Better Leadership, Better Results!
“The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.” — Phil Jackson At Microsoft, I learned that building better innovation teams requires a focus on cognitive diversity, inclusive collaboration, effective knowledge management, well-defined roles, and the cultivation of vulnerability-based trust. I’ve built high performance innovation teams at …
“The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” — Socrates Imagine a simple Venn diagram where three potent forces—Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation—converge to forge a remarkable narrative of change and impact. Whenever I think about innovation, this is a simple image that comes …
“Every problem is an opportunity in disguise.” — John Adams Imagine if you come up with new ideas and solve problems better, faster, easier? Imagine if you could easily leverage the thinking from multiple experts and different points of view? That’s the promise and the premise of Creative Problem Solving. As Einstein put it, “Creativity …
“Celebrate the wins, learn from the challenges, and keep moving forward with a strengths-focused mindset.” — Unknown Appreciative Inquiry and Problem Solving offer distinct approaches, each with its own merits. Throughout my years at Microsoft, I’ve come to realize that the right orientation and perspective can make a world of difference in driving success and …
“The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence; it is to act with yesterday’s logic.” — Peter Drucker Innovation is the ability to see change as an opportunity, not a threat, and to leverage frameworks that guide our creativity, collaboration, and strategic focus. For more than a decade at Microsoft, I have …
