Summary: <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> “The antidote is action.”Dr. Libba Pinchot<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> 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.<br> <br> <br> <br> 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.<br> <br> <br> <br> Dr. Pinchot notes the need for integrity in companies, emphasizes the importance of avoiding blaming and shaming, and posits that people are basically good.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Scroll down for the transcript…<br> <br> <br> <br> This Week on the Mindset Zone:<br> <br> <br> <br> * 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<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> The Guest:<br> <br> <br> <br> Dr. Libba Pinchot is a nationally recognized expert in helping leaders achieve triple bottom line success (Profit, People, Planet) through widespread innovation and intrapreneurial engagement. She specializes in creating organizational transformations 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.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="https://anamelikian.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cultivating-Innovation-with-Libba-Pinchot-Ph.D..webp"></a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Resources Mentioned:<br> <br> <br> <br> * Connect with Libba Pinchot: <a href="https://intrapreneur.com/">Intrapreneur.com</a> | <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/libba-pinchot-phd-32a172/?trk=people-guest_people_search-card">LinkedIn</a>* Book recommendation: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Intrapreneuring-Action-Handbook-Business-Innovation/dp/1576750612/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1UYM0RQPX9ZD6&keywords=intrapreneuring&qid=1643158851&s=books&sprefix=intrapreneuring%2Cstripbooks%2C85&sr=1-3">Intrapreneuring in Action: A Handbook for Business Innovation</a>* Article: <a href="https://ssrn.com/abstract=3918955" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Young People's Voices on Climate </a><a href="https://ssrn.com/abstract=3918955">Anxiety</a><a href="https://ssrn.com/abstract=3918955" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">, Government Betrayal, and Moral Injury: A Global Phenomenon</a>.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Summary transcript of the interview:<br> <br> <br> <br> Ana Melikian: Dr. Libba Pinchot is a nationally recognized expert on helping leaders achieve triple bottom line success through widespread innovation and intrapreneurial engagement. It’s truly my pleasure to have you here in the Mindset Zone podcast to speak about how can we help people cultivate innovation and seems logical that the first question to be: how do you define innovation?<br> <br> <br> <br> Libba Pinchot: Thank you so much, Ana. The simplest definition is meeting the needs of the future starting now. The point about innovation is that there was a long tradition of innovation being very top-down in these big organizations. And it wasn't very successful because in actual fact the number of people in the organization, the number of brains in the organization, are spread throughout the employee base.
