If we want to create new conversations, solutions and models in key sectors, we need new points of view. For innovation’s sake, it’s vital to invest in talent that is not in “the box” that we are trying to think “out” of.
Experimenting consistently creating spaces, events and experiences for people to learn to innovate across sectors and countries for the last decade has brought us knowledge of the variables at play in forming innovative teams. Here are some of the principles we apply to maximize chances of cross-fertilization of ideas, and therefore of successful team innovation.
Is there a secret sauce to creating spaces, events and experiences that generate innovation? We’ve found that to be at their most creative, people need both familiarity and disruption. Environments that are most conducive to new results are those where people feel both at home and off-balance at the same time.
The way we build systems that integrate underutilized, high potential, invisible segments of the workforce will determine success for us all in the work of the future. This is an opportunity to design work for everyone. There’s a wide-open sky for multi-sector partnerships to start and scale.
Co-written with Jane Leu.
How does the way in which people are represented visually through media affect the way we relate to each other? Can art and design help?
“Let me tell you something” is a linguistic reflex that tells a long story: giving pre-packaged advice and transmitting common sense we’ve accumulated prevents many new ideas from becoming full-fledged models that work. Here are tools we’ve created to prevent that.
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