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Leaders, Want To Master Innovation? Then Get Funny!

Tanveer Naseer

Of course, humor can be highly subjective and what one person finds hilarious another person may not – so knowing your audience is paramount. It is therefore not surprising that business leaders who score high in the effective use of humor as a tool to boost innovation also tend to score high in emotional intelligence.

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What 40 Years of Research Reveals About the Difference Between Disruptive and Radical Innovation

Harvard Business Review

For example, the model revealed that the topic “disruptive innovation” is often mentioned alongside the topic “business model” in many studies. Two topical communities stood out as being linked to the largest number of the other topics: disruptive innovation and radical innovation.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Whitney Johnson – Author of the critically acclaimed: Disrupt Yourself. Co-founder of Rose Park Advisors—Disruptive Innovation Fund. A leading thinker on strategy and breakthrough innovation. Deepa Prahalad – Focused on design and emerging markets. Leads Tuck’s incredibly innovative coaching program.

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Why the X Games Won’t Dethrone the Olympics

Harvard Business Review

A “ new model for how winter sports are done” that “feeds an audience hunger for life-treating daredevilry” and drives “ high market penetration and. The reason why serves as a good reminder of how to assess the full impact of a potentially disruptive innovation. The process of disruption follows a predictable pattern.

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Ten Innovation Myths

Harvard Business Review

That's good for audiences (at least, I think it is), but bad when I get the kind of request that landed in my in-box last week. I'm doing an innovation update at one of our meetings and I'm hoping you can assist me with some conversation starters," a senior leader said to one of our clients. Innovation requires big bets.

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Is Execution Where Good Strategies Go to Die?

Harvard Business Review

The lack of narrative is particularly a problem in the relationship between sales and marketing. This behavior is a result of the underlying mental models of sales and marketing. Marketers see the world as campaigns, messages, channels, and audiences. To a marketer, sales is a channel for reaching their audience.

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The Top Tips for Building Team Performance

Roundtable Talk

" 12 hours ago #adweekcdn #genesimmons lesson in what can go wrong with interactive audience participation. If you want accountability, then people have to have a say in how things are going to roll out. And, be sure to plan for enough time for the discussion. 12 hours ago #adweekcdn #genesimmons turning into a groupie gift exchange.

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