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[Leadership laws] The innovation law of the Babel fish
You are only done scoping work when everyone involved downstream could – barely – understand what you are talking about....
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[How to] Creating a robust innovation maturity model
Steps and tips for picking (or creating from scratch) a maturity model to assess your innovation work...
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[Leadership laws] The innovation law of the pearl diver
You don't get to choose how deep the "ocean" of your learning is. You must make it both all the way down to the facts and all the way up to decisions....
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[Leadership laws] The innovation law of the monkey bars
Create gap-free arguments. Move logically "rung by rung." Don’t skip steps!...
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[Leadership laws] The innovation law of the diva
Innovators' mantra of "DVF" is not enough. You also need "A" (Agreeability or Acceptability), making "DVFA" (aka diva)....
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[Tool] How the Knowledge Funnel saves you from overthinking and squirreling
The “Knowledge Funnel” framework (Mystery — Heuristic — Algorithm) by Roger Martin helps you orient to the kind of certainty worth seeking....