You cannot become more innovative, progressive, transformative, or evolved without innovating from the inside out. You need to change how your organization works, what it values, what it celebrates, and how it exists on the back of cultural norms that support innovation from top to bottom and sideways.

This might sound daunting, and that is why so many companies delude themselves into believing the magicians, the slap ons, or the labs will somehow do the innovation trick—they don't.

In today's episode, I discuss what you should do to become more innovative, progressive, transformative, and evolved. I reveal the thoughts detailed in chapter four of my book, This Is It, titled “Evolution 101: Part Two, Innovating From The Inside Out.” I share how an organization's unwritten dos and don'ts are passed on and affect what the employees do and don't do. I reveal how to begin rewriting the unwritten rules, build trust, and eliminate fear.

“If you want a culture of innovation and transformation, build a culture of trust.” - Chris Colbert

This week on Insert:Human

• How organizations really work and the unwritten rules passed on from employee to employee
• Why you need to rewrite the unwritten rules of your company, so they do not get in the way of innovational progress
• What the unwritten rules need to be to foster innovation and the consistent evolution of the business
• Building trust and how psychological safety distinguishes great teams
• What Google learned from Project Aristotle and how to suck fear out of the system
• The avoidance inventory and what happens when you lose the ability to confront one another

Resources Mentioned:

• Book: This Is It by Chris Colbert
• Book: The Unwritten Rules of the Game by Peter Scott-Morgan
• The New York Times Magazine: What Google Learned From Its Quest To Build The Perfect Team

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