Business Strategy: Seeing Around Corners – #303
Seeing Around Corners Paradigm shifts in business, known as inflection points, can either create new opportunities or present new threats. Those leaders who can “see around corners” and spot these inflection points before they happen, can position themselves for success. Columbia Business School professor and innovation keynote speaker Rita McGrath’s latest book ‘Seeing Around Corners” […]
Heuristic Decision Making – #302
Heuristics In Judgment And Decision-Making Numbers don’t lie – but they often mislead us. From health risk to financial decisions, it can be hard to understand statistics because they are often presented to us by ‘experts’ who misinterpret the data. In his book Risk Savvy, Professor Gerd Gigerenzer shows us all how we can make […]
Creativity VS Innovation – #301
The Difference Between Creativity And Innovation Instead of shooting for a $10 billion IPO or a Nobel Prize, the most prolific innovators focus instead on Big Little Breakthroughs – small creative acts that unlock massive rewards over time. By building a daily habit of creativity, organizations not only enjoy a high volume of small […]
The Art of the Impossible: A Peak Performance Primer. – #300
Creativity And Peak Performance What does it take to accomplish the impossible? What does it take to shatter our limitations, exceed our expectations, and turn our biggest dreams into our most recent achievements? These are the questions that our guest today has sought to answer in his new book The Art of the Impossible: A […]
Old Masters and Young Geniuses: The Two Life Cycles of Artistic Creativity – #299
The Two Life Cycles of Artistic Creativity When in their lives do artists produce their greatest creative work? By examining the careers of great painters, poets, novelists, and movie directors my guest today offers a profound new understanding of creativity. Using a wide range of evidence, Professor David Galenson shows in his book ‘Old Masters […]