Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Four years ago, Craig Hatkoff, co-founder of the Tribeca Film Festival, approached me about a brainstorm: an event recognizing and celebrating breakthrough innovators. When I suggested to Clayton Christensen that we partner with Hatkoff to create the Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards , Clay’s response was : I trust you Whitney.

Innovation 10

Innovation Christensen Decisionmaking CTO 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Originating from agile software development, the sprint has entered the business mainstream as an increasingly popular means to accelerate business model, product, or service innovation. LaunchPad , a San Francisco startup that provides enterprise innovation software, recently participated in a vision sprint that I designed for them.

Agility 8

Agility Strategy Short-term Long-term 8

Lead on Purpose

JULY 7, 2012

There may come times when you are placed in leadership roles. Despite pioneering and successfully growing Apple out of his garage, Steve Jobs was fired from the innovative company in the late eighties. Use these three tidbits of wisdom in cultivating your leadership role. See more of their wisdom here.

Leadership 193

Leadership Follow-up Film Committee 193

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 3, 2016

” The entire group then celebrated the committee that had the most failures—and celebrated the freedom to experiment and try things outside their comfort zones. The Opera subsequently formed a number of innovation groups (iGroups) drawn from different departments to work on issues related to opening the new facility.

Audience 8

Audience Brainstorming Project Class 8