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May 25, 2021 45 min

246 — The surprising truth about innovation

from The Mindtools L&D Podcast Hosted by Emerald Works Ltd

When we think of 'innovation', we tend to picture the bright ideas that people have in the bath. In reality, innovation is the product of hard work, collaborative effort and repeated failures. In this week's episode of The Good Practice Podcast, Ross G and Owen explore innovation with Alan Cabello, Senior Research Fellow and Innovation Lecturer at ETH Zurich, and founder of SparkWorks and Sparkademy. We discuss: the environmental factors required for innovation to happen how organizations can increase the chances of innovation taking place what individuals can do to become more innovative. Show notes In 'What I Learned This Week', Owen recommended Stephen Johnson's book Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer. If you're wondering what Ross was talkng about in response to Owen, he was mangling a reference from The Political Gabfest: slate.com/podcasts/political-gabfest/2021/04/biden-first-100-days Ross recommended Dungeons and Dragons as a team activity. For more from us, including access to our back catalogue of podcasts, visit emeraldworks.com. There, you'll also find details of our award winning performance support toolkit, our off-the-shelf e-learning, and our custom work. You can find SparkWorks at: sparkworks.ch, and SparkAdemy at: sparkademy.com Connect with our speakers If you'd like to share your thoughts on this episode, connect with our speakers on Twitter: Ross Garner - @RossGarnerEW Owen Ferguson - @OwenFerguson Alan Cabello - @AlanSKbyo

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