Mills Scofield

APRIL 29, 2019

Blue Lobster at the South Bristol Coop , 2004. What’s with blue lobsters? Well, a blue lobster is rare, about 1 in 2 million , and very beautiful. When you get enough of them together, you create a blue lobster organization – one that creates positive disruption. Blue Lobsters.

Innovation 140

Innovation Stage-Gate Blanchard Social Capital 140

Mills Scofield

APRIL 29, 2019

Blue Lobster at the South Bristol Coop , 2004. What’s with blue lobsters? Well, a blue lobster is rare, about 1 in 2 million , and very beautiful. When you get enough of them together, you create a blue lobster organization – one that creates positive disruption. Blue Lobsters.

Innovation 91

Innovation Stage-Gate Blanchard Social Capital 91

Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Posted in Light Your World [link] I met Nick Mayer when ordering a gorgeous Blue Lobster print of his. I have this thing about Blue Lobsters, seeing them in Maine and as a metaphor for innovation in that this rare phenotype results from serendipity and random collisions of genes.

Strategic Planning 289

Strategic Planning Innovation Globalization Consultative 289

Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 12, 2020

As we think ahead to the surreality of these times, many of us are trying to figure out how to support, encourage, understand our employees, in particular, how to find, nurture and develop our blue lobsters. So, I adapted this ‘ oldie ’ to remind us how, before I even knew about blue lobsters.

Management 121

Management How To Mentor Politics 121

Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 12, 2020

As we think ahead to the surreality of these times, many of us are trying to figure out how to support, encourage, understand our employees, in particular, how to find, nurture and develop our blue lobsters. So, I adapted this ‘ oldie ’ to remind us how, before I even knew about blue lobsters.

Management 91

Management How To Mentor Politics 91

Mills Scofield

DECEMBER 3, 2013

I met Nick Mayer when ordering a gorgeous Blue Lobster print of his. I have this thing about Blue Lobsters, seeing them in Maine and as a metaphor for innovation in that this rare phenotype results from serendipity and random collisions of genes.

Rivkin 130

Rivkin Film Project Innovation 130

Mills Scofield

JUNE 15, 2015

I believe in many things: public libraries, underdogs, finding blue lobsters. I know what it’s like to feel trapped and tiny. I also know that with the big challenges our world holds, we can't afford for people to play it small. Above all, I believe in the power of one person to make a dent.

Policies 70

Policies Storytelling Library Resistance 70