093 Robyn Bolton People decide with their hearts and justify with their heads

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I admit that I do not have a codified set of core beliefs, values, principles, or whatever else you want to call them. I know that I should have them, but I don’t. It’s something I’ve procrastinated. Successful people I know have told me that they procrastinated it too, but when they finally put in the work to write out their core beliefs, everything changed for the better. 

So when I had the opportunity to talk to Robyn Bolton, founder & chief navigator at MileZero, about innovation, I wanted to spend time talking about her 5 core beliefs because her short list says a ton about how she views innovation and how she helps her clients do great things. 

Robyn Bolton’s 5 core beliefs: 

* Innovation is something different that creates value.

* Innovation requires curiosity, courage, and commitment.

* Any organization can innovate, and any person can be an innovator.

* People (even your customers and your boss) decide with their hearts and justify with their heads.

* Ideas are a dime a dozen. Decisions are priceless. Action is perfection. 

To me, this list tells me much of what I need to know about Robyn and her innovation approach. 

The lesson here for Rebel Intrapreneurs (and me personally) is this: written core beliefs clarify what we think about a topic and how we approach it. All of us should write down our core beliefs. 

More about Robyn Bolton: 

Robyn’s 5 Core Beliefs

Her company, MileZero

Robyn’s Innovation Assessment

The Adobe Kickbox story blog

On Linkedin

On X 

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More about Bill:

Bill Cushard on Linkedin

Bill Cushard on Twitter

Rebel Intrapreneur podcast website

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

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