Innovative people seem fearless when it comes to moving outside their comfort zones to try new things. But I can assure you it is quite common for those who appear confident to actually fear that they are not worthy of their position or achievements. It’s called the impostor syndrome, and Harvard Business Review has an…
disrupt: (verb dis·rupt \dis-ˈrəpt\) to cause (something) to be unable to continue in the normal way; to interrupt the normal progress or activity of (something). -Webster’s Dictionary This is a “Throwback Thursday” post from our archives that I thought was important to share again if you missed it the first time around: Disruptive leadership isn’t…
The wearable fitness trackers began gaining popularity about four years ago, and these days it seems a lot of consumers have their health goals sleekly wrapped around their wrists. But for how long? Will those smart watches become the dusty treadmills of our time? Originally marketed to serious athletes, fitness trackers are now mainly being…
If you are one of the 300 million people who are colorblind, these videos will inspire you! The video captures the reactions of several people able to see color for the first time, thanks to a new innovation: https://www.facebook.com/cnbc/videos/10154417860219369/ Up to 300 million people worldwide are affected by red-green color vision deficiency, also called color…
I came across a post from a few years ago, and had almost forgotten how funny this was: When Good Laughs Inspire Innovation by Stefan Lindegaard Have you ever thought that bringing people together on innovation is like hearding cats? Cheryl Perkins, founder of InnovationEdge made me laugh when she included this video in…
There’s a new breed of digital disruptors that are impacting everything. My friend Robert Tucker at Innovation Resource has penned a piece about disruption trends in the coming months. At FIS’s banking conference in Orlando last month, the talk was of digital disruption. As if Dodd-Frank financial regulations and blockchain technology weren’t enough to contend…
Walmart is collaborating with Five Elements Robotics on a new way to shop using carts that can be helpful, and were featured at the Bloomberg Technology Conference. ZDNet reports: It’s part of an emerging chapter of the ongoing war between brick-and-mortar retailers and the king of fast-delivery online sellers: Amazon.com. The announcement that Walmart is…
I found this interesting. What do you think? Robots have already invaded the operating room in some hospitals, but in Belgium they will soon be taking on the potentially more difficult task — for robots, at least — of greeting patients and giving them directions. The Citadelle regional hospital in Liège and the Damiaan general…
This October 27th, CLEAR™VIEW Institute is offering the inaugural CLEAR(TM)VIEW program, providing a 360 learning environment. CLEAR™VIEW is a highly interactive, three day leadership experience for top executives charged with driving business performance through organizational capability and transformational change. The CLEAR™VIEW program is focused on building practical strategies to address challenges in agility, change, innovation,…
This is an amazing story: Science Alert says: “As anybody who’s ever tried to get by in a foreign country without much grasp of the local language can tell you, oversized hand gestures and speaking English loudly and slowly will only get you so far. But a nifty new wearable technology could soon make conversing…
