Welcome to Conspire’s Fun Friday Links, a weekly collection of interesting discoveries from around the Web. Most of the time, the goal is to get you thinking differently about innovation, collaboration, business culture, and life in general. Other times, we may toss an infographic or fun video your way. Submissions are welcome, and you can send them to conspire@mindjet.com for consideration.
24 Ways to Immediately Discover How Innovative You Are
If you’ve ever wanted a solid checklist for assessing the innovation potential in your company, this is it. From Inc.:
“Everyone talks about innovation, but how many companies can prove they are truly innovative? What distinguishes one company from another? It is more than just size, leadership, or technology; the culture you create and reinforce every day will drive innovative behavior, which delivers results. Individual leaders can either catapult your innovation and success or bring it to a grinding halt.
Having worked alongside some of the most prolific innovators at Xbox, Amazon, and BMW as well as start-ups with explosive growth, I realized that those who are fantastic at innovation are often oblivious about their key to success. I developed this Innovation Inventory Measurement to allow leaders to assess how innovative their company is.”
How to Be a Good Internet Citizen During Breaking News
Perhaps the biggest disappointment about our ability to disseminate news freely, globally, and immediately — regardless of who we are — is that accurate information often gets drowned and buried beneath mountains of misinformation. But you don’t have to be a part of the problem. From Wired:
“The pool of media available from eyewitnesses seems to grow with every major event. Who needs cable news when 64 percent of American adults and 85 percent of young adults now own a reporting device, better known as a smartphone.
But how informed are we really by these glimpses? Is there enough context? Who do we trust when the information is potentially coming from those who have a vested interest in a cause? We have to wrestle with some of these questions when dealing with members of the mainstream media already, but their reputation often precedes them, putting the information shared in perspective. How do you apply that to a random internet handle that just popped into your feed? Most importantly, now that we are all able to engage in citizen journalism, what responsibility do we have to get it right?”
BEST OF TED – How To Manage For Collective Creativity
Much like innovation, creativity is another tool that companies can use to stay competitive — and one that can be gleaned from all corners of a company or customer base. From Innovation Excellence:
“What’s the secret to unlocking the creativity hidden inside your daily work, and giving every great idea a chance? Harvard professor Linda Hill, co-author of ‘Collective Genius,’ has studied some of the world’s most creative companies to come up with a set of tools and tactics to keep great ideas flowing — from everyone in the company, not just the designated ‘creatives.'”
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