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.

As leaders or managers, we often hope to reach our desired metrics. But forcing those metrics can actually lead to failed innovations and delayed progress. In this series, Ron Price examines the 12 enemies of successful innovation. Enemy #5 is forcing metrics.

Much like innovation, creativity should happen at every level of your organization. In this series, Ron Price examines the 12 enemies of successful innovation. Enemy #4 is discouraging creativity.

To combat this enemy of innovation, a critical balance is required. In this series, Ron Price examines the 12 enemies of successful innovation. Enemy #3 is a lack of urgency.

You know what they say about assuming. In this series, Ron Price examines the 12 enemies of successful innovation. Enemy #2 is making assumptions.

Innovation is not for the clouded mind. In this series, Ron Price examines the 12 enemies of successful innovation—starting with a lack of clarity.

In the final episode of this series, Dr. Evans Baiya addresses different corporate excuses and mindsets that hinder our ability to innovate successfully—even when you believe innovation cannot happen in your industry.

In this series, Dr. Evans Baiya addresses different corporate excuses and mindsets that hinder our ability to innovate successfully. Don't assume you always know what your customers need.

In this series, Dr. Evans Baiya addresses different corporate excuses and mindsets that hinder our ability to innovate successfully. There's a misconception that hinders our ability to innovate—that we should always wait for the one big idea.

In this series, Dr. Evans Baiya addresses different corporate excuses and mindsets that hinder our ability to innovate successfully. He hears this excuse across the world: "I don't have time to innovate."

In this series, Dr. Evans Baiya addresses different corporate excuses and mindsets that hinder our ability to innovate successfully. One of the most common excuses? "It's not my job to innovate."

Dr. Evans Baiya breaks down the three things needed in your innovation economy: an Idea Factory, an Idea Bank, and an Idea Portfolio.

Dr. Evans Baiya discusses the importance of a culture of ideation within your organization.

Is your organizing growing, or becoming irrelevant? Dr. Evans Baiya argues that innovation and strategy must work together to create value for customers.

Dr. Evans Baiya shares that many major innovation projects fail, and that there is a secret ingredient for success: people.

Dr. Evans Baiya explores the definition of innovation and why it matters.

What goes on in our brains when we have purpose? Innovation and neuroscience expert Tanja Yardley dives in to the benefits of purpose and how we can strengthen those muscles.

Purpose plays a huge part in innovation—and, unlike social media leads us to believe, it isn't lofty or unachievable.

Innovation and leadership couch Tanja Yardley says grit is a necessary skill for any leader or innovator—but how does it effect the way we work, and how can we develop this skill?

Humans evolved to focus more on the negative input our brains receive, in order to stay safe. But we can work to reverse this negative bias, focus on the positive, and become more creative with a growth mindset.

Neuroscience expert and innovation coach Tanja Yardley shares that most of us don't allow our minds to wander—to the detriment of creativity. Instead, she says we should take advantage of times not usually meant for the creative process to come up with more and better ideas.

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Tanja Yardley dives deeper into taking advantage of our different curiosities to achieve a creative and innovative state of mind.

Leadership and innovation coach Tanja Yardley offers a few tips to jumpstart creative thinking—most importantly, relax, be curious, and have fun.

Neuroscience expert and leadership coach Tanja Yardley shares the three crucial networks in our brains that contribute to our creativity.

Tanja Yardley, innovation and leadership coach, gives her favorite tips and techniques to take advantage of the cycles of energy and rest we experience during the workday.