Mills Scofield

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Innovation High-Five

Mills Scofield

By Tim Kippley: Jeff Bezos, one of the planet’s greatest innovators, once said that: “You need a culture that high-fives small and innovative ideas and senior executives [that] encourage ideas.” ” The Value of Innovation at Geneca. I have long felt that companies can’t survive without innovating.

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Rebellious Optimism = Innovation

Mills Scofield

They don’t take ‘no’ as an answer but a challenge; they view entrepreneurship and capitalism as an inherently social venture; they take system-level approaches to solving problems and by nature collaborate. To say I’m awed by what they are doing is an understatement.

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Running a Permanent Campaign for Innovation

Mills Scofield

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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Education? Innovation? Do - Learn - Do - Learn

Mills Scofield

After countless interviews of interviews, I had a system and structure to learn on my own, and a community of people to learn with. Culture Education Experience Institute Hacking Education Higher-Ed Innovation Leap Year Project Un-Schooling' I also carried that final question about risk-taking throughout the year.

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#Whatif We Valued Trying?

Mills Scofield

Many of us know that new discoveries, the disruptions, the innovations are found in the grey – in between the extremes, by recombining what is out there through And and Both instead of Either and Or. This has insidiously permeated so many of our systems – especially the language of entrepreneurship and innovation.

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It's Not A Gap Year! It's An Education.

Mills Scofield

It’s a time of learning more from peers (and professors); evolving the values and morals of parents into one’s own; learning to handle emotions; and developing deeper systems-level thinking. The Applied Discovery Year helps students transition from prescription to discovery. So let’s stop calling it a Gap Year.

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When Software Can’t Change the Laws of Physics (or Leadership)

Mills Scofield

Today’s systems are complicated and complex* requiring different leadership capabilities throughout the organization. Complex systems also require a different organizational culture - a systems-level mindset and a sense ownership at all levels. design teams, to procurement, supply chain, etc.

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