepreneurship Is ‘Creative Destruction’

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There is a growing requirement to inject and manage creative tension in organizations and, indeed, society as a whole. If we do not sponsor change and innovation then we will be lost, beaten by those who do. [I share no direct links to resources – just google “innovation” and “fail” to see how vital pushing boundaries are…] This need to move to the edge is not hocus pocus, nor is it avant garde. It is how every socio-economic advance occurs. It is at the core of how business happens, as Drucker explains. Entrepreneur as Dissenter “Entrepreneurship rests on a theory … Continue reading Entrepreneurship Is ‘Creative Destruction’

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Sponsor Disruption 4: Polemicize

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Polemic may be necessary months or years in advance of change. It may be the deciding factor in moving forward. To sponsor enterprise social disruption will usually require a loud voice, fearsome hand gestures and bulging eyes. [If you are one of the lucky ones who snuck social technology in whilst no-one was looking – and it stuck – bravo.] Polemic may be more useful in the embedding process of social, especially when the groans appear and some voice of reason looks for roll-back to the crappy old environment that everyone used to hate… Creative Tension In any case, even though … Continue reading Sponsor Disruption 4: Polemicize

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The Future Of Work: Sponsor Disruption

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The last reflection on the Deloitte report on Human Capital Trends 2013. Disruption “Today, disruptive innovation is the rule, not the exception… Leadership styles that worked well in the past simply aren’t good enough to cope with this dynamic environment.” Disruption may occur in your industry and your product / business model may crumble in front of your very eyes. But for me, more prescient is the disruption that social technology brings to the workplace experience of individuals and teams; and the career arc of those individuals. In other words, I am not so interested in business turnarounds. My interest is in people turnarounds, because … Continue reading The Future Of Work: Sponsor Disruption