Tag: Innovation


How An “Impossible” Aviation Challenge Led To An Innovation Breakthrough

This is innovation: Atlas, the team that won the Igor I. Sikorsky Human Powered Helicopter Competition did what scores of aircraft designers and engineers failed to do for 33 years. They weren’t specialist. They cracked the problem by going beyond ‘thinking outside the box’, they won by zeroing in on the right box.

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The Innovation Mindset in Action: Sir Peter Jackson – Harvard Business Review

Peter Jackson is a game changer who transformed the practice of filmmaking. Like Jerry Buss, who revolutionized basketball, Jackson and other effective innovators share a common set of qualities that we call the innovation mindset: they see and act on opportunities, use “and” thinking and resourcefulness, focus on outcomes, and act to “expand the pie.” Regardless of where they start, innovators persist till they successfully change the game.

via The Innovation Mindset in Action: Sir Peter Jackson  – Harvard Business Review.

Increase Your Teams Curiosity – Harvard Business Review

When leaders learn that they aren’t asking question, they often overcompensate by asking a lot of questions and withholding their own views. This leaves team members feeling interrogated rather than engaged.

via Increase Your Teams Curiosity  – Harvard Business Review.