Innovators need more than strategic planning and creative risk-taking, they also need strong communication skills to involve crowdsourcing and connect fragmented ideas.
Continuous improvement can be challenging without a well-defined practice. Alan Robinson suggests an inclusive, idea-driven approach that embraces virtual teams and promotes cross-pollination.
Focusing on positive implications of solving a problem can aid in finding sustainable solutions, while a problem-oriented mindset triggers stress and tunnel vision, leading to ineffective solutions.
