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If your idea needs five slides to explain... It's already in trouble! People buy what they instantly understand. They share what's crystal clear.

Innovation isn't about being first. It is about being different in a way that matters. What's something you've seen lately that didn't reinvent

I was speaking with a client today who kept saying, "We just need one big idea."
But here's the truth... You rarely get to

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Overthinking doesn't feel like a problem while you're doing it.
It feels like planning. Like preparing.

We love alignment. But over-alignment is often where bold ideas go to die.
Because when everyone has to agree, we...
- trim the edges of

Smart solution

This is one of the most brilliant ideas I have seen in a while. Would you watch basketball like this? I definitely would.

With

Efficiency is not the same as progress.
Efficiency improves output. Innovation questions the whole game.

You can streamline a process that no longer matters.
You can

Overthinking kills more ideas than bad strategy ever could.
Not because thinking is wrong. But because too much thinking delays action.

In the name of

Smart innovation

Ever sat through an 89-slide strategy deck that felt more like a stage play than a plan? Me too! The client who inspired

Smart innovation

This article ruffled more feathers than I expected. I asked a simple question:
"What if the reason you're not innovating… is because you're too

What if the reason you're not innovating... is because you're too creative?
I know, I know... That line stirred up a lot of backlash

What if the reason you're not innovating… is because you're too creative?
Sounds backwards, right? But I've seen it over and over again…

Teams with

"Innovation Isn't About Chasing Sparks. It's About Turning the Right One Into Fire."
Every week, someone asks me for a great new idea to

Innovation doesn't fail because of bad ideas. It fails because of restlessness.
I have seen it so many times... Just as something starts to

Stop copying how others fly.
Build something that actually gets you off the ground.

"Best practices" are just success stories stripped of context.
And they'll kill your originality.

Most companies don't need a better product. They need a better system.
You can have:
- Brilliant talent
- Great tech
- Bold ideas

But if your system