[Quote] Scared is good Use "good fears" as a tool. They can help you push your team to more impactful work and serve as gut-level operational metrics to help you stay on track.
[Rant] “I don’t think that team name means what you think it means” Should you follow the fad and rebrand your "innovation team" to "growth team?" I say: Please don’t!
[Quote] People want a mop in the cupboard Even fantastically innovative output won't get you anywhere if your stakeholders and downstream teams reject it.
[Quote] Over-specialize, and you breed in weakness It's tempting for innovators to fall prey to the lure of "innovation orthodoxy." Keep up the disciplined self-awareness to avoid it!
[Blog] The basic assumptions that make "Credible Innovation" a must-do I talk about "must-do purposes" a lot. But is "Credible Innovation" itself a must-do? ... It depends on your assumptions!
[How to] The essence of "Credible Innovation" "Credible" innovation work (by others's standards) takes a must-do purpose, usable outputs, and impressive craft, achieved by an unpretentious team.
[Quote] You really wanna do something The best innovation teams get out of their own way, to unlock seemingly-impossible missions worth the greatest of efforts