[How to] Create an executive business case
Get your business cases right. Focus on orienting your listeners and making them care, not on your solution
Innovation leadership
Leading innovation work is like no other leadership role. This content aims to help great leaders be great innovation leaders.
[Blog] Credibility is ... validated trust
A flexible way to define credibility is as a ratio of the trust you have earned vs. that that a current situation demands.
[Leadership laws] The law of Goldilocks
Don't wait for "perfect" on important innovation decisions: 40 - 70% certain is the best you can seek.
[Quote] It is not the critic who counts
Why are you or your friends battling to bring passion projects to life? Because they must. It can be brutal. But remember it's worth it. And support those who take up that fight!
[Blog] Don't count on coordination to replace shared experience
Communication and coordination alone are not remotely good enough for building trust, which matters when you change orgs.
[Blog] A new "must-do purpose" — The solemn vow
The "Solemn vow" (per new work by Roger Martin) adds another must-do purpose and unlocks logic for choosing among all four.
![[Leadership laws] The law of hope with teeth](/content/images/size/w720/2024/05/Law---Hope-with-Teeth---5-to-1-ratio.png)
[Leadership laws] The law of hope with teeth
Remember the critical human job that we do before all the heady "official" innovation work: Relieve client panic.