by Carla Johnson | Jan 31, 2023 | Creativity, Innovation
Updated January 31, 2023 In part 1 of the What Is Innovation? series, we talked about the difference between creativity and innovation. If creativity is the practice of bringing a new perspective and having it add value, innovation is the process of transforming that...
by Carla Johnson | Jan 18, 2023 | Creativity, Innovation
Updated January 17, 2023 The many definitions for innovation If you asked 10 different people to define innovation, you’d get 20 different responses. It’s one of those things that seems simple to define and understand but turns complicated when you’re pressed...
by Carla Johnson | Dec 6, 2022 | Creativity, Innovation
December 6, 2022 How does a company swing from scrapping together toys from actual scraps in the Great Depression to becoming a household name to nearly filing for bankruptcy to being one of history’s greatest innovation superstars? By being really good at building,...
by Carla Johnson | Nov 22, 2022 | Creativity, Innovation
November 22, 2022 Have you ever noticed how creative kids are? Young people see a cardboard box and it becomes a pirate ship. A stump in the woods is now a queen’s throne. Tie a swath of cloth around their neck and suddenly they’re a superhero. When’s the last time...
by Carla Johnson | Nov 8, 2022 | Creativity, Diversity, Innovation
November 8, 2022 What do Netflix, Dollar Shave Club, Apple, and Cirque du Soleil all have in common? According to William Kilmer, author of Transformative, these companies all did something none of their competitors could: transformed their business model to create...
by Carla Johnson | Nov 1, 2022 | Creativity, Diversity, Innovation
October 25, 2022 I can still remember my first big travel adventure as a kid. It was the summer between first and second grade. My dad took a week off of work, which is a big deal for a farmer in the summer. Mom packed suitcases and stuffed sandwiches into fold-over...
