Craig Kasten
Co-Founder & Chairman of the Board, SKYGEN USA
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Turn your managers into great leaders who work together—the BLUECASE Vision2Innovate Leadership Development Process.
The Four Pillars of Innovation Capability
There can’t be rules to innovation. Innovation is another word for breaking the rules (or, at least, bending them). It means doing something differently than has ever been done before. It means adapting to the changing world we work in fast enough to keep up and accelerate. Doing things differently requires a willingness to experiment, to fail and to learn from the failures you perceive around you.
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Innovation Capability Part 1, A Robust Feedback System
“Learning quickly” is like the name of a car driving an innovative organization. When “learning quickly” from failure is at high speed, the organization cruises. The way to enable learning is through feedback. In his book, Outliers, Malcom Gladwell famously posited that 10,000 hours of practice is necessary for expertise.
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Innovation Capability Part 2, Alignment
Client issue: the CEO has a massive vision, but few people could probably articulate what that is. We all have a general sense of where we’re going, but there are as many different points of view as there are people in the room. Employees often articulate that they are not sure where the company is going.
Read article“As a Venture Capitalist, I have seen a lot of consultants try to work with our portfolio with limited success. As such, when BLUECASE was first engaged by one of our companies to facilitate an off-site session I was certainly skeptical. However, after two days I realized that they are more of a strategic partner than a consultant. BLUECASE interacts as a member of the team rather than a third party, which allows him to truly understand the people and related needs of the business. I have recently brought them into our fastest growing investment to help us scale the business, evolve the culture, and develop the executive team. They have again exceeded my expectations. I will continue to encourage our portfolio companies to work with BLUECASE to design, coach, and/or facilitate strategic planning sessions and to help with such things as building a team or solving communication challenges.”
David Lee
President and CEO, Sentient Ventures;
and CEO, Allegiance Mobile Health
Austin, TX