One of the biggest myths of innovation is that it’s all about ‘new ideas.’ “We’re stuck … we need new ideas here!” you’ll often hear someone say. Yes, clearly new ideas are a core part of innovating. But we need to dispel the myth that they’re the sole part of...
Several friends have asked me to write a post to explain how it is that the UK managed to massively innovate and transform its legal services sector in the past ten years, while the legal profession in other jurisdictions, such as Ontario, by comparison, virtually...
It’s not quite an F, but it’s pretty close. Normally a D average gets a student placed on probation, and in this case the student is Canada. And yes, the overall grade was D. That’s the grade Canada received from the Conference Board of Canada in its annual study last...
‘Be the change you want to see in this world’ is the simple quote usually attributed to Mahatma Gandhi. But did he really say that? And what does it mean? Is it the reason he managed to lead his country to overthrow the British Empire? It is certainly true...
It is customary to salute Nelson Mandela as a great leader and statesman, which of course he was. Against all odds, he led South Africa from an unjust, apartheid past to a new state founded upon equality and democratic rights. We salute Mandela for the incredible...
Teresa Amabile, one of the world’s leading experts on creativity, has spent more than 35 years researching what makes people creative and innovative. And the answers may surprise you. If you are over the age of twenty, you might have been taught a very...
You might think that Sir Richard Branson, the multi-billionaire founder of the Virgin empire of companies, would be a staunch defender of the system of capitalism that has been so kind to him. But he isn’t. He says, without qualification, that we need to...
If you’re like most of us, when you look for a Table of Contents in a book, you’ll expect to find a series of Chapter headings and sub-titles. So it might come as a shock when you see that the Table of Contents in Tim Brown’s 2009 bestseller Change by...
A long line of research shows that deep in the middle of our brains is the part that’s been around since human beings began to have brains. It’s the limbic system, and since it’s so similar to the basic brain of a lizard, it’s sometimes called your ‘lizard...
These four words today are used often. They’re used interchangeably and some say they’re overused. But they’re also here to stay. So it would be good to get to know them better. Here’s a quick look at how leading experts have defined them. Design – and...
