The Habit of Innovation
Why is it that with all the investment in Innovation our organisations still struggle to embed innovation in their culture?
Why is it that with all the investment in Innovation our organisations still struggle to embed innovation in their culture?
How do you ensure that your people can function well as a team, or better yet can unleash that secret sauce of a High Performing team?
The eco-system of an organization can be a curious thing. Ostensibly an organization exists for a specific purpose, principally to have happy healthy employees performing well in their jobs and ultimately to be profitable. Think of any team meeting or boardroom interaction in these organisations, it is almost always focused on the negative – the..
We see it in sport all the time, Nadal with his quirks, Ronaldo with his post match rituals and the All Blacks with the Haka. All partake in Rituals for a purpose. Rituals are repeated actions used to fulfil a purpose greater than the action itself. Rituals like the Haka trigger feelings of connection, presence..
One of the causes of stress is confusion. A lack of clarity, a lack of priorities and a lack of direction can create confusion. This confusion causes us to stop thinking straight, shutting down some of the higher functions of the brain and leaving us to cope with our survival mechanisms. Working from a familiar..