This week my guest is Elvin Turner, Elvin is an award winning leadership advisor and associate professor of innovation, entrepreneurship and marketing. Elvin is a best-selling author of the book ‘Be Less Zombie – How Great Companies Create Dynamic Innovation, Fearless leadership and Passionate People.’
Elvin’s clients have included some of the world’s leading organisations in the financial,
technical, music, pharmaceutical, drinks and publishing industries.
Elvin and I discuss innovation for realists and provide some thoughts and examples of how organisations can develop a more innovation focused culture.
- 02:08 What is it about questions that are key to driving innovation?
- 05:07 Making questions specific to help drive brainstorming sessions
- 07:02 COVID and the appetite for innovation
- 09:02 In innovation we need to ask ‘What isn’t changing?’ helping to find your ‘Innovation Gap.’
- 09:42 The concept of a portfolio of ideas
- 11:42 Experiments – The rocket fuel of innovation
- 16:42 The need to reframe what we mean by success
- 17:46 The duality of managing now and leading for the future
- 21:08 The need to create an environment where people can be their best
- 23:03 Be creative with purpose
- 25:28 Why do we look for the one ‘Silver Bullet?’
- 27:09 Having a process is not enough
- 27:40 Research and the blockers of innovation
- 30:28 Walking into the dragon’s den
- 32:57 Failure isn’t the language we use
- 34:47 Learning is a resource
- 35:47 Knowledge management
- 37:40 Team based innovation conversations
- 40:11 Who has time to innovate?
- 43:02 Ethics and accelerated innovation
- 46:16 Bringing values to life
- 48:04 Innovation charter and an awesome question
- 50:16 Consistency and doing the impossible
- 52:39 A challenge for you to get time to innovate
- 57:37 Choosing a name for the podcast
Elvin’s Website: https://www.elvinturner.com
Scott’ Website: https://theinnovatecrowd.com
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