90 Seconds of Innovation: Recent Episodes
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Welcome to 90 Seconds of Innovation from the founders of the Innovator’s Advantage!
Innovation experts Dr. Evans Baiya and Ron Price answer your burning questions about innovation, giving you tips, tricks, and hacks to help you think about innovation differently. 90 Seconds of Innovation will change the way you understand and implement innovation at your company—and give you The Innovator’s Advantage.
For entrepreneurs, start-up investors, inventors, and business leaders alike, tune in to challenge your thinking and imagination and get the results you want.
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Encouraging vacation time throughout the year is an essential way to maintain employee energy. Don't let your employees neglect rest time during the holidays and throughout the year.
Employee well-being is crucial for the success of your organization—so be sure to protect it, especially during more hectic seasons.
Any hectic season can strain a team, but the holidays are a particularly busy time for many, personally and professionally. Take these tips to improve happiness and productivity throughout the year.
You can—and should—include innovation as part of your employee's performance evaluations.
The introverts on your team have a wealth of ideas that can move your organization forward. You just need to know how to best ask for them.
There are endless ways a leader can encourage innovation throughout their organization. Here are a few tips.
If you want to create a culture of innovation in your organization, you have to encourage innovation at every level.
If you're looking for the next big idea, you should look no further than the people on your team. Creating a culture of ideation will provide you with a wealth of ideas from your team.
Don't neglect your employees' ideas or perspectives. Include them by building a company culture that supports constant improvement, and you'll create a team that will transform your company by regularly generating new value.
Innovation intimidation is a fairly common occurrence. But there are also easy ways to dispel it so that your people can experiment, learn, and innovate without restraint.
Don't fall prey to common excuses for avoiding innovation. Instead, focus on the ways that you can create space for innovation in your daily life.
How many times do you have an idea that you don't think is good enough to share with your team? The IA Team examines why you should never be afraid to share your ideas, even the lackluster ones.
Do you have enough ideas to plan for the future? The IA Team shares how to use scenario planning to grow your idea bank and your futuristic thinking skills.
Get comfortable thinking about the future—or get left behind. The IA Team shares a few quick habits that you can put into practice to grow your futuristic thinking skills.
Discover two more communication personality types and determine how to best work with every person on your team. Which do you most identify with—dominant, influential, compliant, or steadiness?
Influential communicator personalities are all about stories and new ideas. The Innovator's Advantage Team dives into this type of communication style and how to best engage them in the workplace.
Do you know someone who is very direct, logical, and thrives in fast-paced environments? They might have a dominant communication personality. The Innovator's Advantage Team breaks down the traits of this communicator and offers advice on how to best talk with them.
As Dr. Evans Baiya always says, "Everyone is an innovator—we simply innovate in different ways." The same applies to how everyone on your team communicates. The Innovator's Advantage Team introduces two ways to discover the individual communication styles of your team members and the importance of this knowledge.
In the final episode of this series, Ron Price examines the 12th enemy of successful innovation: choosing power over people.
Making only big bets can actually hinder your innovation progress. Instead, consistently look for small opportunities. In this series, Ron Price examines the 12 enemies of successful innovation. Number 11 is making only big bets.
In this series, Ron Price examines the 12 enemies of successful innovation. Number 10 is avoiding ambiguity.
Not all risk is bad. In fact, failing to embrace risk at all is another enemy of successful innovation. In this series, Ron Price examines the 12 enemies of successful innovation.
Innovation is not simply random lightbulb moments. You must overcome the eighth enemy, a lack of structure, to be successful in innovation. In this series, Ron Price examines the 12 enemies of successful innovation.
Even though most organizations use a top-down approach, it's actually an enemy of successful innovation. In this series, Ron Price examines the 12 enemies of successful innovation.
Technology is not innovation. It's a common innovation misconception, which is why focusing on technology is enemy number six of successful innovation. In this series, Ron Price examines the 12 enemies of successful innovation.
As leaders or managers, we often hope to reach our desired metrics. But forcing those metrics can actually lead to failed innovations and delayed progress. In this series, Ron Price examines the 12 enemies of successful innovation. Enemy #5 is forcing metrics.
Much like innovation, creativity should happen at every level of your organization. In this series, Ron Price examines the 12 enemies of successful innovation. Enemy #4 is discouraging creativity.
To combat this enemy of innovation, a critical balance is required. In this series, Ron Price examines the 12 enemies of successful innovation. Enemy #3 is a lack of urgency.
You know what they say about assuming. In this series, Ron Price examines the 12 enemies of successful innovation. Enemy #2 is making assumptions.
Innovation is not for the clouded mind. In this series, Ron Price examines the 12 enemies of successful innovation—starting with a lack of clarity.
In the final episode of this series, Dr. Evans Baiya addresses different corporate excuses and mindsets that hinder our ability to innovate successfully—even when you believe innovation cannot happen in your industry.
In this series, Dr. Evans Baiya addresses different corporate excuses and mindsets that hinder our ability to innovate successfully. Don't assume you always know what your customers need.
In this series, Dr. Evans Baiya addresses different corporate excuses and mindsets that hinder our ability to innovate successfully. There's a misconception that hinders our ability to innovate—that we should always wait for the one big idea.
In this series, Dr. Evans Baiya addresses different corporate excuses and mindsets that hinder our ability to innovate successfully. He hears this excuse across the world: "I don't have time to innovate."
In this series, Dr. Evans Baiya addresses different corporate excuses and mindsets that hinder our ability to innovate successfully. One of the most common excuses? "It's not my job to innovate."
Dr. Evans Baiya breaks down the three things needed in your innovation economy: an Idea Factory, an Idea Bank, and an Idea Portfolio.
Dr. Evans Baiya discusses the importance of a culture of ideation within your organization.
Is your organizing growing, or becoming irrelevant? Dr. Evans Baiya argues that innovation and strategy must work together to create value for customers.
Dr. Evans Baiya shares that many major innovation projects fail, and that there is a secret ingredient for success: people.
What goes on in our brains when we have purpose? Innovation and neuroscience expert Tanja Yardley dives in to the benefits of purpose and how we can strengthen those muscles.
Purpose plays a huge part in innovation—and, unlike social media leads us to believe, it isn't lofty or unachievable.
Innovation and leadership couch Tanja Yardley says grit is a necessary skill for any leader or innovator—but how does it effect the way we work, and how can we develop this skill?
Humans evolved to focus more on the negative input our brains receive, in order to stay safe. But we can work to reverse this negative bias, focus on the positive, and become more creative with a growth mindset.
Neuroscience expert and innovation coach Tanja Yardley shares that most of us don't allow our minds to wander—to the detriment of creativity. Instead, she says we should take advantage of times not usually meant for the creative process to come up with more and better ideas.
New episodes of 90 Seconds of Innovation are coming your way!
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Tanja Yardley dives deeper into taking advantage of our different curiosities to achieve a creative and innovative state of mind.
Leadership and innovation coach Tanja Yardley offers a few tips to jumpstart creative thinking—most importantly, relax, be curious, and have fun.
Neuroscience expert and leadership coach Tanja Yardley shares the three crucial networks in our brains that contribute to our creativity.
Tanja Yardley, innovation and leadership coach, gives her favorite tips and techniques to take advantage of the cycles of energy and rest we experience during the workday.
Leadership and innovation coach Tanja Yardley breaks down the most important ingredients for achieving flow state to help with planning and organizing, decision making, and executing tasks. What exactly is flow state? Listen to last week's episode, "Why Does Flow State Matter in Innovation?"
Leadership and innovation coach Tanja Yardley shares her expertise on brain science and the importance of getting into a flow state during innovation initiatives. How do you achieve this flow state? Find out in the next episode.
Why does innovation require teamwork? Leadership and innovation expert Ron Price shares what it takes to innovate successfully as a team.
Innovation leader Ron Price wonders why people avoid innovation—what stops us from seriously pursuing innovation?
Is there a good time to start an innovation project? Ron Price says the best time of the year to do so is any time—because the small changes can build up to truly big innovations.
Undervaluing incremental innovation is common. Innovation expert Ron Price explains that it's a myth is that only large-scale innovations count towards significant change—that the smaller, incremental innovations are the ones that matter most.
How do you get on the right track for big innovations? According to innovation expert Ron Price, it takes consistent work every day to make the most of your big ideas.
Why do up to 93% of all innovation initiatives fail? Innovation expert Ron Price discusses what gets in the way of successful innovation, and how we can combat those roadblocks.
New episodes of 90 Seconds of Innovation are coming your way!
Have an innovation question and want to be featured in a future episode? Tweet your question to @ebaiya. Don't forget to like and subscribe wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.
Ron Price discusses a specific type of innovation—incremental innovation. Does your company take advantage of incremental change in your innovation process?
Innovation expert Ron Price discusses disruptive innovation—and how it changes the rules of the game.
If you want to be an innovator, use design thinking and get inside the minds of those you serve!
Getting more results from your ideas can happen with three simple steps. Ron Price says first, you must become an Idea Factory.
Ron Price shares how innovators and inventors think differently—and how thinking like an innovator can make all the difference in value creation.
Ron Price explains that innovation begins as a mindset and a mindset doesn’t cost any money. He says you should use that mindset to look for new opportunities around you.
Innovation expert Dr. Evans Baiya says to make a list of the things you're worried about in order to prioritize what needs to be done. You can then create opportunities from those worries.
Ron Price describes the person that excels in the Scale Stage as having negotiation skills, being a self-starter, continually learning, being receptive to new ideas, and being intentional in helping others.
Ron Price describes a person that will excel in the identify stage as being skilled in futuristic thinking, self-starting, intentional, and as someone who has a sense of urgency.
Ron Price describes the type of person that excels in the define stage as being skilled in planning and organizing and project management. These people are problem solvers and have a willingness to follow policy.
Ron Price says a person that excels in the verify stage will have strong planning and organizing skills, have a strong customer focus, and have a sense of achievement when collaborating.
Co-Author Ron Price says the type of person that will excel in the develop stage thinks creatively, has self-starting skills, is good at planning and organizing, and is open to new ideas.
Co Author Ron Price tells us that a person will excel in the deploy stage if they are good at planning and organizing, their good at setting and achieving goals, and they are good at influencing others.
The Verify Stage is about expanding your ideas. What's the minimum value product tested and verified?
Ron Price discusses creating value during the Scale stage and how this stage can accelerate your business model.
Innovation expert Ron Price discusses explains stage one of the six stages of innovation, and how ideas can solve problems or create opportunities.
Co-author Ron Price describes the importance of the develop stage and continuing to come up with new ideas to test.
Ron Price describes the deploy stage. Innovators introduce the product to customers and get feedback.
Ron Price explains stage two of the six stages of innovation: the Define Stage. In this stage, we take our ideas a step further to define our problems and opportunities.
We know we need purpose, pathway, and people. But why do these three things give us the Innovator's Advantage?
Innovation expert Ron Price discusses the six stages of innovation and how businesses should use them to be successful.
Innovation expert Ron Price explains what the four types of innovation are and how to use them in order to create value for your customers.
Innovation expert Ron Price explains different tools for idea management and how they apply in the innovation process
Innovation is the creation of value—no matter the size or scale of that value. Innovation expert Ron Price shares more about the different types of innovation and endless ways to create value.
In this week’s episode Chief Innovation Officer Dale Dixon dives into the brain science behind stress triggers and how they translate in the workplace.
Creativity is thinking of new things. Innovation is doing new things. Learn more about the link between creativity in this week's podcast with Lori McNeill.
“We are the most innovative when we seek to embrace and collaborate along the generational spectrum.” - Dr. Jeremy Graves
Dr. Jeremy Graves explains how defining moments can shape a generation and have a profound impact on creativity. We all have a lens, the question is: do we let that lens shape our creativity or keep us from seeing a clear picture?
Dr. Jeremy Graves explains some of the fears that multi-generational workplaces deal with. Finding ways to have frank discussions will allow everyone to bring their best to the table.
Everyone is an innovator, but it can be tough to know where to begin. Lori McNeill shares four tips on generating ideas to become more innovative.
We've been going about it all wrong. Ensure your employees are a true match for the job description.
The question is not if you are an innovator—everyone is an innovator! But you must learn where you innovate best to succeed.
Do you know what problem you are trying to solve? Learn how falling in love with your problem is essential to successful innovation.
It's one of the most asked questions about innovation: now that you have an idea, how can you create momentum around it? The 3 P's of Innovation can help you.
Welcome to 90 Seconds of Innovation from the founders of the Innovator’s Advantage!
Innovation experts Dr. Evans Baiya and Ron Price answer your burning questions about innovation, giving you tips, tricks, and hacks to help you think about innovation differently. 90 Seconds of Innovation will change the way you understand and implement innovation at your company—and give you The Innovator’s Advantage.
For entrepreneurs, start-up investors, inventors, and business leaders alike, tune in to challenge your thinking and imagination and get the results you want.
Subscribe on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.
Tweet your innovation questions to @ebaiya.
Learn more about the Innovator's Advantage at theinnovatorsadvantage.com.