Coaching for Innovation features in Bilan magazine

On 2 September 2015, the Swiss bi-weekly financial magazine Bilan has published the article “L’innovation est à la portée de tous” (Innovation is for everyone) written by Annick Noirfalisse and based on an interview with Cristina and Maureen as co-authors of Coaching for Innovation. The article highlights the four steps anyone can take to foster […]

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The difference between invention and innovation

At the end of a workshop on innovation which I recently facilitated with my co-author Maureen, I was asked about the difference between invention and innovation. I answered to the best of my knowledge by expressing what I know and think on the subject. Willing to investigate the matter further, I later searched the web […]

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Unleash the innovator inside

Have you ever wondered how to tap into your creative potential and unleash the innovator inside? On Thursday 23rd April, Maureen and Cristina co-facilitated an interactive session for the BPW Lake Geneva Club. Focusing on the key behaviors and skills that innovators have in common, the aim was to provide valuable insights into how everyone […]

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Foster a culture of innovation

We like to be creative about how we communicate with you  – take a few moments to watch our slide show with some food for thought about how you can foster a culture of innovation. If you behave like an innovator, you WILL become a catalyst for bigger thinking in yourself and others.   You […]

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Management Book of the Year

The competition is organised by the Chartered Management Institute in association with the British Library and is sponsored by Henley Business School.  The aim is to identify a book that has the potential to transform the effectiveness of working managers or equip students for future management roles. Now in its fifth year, the competition was […]

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Food for thought

A casual Sunday morning read of Vanity Fair has lead me to discover that a new book “The Innovators” has just been published by Walter Isaacson, who previously wrote a biography of Steve Jobs. Reading the early reviews, it could well be that this book will become an indispensable guide to the digital revolution and […]

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TEDx at CERN: innovation in action

There was a superb TEDx event this week at CERN (The European Organization for Nuclear Research) in Geneva. Attendance was free – thanks to excellent support from Rolex. The topic was “Forward : charting the future with science” and the big questions being asked were around “What are the big ideas in science that will […]

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Do you really need to be in trouble to want to change?

In a recent report published by Forbes on “Transformational Change”, the question if you can really drive transformation without the catalyst of facing a crisis is raised. A successful business transformation is defined as more than simply adapting to change: “it means rewriting business models or even reshaping your own industry”. This is what the […]

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How do you rate as an innovator?

Did you know that you can develop the skills and behaviours that lie at the heart of being innovative? To be more innovative, you have to have good habits and behave like an innovator. In their book The Innovator’s DNA, Dyer, Gregersen and Christensen state that ‘…innovative thinkers connect fields, problems, or ideas that others […]

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