90 Seconds of Innovation

Encouraging vacation time throughout the year is an essential way to maintain employee energy. Don't let your employees neglect rest time during the holidays and throughout the year.

Employee well-being is crucial for the success of your organization—so be sure to protect it, especially during more hectic seasons.

Any hectic season can strain a team, but the holidays are a particularly busy time for many, personally and professionally. Take these tips to improve happiness and productivity throughout the year.

You can—and should—include innovation as part of your employee's performance evaluations.

The introverts on your team have a wealth of ideas that can move your organization forward. You just need to know how to best ask for them.

There are endless ways a leader can encourage innovation throughout their organization. Here are a few tips.

If you want to create a culture of innovation in your organization, you have to encourage innovation at every level.

If you're looking for the next big idea, you should look no further than the people on your team. Creating a culture of ideation will provide you with a wealth of ideas from your team.

Don't neglect your employees' ideas or perspectives. Include them by building a company culture that supports constant improvement, and you'll create a team that will transform your company by regularly generating new value.

Innovation intimidation is a fairly common occurrence. But there are also easy ways to dispel it so that your people can experiment, learn, and innovate without restraint.

Don't fall prey to common excuses for avoiding innovation. Instead, focus on the ways that you can create space for innovation in your daily life.

How many times do you have an idea that you don't think is good enough to share with your team? The IA Team examines why you should never be afraid to share your ideas, even the lackluster ones.

Do you have enough ideas to plan for the future? The IA Team shares how to use scenario planning to grow your idea bank and your futuristic thinking skills.

Get comfortable thinking about the future—or get left behind. The IA Team shares a few quick habits that you can put into practice to grow your futuristic thinking skills.

Discover two more communication personality types and determine how to best work with every person on your team. Which do you most identify with—dominant, influential, compliant, or steadiness?

Influential communicator personalities are all about stories and new ideas. The Innovator's Advantage Team dives into this type of communication style and how to best engage them in the workplace.

Do you know someone who is very direct, logical, and thrives in fast-paced environments? They might have a dominant communication personality. The Innovator's Advantage Team breaks down the traits of this communicator and offers advice on how to best talk with them.

As Dr. Evans Baiya always says, "Everyone is an innovator—we simply innovate in different ways." The same applies to how everyone on your team communicates. The Innovator's Advantage Team introduces two ways to discover the individual communication styles of your team members and the importance of this knowledge.

In the final episode of this series, Ron Price examines the 12th enemy of successful innovation: choosing power over people.

Making only big bets can actually hinder your innovation progress. Instead, consistently look for small opportunities. In this series, Ron Price examines the 12 enemies of successful innovation. Number 11 is making only big bets.

In this series, Ron Price examines the 12 enemies of successful innovation. Number 10 is avoiding ambiguity.

Not all risk is bad. In fact, failing to embrace risk at all is another enemy of successful innovation. In this series, Ron Price examines the 12 enemies of successful innovation.

Innovation is not simply random lightbulb moments. You must overcome the eighth enemy, a lack of structure, to be successful in innovation. In this series, Ron Price examines the 12 enemies of successful innovation.

Even though most organizations use a top-down approach, it's actually an enemy of successful innovation. In this series, Ron Price examines the 12 enemies of successful innovation.

Technology is not innovation. It's a common innovation misconception, which is why focusing on technology is enemy number six of successful innovation. In this series, Ron Price examines the 12 enemies of successful innovation.