Cultivating Innovation with Libba Pinchot, Ph.D.

Dr. Libba Pinchot is a nationally recognized expert in helping leaders achieve triple bottom line success through widespread innovation and intrapreneurial engagement. She specializes in creating organizational transformation designed to spread throughout the company, the supply chain, and well beyond. She loves working with extraordinary leaders and organizations dedicated to making people and the world better. She has worked with companies such as Apple, IBM, Intel, HP, Texas Instruments, DuPont, Exxon, GE, P&G, J&J, Ford, and Stanford University. Today, Dr. Pinchot joins me to talk about how we can help people cultivate innovation. She defines innovation, explaining why it’s not top-down. We discuss the mindset of innovation and talk about the different types of failure, noting that some failure is good and acceptable. We talk about the price of disengaged employees and share some statistics on the mindset of today’s youth. Dr. Pinchot notes the need for integrity in companies, emphasizes the importance of avoiding blaming and shaming, and posits that people are basically good. “The antidote is action.” - Dr. Libba Pinchot This Week on The Mindset Zone: Cultivating innovation The definition of innovation Why innovation isn’t top-down Why the mindset doesn’t just reside in the individual The different types of mistakes How the definition of intrapreneurship has changed over the years The definition of integrity Resources Mentioned: intrapreneur.com Libba Pinchot on LinkedIn Intrapreneuring in Action: A Handbook for Business Innovation Expand what's possible Subscribe to the show and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeartRadio | GooglePlay Be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media to help me reach more people like you, and don’t forget to connect with me: mindset.zone I anamelikian.com I LinkedIn I Facebook