December 01, 2009
New research from Cambridge University this year - carried out with over 700 firms across 17 major economies - has proven that R&D investment and processes are not nearly as important as culture
when it comes to creating breakthrough innovations. To understand more about how to build an innovation culture read our presentation on Building Innovation Mindsets given at the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development’s Annual Conference last week. It’s all in the mind.
December 01, 2009
Research from the Centre for Neuroeconomic Studies has shown that risk is processed and evaluated in the same part of the brain that we feel pain. When collaborating on any project of ambition
we will face certain risk. By using contemplative techniques - proven to reduce pain, heart disease and heart attacks in countless studies (see recent article in Science) - we can lessen the knee-jerk reactions to risk that lead to fight, flight or freeze responses. In this way we can build our tolerance of ambiguity and uncertainty, without which radical innovations and game-changing collaborations cannot happen.
