[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
[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!
[Quote] I have tried to manifest that magical environment Leaders can't force alignment. Just as "management" isn't "leadership," so "governance" is not "shared mission."
[Leadership laws] The law of hope with teeth Remember the critical human job that we do before all the heady "official" innovation work.
[Open question] Does the world need innovation teams? A new article argues that innovation teams are mostly useless. I disagree in part. What's your take?
[Case study] 16 lessons from the most impactful research of recent history 2017's research paper "Attention Is All You Need" ushered in the AI craze. Its "making of" story also has a lot to teach corporate innovators.