Team innovation is the secret sauce to a business’s success. It creates a strong competitive advantage and helps you go further, faster than the competition. But, removing the barriers and getting a team to innovate beyond a creative off-site meeting once a quarter can feel challenging. In LaunchStreet’s work with clients, we’ve found 7 ways…

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I used to believe that in order to be innovative, we all have to innovate the same way, my way. Usually, that involves stepping outside my comfort zone and daring to be fearless. My way of innovating includes getting super uncomfortable and taking big risks. Obviously, since that’s how I tend to innovate, you should…

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We’ve all heard the mantras around failure. “Fail fast. Fail often.” “Love your failures.” “You can’t succeed without failure.” But why? Why is failure so important to innovation and success? Why are we constantly being told to embrace failure rather than run away from it? We are told often it’s because we learn the most…

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“I literally can’t wait for the entire rental car industry to go down in flames. This whole thing is archaic.” – annoyed guy in front of me at rental car pick up. I’m in line waiting for a rental car. Two gentlemen in front of me are having a heated conversation about how they want to…

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In my 25 years of playing in the innovation space and partnering with both Fortune 500 and start-ups, I’ve come to realize that the most successful leaders say “I’m wrong” more than they say “I’m right.” Truly successful leaders that seek to build a culture where innovation thrives don’t try to have all the answers.…

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barriers to innovation - how to be innovative at work

“I don’t have the time to be innovative when there is already so much to do” “I don’t have the resources or the money to dedicate to anything that isn’t right in front of me” And the one I hear most often… “I just don’t know how to be innovative. It’s never really been my…

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The phrase “disruptive innovation” gets thrown around a lot. The way we describe disruptive innovation has moved far past Clay Christensen’s original use of the phrase. Yet, it’s one of those buzzwords that we often use but don’t necessarily know what it means, or how to create it. It’s hard to achieve the goal of…

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