Innovation Needs More Than Ideas. It Needs Safety
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about innovation. It’s a topic that comes up all the time in my work – usually framed as a desire for better ideas, more initiative, more strategic thinking. All good things. But as I’ve been sitting with recent conversations and...
Innovation Isn’t a Brainstorm. It’s a Behavior.
Last week a leader told me, “I need my team to be more innovative.” I hear that a lot. And when I dig a little deeper, what they usually mean is: We want better ideas. More strategic thinking. Less reactivity, more initiative. All fair. But here’s...
Not Every Gargoyle Is a Gargoyle – What Oxford’s stone carvings taught me about misreading team tension
Since arriving in Oxford, I’ve become slightly obsessed with gargoyles. Or… what I thought were gargoyles. The 13th- and 14th-century buildings here are covered in faces, monsters, mythical creatures, and bits of nature carved into stone. I find myself constantly...
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