(Originally published in Entrepreneur.com, October 23, 2017) Eighteen months ago, I made the decision to fire all of my company’s managers. By “fire,” I mean remove their management responsibilities and instead, have them focus their efforts on actually doing the work they were originally hired to do (which in Inventium’s case, is innovation consulting) ratherRead more
Blog
We all have 24 hours in a day. But the difference between getting to the top of our field and remaining mediocre comes down to how we use those hours. Not surprisingly, the world’s most successful innovators and business people think very differently about how they use their time. They have deliberate techniques to getRead more
(Originally published in Entrepreneur.com, September 11, 2018) When I was growing up, I remember my dad used to eat the same thing for breakfast every day. He would fill up a small bowl with Wheaties and pour whole milk over the top. I once asked him whether he ever got bored eating the same thingRead more
(Originally published in Entrepreneur.com, June 20, 2018) Several months ago, I made an announcement to my company in our Friday all-staff team meeting. I asked people to not eat lunch at their desk for the following week. Not only that, I presented them with what I called the MACLunch strategy. Instead of eating lunch inRead more
(Originally published on Entrepreneur.com, March 6, 2018) Several years ago, I did a work styles test and it revealed that one of my strongest skills was being a Time Optimizer. I wore this title like a badge, and for the following year, it defined the way I worked. I would frequently switch tasks, for example,Read more
If you have ever sat in on a meeting about innovation, chances are you probably heard a lot of jargon and buzzwords being thrown around. If you want to talk buzzwords with the best of them, use this article as a cheat sheet to help you out. Alternatively, if you find the buzzwords boring, takeRead more
(Originally published via Business Insider, February 7, 2018) When management teams meet, one of the reasons is usually to make decisions. These might be budgeting decisions, decisions about resourcing or strategy – generally anything where the stakes are high and important. After all, that is why managers, as opposed to others lower down the ranks,Read more