Posts tagged Invention and Innovation
Lost Leaders
Lost Leaders

Mentee Reading | When life and work don’t go as planned, sometimes under challenging and confronting circumstances, there can be a painful sense of being unable to find the way. Rather than staying lost or being stuck in ‘not knowing’ or making mental mistakes about the future, look for that breakthrough.

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Conversations That Matter, Continuous Learning, Future Focus, Leadership, Problem Solving, Reading Circle, Questions, Stimulating Ideas, The Long View, Think Differently!, C-Suite, Coach-Mentor, Curiosity, Mastery, Disruption, Risk, Transformation, New Business Leader, Flux and Failure, High-Performance, Hidden PotentialDianne JacobsDiverse Thinking, Future, Ideas, Leadership, Imagination, Connection, Invention and Innovation, Outside-In Thinking, Problem Solving, Outside-In Questions, Excellence, facing the future, Business Leadership, Lost Leaders, Future Choices, Future Self, Strengths, Breakthrough, ThriveComment
New Kind of Business Leadership
New Kind of Business Leadership

Mentee Reading | As the business environment is transforming a new kind of business leadership is emerging. Contemporary organisations are seeking solutionists, activists, relationists, imperfectionists all with the curiosity and a mindset necessary for a fragmented, uncertain and non-linear future.

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Conversations That Matter, Continuous Learning, Future Focus, Leadership, Problem Solving, Reading Circle, Questions, Stimulating Ideas, The Long View, Think Differently!, Boardroom, C-Suite, Coach-Mentor, Curiosity, Mastery, Disruption, Risk, Strategy, Sustainability, Transformation, New Business LeaderDianne JacobsCuriosity, Diverse Thinking, Future, Ideas, Leadership, Imagination, Connection, Invention and Innovation, Outside-In Thinking, Problem Solving, Outside-In Questions, Excellence, design-thinking paradigm, ideas-informed society, facing the future, Business LeadershipComment
Storytellers and Powerful Stories
Storytellers and Powerful Stories

Mentee Reading | Powerful stories. Storytellers. Right story. What can storytelling do for you? Which stories do you need to tell, and how do you tell them? Do you worry about holding people's attention? Are you unsure where to start when faced with writing a report? Are you preparing for a discussion and wondering how to get all your points across? What are the four stories that form your narrative and how will you utilise them?

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Conversations That Matter, Continuous Learning, Future Focus, Leadership, Problem Solving, Reading Circle, Questions, Stimulating Ideas, The Long View, Think Differently!, Boardroom, C-Suite, Coach-Mentor, Curiosity, Mastery, Powerful Stories, New Business LeaderDianne JacobsCuriosity, Diverse Thinking, Future, Ideas, Leadership, Imagination, Connection, Invention and Innovation, Outside-In Thinking, Problem Solving, Outside-In Questions, Excellence, design-thinking paradigm, ideas-informed society, facing the future, Storytelling, Powerful StoriesComment
Strategy and Future Choices
Strategy and Future Choices

Mentee Reading | What is strategy and why is it so difficult? This reading series will help answer these questions. Strategies are fundamentally about choice, difference and advantage. It is as much about deciding what not to do and being alert to signals or noise, as it is about what will be done. It incorporates a systems perspective, it is intent-focused, level shifting, opportunistic and timely.

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Conversations That Matter, Continuous Learning, Disruption, Future Focus, Leadership, Problem Solving, Reading Circle, Questions, Stimulating Ideas, The Long View, Think Differently!, Transformation, Boardroom, C-Suite, Coach-Mentor, Strategy, Significance, New Business LeaderDianne JacobsCuriosity, Diverse Thinking, Future, Ideas, Leadership, Imagination, Connection, Invention and Innovation, Outside-In Thinking, Problem Solving, Outside-In Questions, Strategy, Transformation, Excellence, design-thinking paradigm, ideas-informed society, facing the future, Future Choices, Strategy and Systems, Emergent Strategy, Play To Win, Connected StrategyComment
Adventures In Thinking
Adventures In Thinking

Mentee Reading | Adventures In Thinking looks at collective thinking and the creative mindset, design paradigm and ideas-informed society needed to face the future including the coming wave of powerful technologies.

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Artificial Intelligence, Conversations That Matter, Continuous Learning, Curiosity, Disruption, Future Focus, Human AI Interaction, Leadership, Problem Solving, Reading Circle, Questions, Responsible AI, Stimulating Ideas, The Long View, Think Differently!, TransformationDianne JacobsArtificial Intelligence, Curiosity, Diverse Thinking, Future, Human - Digital Interaction, Ideas, Leadership, Imagination, Connection, Invention and Innovation, Outside-In Thinking, Problem Solving, Outside-In Questions, Strategy, Transformation, Excellence, design-thinking paradigm, ideas-informed society, facing the futureComment
Flux, Failure and Risk
Flux, Failure and Risk

Mentee Reading | We face flux, change and difficult situations all the time. We may succeed or we may fail. It helps to both fail well and to learn from our success - to understand how we make decisions and our reasoning abilities. We can also learn from ‘risk-takers’ about why they do what they do, how they prepare, and how they’ve handled things going wrong. Happy reading and stay curious!

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Boardroom, C-Suite, Coach-Mentor, Continuous Learning, Conversations That Matter, Future Focus, Leadership, Reading Circle, The Long View, Think Differently!, Problem Solving, High-Performance, Disruption, Transformation, Stimulating Ideas, Curiosity, Executive Committees, Strategy, Risk, Flux and FailureDianne JacobsThe NED and Talent AdvisorsDiverse Thinking, Boardroom Dynamics, CEO, Excellence, Future, Ideas, Strategy, Outside-In Thinking, Outside-In Questions, Conversations That Matter, Leadership, Decision Leadership, Problem Solving, Flux, Failure, Risk, Invention and Innovation Comment