Basic Innovation Messaging to Operational Employees Keep it Straight Forward and Clear Live Up to Your End & Keep Communicating After doing a recent short video (“Innovation Minute”) on ba...
https://greggfraley.com/blog/2019/06/26/innovation-message-template/
Are You Having Fun? Innovation Should Be Fun, Joyful, and About Playing With Concepts The One Question Innovation Culture Assessment A lot of fuss is made over innovation culture. I get it — it...
https://greggfraley.com/blog/2019/02/26/the-one-question-innovation-culture-assessment/
Book Review of: Organizational Creativity, A Practical Guide for Innovators & Entrepreneurs I read the literature associated with creativity and innovation. Can you hear me snoring? I don’t rev...
Power. It’s not something people talk about in the context of innovation. They talk about Leadership, Change, Management, and Teams — but they rarely talk about what’s behind all of those c...
https://greggfraley.com/blog/2014/05/14/people-got-to-be-free/
Creativity and innovation training is a highly effective accelerant for business results. When I step into a room to facilitate an innovation, strategy, or idea generation session I nearly always...
https://greggfraley.com/blog/2014/04/21/training-is-an-innovation-accelerant/
Leadership is Uninvolved with Innovation. Yes, I just said that. Take me out to the wall and shoot me — but in many companies this is a major problem. I used to frequent a bagel shop on the sou...
https://greggfraley.com/blog/2014/03/04/six-reasons-why-employees-shun-innovation/
SNARK ALERT I’m not trying to be snarky. I am snarky. I’ve always been snarky. I like being snarky, it’s fun. Here’s the problem: Being snarky is a bit like being the boy that cried w...
https://greggfraley.com/blog/2014/02/27/leaders-hate-the-concept-of-creativity/
I asked myself a different question today: What do I believe about innovation but simply avoid saying to be politically correct? What am I not saying? At the risk of being labeled a curmudgeon I...
https://greggfraley.com/blog/2014/02/21/eight-politically-incorrect-statements-about-innovation/
I’ve been following some interesting posts lately by Paul Hobcraft regarding management engagement in Innovation. Paul’s posts have a lot to do with the concept of engagement. It inspired the...
https://greggfraley.com/blog/2012/09/24/do-you-want-innovation-or-a-dirty-martini/
It’s easy to understand why many managers are not interested at all in heading up an innovation team. Saying no is the sane choice. The truth is Innovation Team Leadership is usually a thankles...
https://greggfraley.com/blog/2012/06/24/why-stepping-up-as-innovation-team-leader-is-insane/