078 Helene Cahen Sparking and sustaining innovation teams

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A rebel intrapreneur must learn the discipline of innovation. By definition, a rebel intrapreneur furthers the mission of the organization, while simultaneously challenging the system from within. This means improving existing things or launching new things. Innovation is required. 

When Helene Cahen released her book, Fire Up Innovation: Sparking and Sustaining Innovation Teams, I thought, “She wrote this book for rebel intrapreneurs.” After listening to this episode, I think you will agree.  

We talked about a lot of things, including: 

* 4 Ps of creativity 

* Creating a culture of starting small, prototyping, and not asking for permission

* The reality that if you don’t innovate, you are dead (organizationally, speaking)

* Stay and fight for innovation or leave and go somewhere else

* Some organizations are fast and some are slow and some have different definitions of fast and slow

* Diversity in the way we solve problems 

* Understand the problem before we leap to solutions

* Your role in innovation is moving the process along

* The need to define success clearly

* Brainstorming and clustering 

* Innovation is about change

* The wall of assumptions 

* The key to innovation is to “Find a project you can start on”

* 4 principles of applied innovation

More about Helene Cahen and her book: 

* For more information about the book: https://www.fireupinnovation.com/book

* Purchase on Amazon, Barnes & Noble Barnes & Noble or Independent bookstores Independent bookstores

* Business Website: www.fireupinnovation.com

* Blog: https://www.fireupinnovation.com/blog

* Email: info@fireupinnovation.com

* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fireupinnovation

Special offers for listeners to help grow your business and support your innovation teams

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* Schedule a free consultation to discuss your unique challenges by contacting us on our website www.fireupinnovation.com

* Curious about the book? Download a sneak peek of the first chapter at https://www.fireupinnovation.com/book

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Bill’s book: The Art of Agile Marketing: A Practical Roadmap for Implementing Kanban and Scrum in Jira and Confluence 

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