Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 15, 2013

Trust Principles for Creativity and Innovation. Combined, this generation is unbound from tradition while focused on innovation and creativity to construct better gadgets, apps, mindsets, and art. Creativity and innovation requires a combination of Self-Centered and Community-Centered trust. Working across boundaries is natural.

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APRIL 28, 2013

Brown University Culture Innovation Leadership Runa SEEED Social Entrepreneurship Social Impact Investing Social Innovation Virtues-Values'

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MARCH 19, 2013

Her recent gig has been taking what is commonly regarded as The go to site for the practice of innovation, Innovation Excellence , to the next level. We’re running a content-driven permanent campaign for innovation. We’re running a content-driven permanent campaign for innovation. One that can be taught.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

BIF9 Culture Innovation Leadership Networking Storytelling community' BIF9 is almost here - I''m so so honored to be a storyteller (and still kind of amazed!). Thank you Maureen Tuthill for such an eloquent write up !

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MAY 8, 2012

Their story of doing well and doing good is one of the most powerful I’ve seen in blending innovative business models, techniques, processes and social impact. One of my favorites is Runa , a B-Corp started by some Brown soccer players, classes of ’08.

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JUNE 16, 2013

This week''s post is by Andy Posner , Co-Founder & Executive Director of Capital Good Fund ( CGF ), a non-profit microfinance organization targeting the root causes of poverty through innovative micro-loans and personal financial coaching. Maybe you can help! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.

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AUGUST 25, 2015

Lea should know - she's co-founder of Women who Innovate a nd a serial entrepreneur in healthcare. Thank you Lea Carey for this short video from last year's BIF! Yup - Just do it!!!! Quick - sign up for BIF2015 before every last seat is gone!!!

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AUGUST 25, 2015

Lea should know - she's co-founder of Women who Innovate a nd a serial entrepreneur in healthcare. Thank you Lea Carey for this short video from last year's BIF! Yup - Just do it!!!! Quick - sign up for BIF2015 before every last seat is gone!!!

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APRIL 21, 2011

Yesterday was the 3rd Open Innovation Summit at BW's Center for Innovation & Growth: Practical Challenges of Global Open Innovation featuring P&G. Kelly started out as a chemist, giving her a unique non-traditional-lawyer perspective of invention and innovation. [.].

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JUNE 26, 2012

As some of you know, I am passionate about networking, leading indicators and innovation from new combinations of existing things. I’ve been wondering how networks can be leading indicators for innovation! and the intersections (or not) between them. Let us know! Please share – and have fun – I know you will!

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APRIL 24, 2013

Adjacent Possibles Brown University Culture Ian Gonsher Innovation Lateral Thinking Leadership' The latest post , co-authored with Ian Gonsher , Associate Director of the Brown Creative Mind Initiative and on the faculty in the School of Engineering at Brown University, in Harvard Business Review.

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MAY 29, 2013

I’ve teamed up with industry leaders and partner companies to invite a small group of students interested in design, business development, social innovation, and technology to execute a one-year experiential education. Culture Education Experience Institute Hacking Education Higher-Ed Innovation Leap Year Project Un-Schooling'

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DECEMBER 6, 2011

I’m just starting to wonder if some StatusQuo-itis isn’t seeping into innovation discussions. One of the very freeing things about innovation is that it’s a continuous experiment; what works today may or may not work tomorrow (if you have kids, you know this well). It’s good to innovate how you innovate!

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APRIL 24, 2011

(This post continues the summary of fabulous stories and interactions at the 3rd Open Innovation Summit at BW's Center for Innovation & Growth: Practical Challenges of Global Open Innovation featuring P&G on April 21st.) Dean of Research & Innovation at the University of Cincinn [.].

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DECEMBER 11, 2010

Last week's provided great discussion on various tools and processes for innovating. Innovation3: Crowdsourcing, Tools & Culture Summit Jackie Hutter , and I did a workshop on Leading Indicators for Innovation (which I'll share soon).

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MAY 13, 2013

Entitlement is required for Innovation? Culture Entitlement Innovation Innovation Excellence Leadership Millennials Virtues-Values' Yes - here''s why.

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JANUARY 22, 2012

And what about innovation? Many innovations arise by trying to do something one way and figuring out a better way or an entirely different way to do it. I don’t know. I agree with many who believe we learn by doing.

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MAY 17, 2013

Choose2Matter Entrepreneurship Huffington Post Live Innovation Leadership Quest2Matter Youth' So honored to share the screen on Huffington Post Live with Angela Maiers , Saul Kaplan , Robin Chase , Whitney Johnson and Brian Cuban discussing Choose2Matter - helping our kids realize how much they have to offer and give -.

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JANUARY 12, 2011

Recently, my friend Jackie Hutter and I did a workshop on Leading Indicators for Innovation from 2 aspects: 1) how can you look around you for leading indicators of areas ripe for innovation; and 2) what are leading indicators in your innovation process itself.

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OCTOBER 24, 2013

My latest in Innovation Excellence - Innovation without Marketing? Entrepreneurship IX Chat Innovation Innovation Excellence Investing Marketing Startup VC Venture Capital' Not a VC''s favorite -.

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DECEMBER 9, 2010

" Most market research projects - for strategic planning and innovation (my passions), or even incremental product development focus on getting the facts. Facts & Data. At Bell Labs we used to say, "How much did you pay for that data?"

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Of innovating? This isn't a mandate for or against either party; it was a mandate for an economic revolution to get rid of big government and make one that works for the people. Is the government capable of re-inventing itself? Let's look at other established entities - like big companies. In the [.].

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MARCH 27, 2011

There are many areas in which to innovate. But, you can innovate processes, procedures, your supply chain…how you define ‘work’! No area of innovation is ‘easy’, but some seem harder than others. Everyone thinks of products and services first.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Historically, HR has not played a very strategic role in innovation. HR needs to support the culture change to enable innovation; and the upcoming generation isn't going to settle for an ‘administrative-only' role. Innovation is primarily a social thing. This needs to change.   [.].

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JULY 7, 2011

Perhaps its because being heretical is key to innovating. For some reason, I've always been fascinated with the word "heretic" Perhaps it's the Devil's Advocate in me (oh! What a pun!). Perhaps its because I love being ‘heretical.' And this word has been around for millennia!

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FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Yet, when we discuss the birth and development of innovations and companies, it’ [.]. They are totally dependent upon adult humans for constant, continual support just to live. We are used to this, we accept it, we don’t expect anything different.

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JULY 24, 2011

As much as I love change, innovation, #RCUS (Random Collisions of Unusual Suspects per Saul Kaplan) and challenging the Status Quo, I realized how much the comfort and haven of some Status Quo means to me as we got settled at our place in Maine. The familiar faces in our littl [.]

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MARCH 28, 2011

Let's face it - innovation is hard - it can be fun, but it's also hard. My friend and marketing/branding guru, Brian Sooy, send me a message saying that what I really do is "Inn-Oi-Vey-Tion." " I laughed hysterically - and then realized he's right! It takes courage, hard work, fun, creative thin [.].

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Mills Scofield

APRIL 30, 2023

They are the epitome of how to create an amazing strategic plan that achieves their mission and vision in innovative ways will (hopefully) make them no longer needed. SHFB has piloted and validated innovative food distribution models, such as putting pantries in local public schools - a huge success.

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Mills Scofield

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

You know when you have an idea for a new business, product, service or process and you tell someone and they pick it apart? They tell you all the reasons it won’t work. You get really really peeved and annoyed and say to yourself, “They just don’t ‘get it’ ”? Frustrating isn’t it?

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Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Steve Denning begins his book, The Leader's Guide to Radical Management: Reinventing the Workplace for the 21st Century with a quote from John Hagel, John Seely Brown and Lang Davison 's 2009 Shift Index to lay the foundation of the problem we face: "Remarkably, the return on assets for U.S.

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Mills Scofield

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Nonsense, the essence of STAN, puts the whimsical, visionary, inventive and innovative on equal footing with Science, Technology and Art (and engineering and math). Yup, Science, Technology, Art & Nonsense - STAN. STAN takes STEAM (Science, Tech, Engineering, Art, and Math) to another level.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2011

My job at Bell Labs was to invent and create. We dreamed up all sorts of wonderful solutions to problems that did and didn't exist. But how did we learn about these problems? Some we just thought up. Some came from AT&T corporate product management & marketing.

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Mills Scofield

JULY 8, 2011

Well, will congress put the country or their own political careers first? You’d think they should be one and the same but we know they aren’t. With the upcoming elections, getting re-elected will matter more. In 2010, it was out with the ‘old’, in with the new, mostly.

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JULY 19, 2011

In May, I was honored to be part of Steve Denning's workshop on his Radical Management principles for redefining 21st Century management. Recognition that we need to find a new way to ‘manage' work is gaining ground.

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Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 12, 2010

You know all that time you spend waiting? In line, at school, the doctor's office, soccer practices, the bus or train? Well, what if you could use that time to do something great for someone else?

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Mills Scofield

JANUARY 28, 2019

Guess what, companies love those big sexy stats too - especially for innovation. Innovation is a numbers game - the more you try, the more you’ll fail AND the more you’ll succeed! I like RBIs - Runs Batted In. It’s not sexy but it’s a great leading indicator of success (or not).

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