Our primitive brains establish patterns that for the most part keep us safe and out of trouble. This has kept our ancestors out of the jaws of wild beasts. This is also what happens when you apply your vehicle brakes when it looks like the speeding car is going to plow through the intersection and smash into you. You see the pattern and act accordingly. Our brain creates and recognizes Continue reading “Innovation Squelchers: Pattern Thinking, Biases, and Gator Brains”
Using the F Word at Work and How not to get Jujitsued
Think about the culture of your organization. Are you allowed to fail, is it encouraged, learned from, or it is something to be avoided at all costs. Recognize that as organizations mature they become less tolerant of risky, unproven, new ventures that have uncertain potential.
In public companies, beholden to the perceived needs of investors, this is troublesome. While these skittish companies and the leaders that drive them focus on short term needs of investors, more fearless upstarts are redefining industries and taking away customer mind share.
This explains in part why the traditional car rental companies did not recognize Continue reading “Using the F Word at Work and How not to get Jujitsued”
Are you Going Mental?
Are you Going Mental?
Ok, phew – you’ve landed. You got past the headline. Now you may be wondering what this post is all about. An article on crazies. No – though I did like the movie by that title.
Going mental is what you need to do more of. Nobody gets harmed, unlike in the movie. When you get stuck, you lack a mental model of how to proceed, similar to a 2nd grader trying Continue reading “Are you Going Mental?”