Business Innovation & Networking Blog
Register for an Evening with Innovators 2017
Are you interested in learning how any business can develop an innovative social purpose? Join a select group of business leaders for an evening of innovative thinking with a dialogue featuring Stephen Tapp, Deputy Chief Economist at Export Development...
Engage All Employees in Thinking Like Entrepreneurs
Thinking like an entrepreneur is a must for business owners – but have you ever thought about the benefits of getting all your employees to think like entrepreneurs too? If you want your business to be innovative from the top down to the front line, this type of...
It’s Time to Make Diversity a Hiring Priority
The facts are clear: diverse teams are more innovative and better problem-solvers. So why do we keep hiring people who are like ourselves? When hiring, the topic of diversity might get pushed to the backburner. It’s the kind of buzzword that makes you think, “I would...
Isn’t it time to start thinking outside the cliché?
*Originally published as a Guest Column in The Globe and Mail on April 9, 2016: click here to access. Every time I hear somebody use the phrase, "Let's think outside the box," my frustration boils over. Such statements remind me why so many businesses today struggle...
5 Ways Innovation Helps You to Scale Your Business
Growth is one of the key goals of any successful business – but it can be a double-edged sword. As companies scale up, they experience growing pains that, if not handled deftly, can result in a downward spiral. Indeed, Neil Patel writes in Entrepreneur that premature...
6 Ways to Create a Culture of Innovation
Reward employees with time to think, while providing them with the structure they need. *Originally published on Co.Design: click here to access. Every organization is designed to get the results it gets. Poor performance comes from a poorly designed organization....
Is Attitude Obstructing Innovation for Canadian Businesses?
We’ve talked before about why businesses need to innovate – so if it’s so important, what’s stopping Canadian businesses from taking advantage of all of the innovation opportunities we have? A recent article in the Globe and Mail argues that the Canada’s biggest...
How a hackathon can encourage your employees to innovate
*Originally published as a Guest Column in The Globe and Mail on March 16, 2017: click here to access. Everyone in business has heard the expression that if you’re not disrupting your market, someone else will soon be disrupting you. But this raw challenge doesn’t...
5 Strategy Questions to Ask to Discover WHERE You Need to Innovate
Innovation is all about finding new ways to do things, whether you are implementing a new process, building a culture of innovation, creating innovative products and services, changing your business model, or applying new technologies. In today’s marketplace,...
New Video! What Is Innovation and What Does Innovators Alliance Do?
What Is Innovation and Why Is It Important? As an organization dedicated to facilitating innovation, this is a question we often answer. At its simplest, innovation is a new idea, device, or method. It can be a new product or a new way of doing things. It can be...
