AUTHENTICITY - As you are aware, Jay Rao and I have been searching over many years to understand the machinery that moves those organizations which, whether on a natural or learned way, have developed an Innovation Culture.
Last Friday 16th I offered in Lima the conference-workshop “Role of leadership and culture of innovation”. The event was organized by Continental University, American Chamber of Commerce of Peru (AMCHAM), The Westin Lima and Brick4Biz Culture of Innovation.
To do this, first we played to define these terms...
Last November 14th, I participated as a lecturer in Innovation Land 2018, organized by the National Association of Businessmen of Colombia (ANDI) and the Mayor’s Office of Medellín, Colombia.
InnoLand 2018, my conference
The Innovation Land event —one of the most important innovation events in Latin America— is...
Fran Chuan, an expert in culture of innovation and author of ‘The Discipline and Culture of Innovation’, now publishes ‘Authenticity’ where, through dialogue between the two main characters, he delves in human values, change management and group leadership.
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What characterizes a leader?
Followers. A leader is nobody...
“I don’t know if I like less the ad or the car.” Thus, with this display of disdain and contempt, the protagonist of the famous television series Mad Men (Don Draper) refers to a press announcement created by a competitor advertising agency. His is an attitude of resistance to...
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Expertise comes into play. Knowing how to calculate the course of our actions. Controlling the impact of our movements. Matching it with the right piece in the right place.
The complexity of our task requires strategy. And forecast. And tenacity. The goal to achieve deserves the effort. We...
What is this about generosity? And … what does it have to do with innovation?
To innovate is to be generous because:
It is to be open to other criteria.
It is being permeable to other points of view.
It is willing to give without receiving anything in...
When a company or team decides to incorporate innovation into their day to day, which happens more and more frequently, they face a “something” that catalyzes nervousness and doubts in the face of uncertainty or indeterminacy. This something is called the self-excuse.
Incorporating a new habit into our...
Actually, the two terms of the title are much more complex than we all initially believe. And they create many more misunderstandings than we could initially think.
In fact, we think that a great effort that every organization should make is to guarantee that all its members have the...