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Developing Original Ideas - by Adam Grant Originals are the ones with = Creativity + Change They take initiative Poke the status quo / box Not accepting the default way of working Improve the world Who can be Originals ? > Anybody Remember   1 : Question the default? You can find someone's job performance and how long they stay by knowing what web browser they use. Chrome, Firefox stay 15% longer than Internet Explorer and Safari users (who accept the default) Where / how do Originals evolve? Originality starts with " Curiosity " Tip 1 : Try "Vuja De" thinking  > Looking into the default or reverse thinking (e.g.) When Uber passed by, look at the no of empty seats; instead of the how many filled.  Tip 2 : Greatest Secret > What differentiates originals ? " Not the quality of ideas. Its the Quantity ". The more quality you have the more you create bad idea :) In a brainstroming meeting, we might ge...

Take a look at the latest survey findings of CANADA CIO 2020 - Priorities, Innovation and Digital Transformation. n = 161 respondents based in Canada It is very clear from the report that “ Canadian Organizations Need Help in 2 areas majorly i.e. Digital roadmap creation and infusing an Innovation culture ” .   Key insights are By 2025, over 50% of all IT spending will be directly for digital transformation and innovation (up from 25% in 2018). CIO Pain Points: Limited Expertise and Lack of Tactical Plans or Roadmaps are Most Common Obstacles to Digital Transformation CIOs need further guidance with their digital transformation strategy and in developing a holistic enterprise roadmap to respond to changing customer demands and industry dynamics. i.e. 1/3 of Organizations have no plans to establish a Digital Transformation Roadmap while majority work through early stages of DX Strategy. And those (48%) without a DX Road Map were the least likely to expect an ...

From creator of Disruptive Innovation theory, and HBS prof. Late. Clayton Christenson answers this. Refer to his deck and watch his talk @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHdS_4GsKmg

About Brazil On one level Brazil’s failure to invest in roads and factories can give simple tasks, like moving about the country, a comic-opera quality. Truckers taking sugar to the seaport in São Paulo routinely wait two to three days at the gate because of a lack of warehouse space and mechanized cargo movers inside the port. Those who make it don’t always arrive with a full load.  A former executive of a major U.S. agribusiness says his company used to transport seeds from the Brazilian hinterlands by truck, but the roads were so bad that half of the seeds would fall out by the time the truck reached São Paulo. Scavengers would follow the truck, and he would later find his seeds on sale in Paragua y. The flood of foreign money buying up Brazilian assets has made the currency one of the most expensive in the world, and Brazil one of the most costly, overhyped economies. The average student in Brazil stays in school for only seven years , the lowest of any middle-...