Innovation
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How To Get Better At Failing
“Make New Mistakes. Make glorious, amazing mistakes. Make mistakes nobody’s ever made before.” Neil Gaiman Just before Christmas – in my final catch up of the year with my manager – a pretty significant thing happened. I was told that… Continue reading
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10 things we learned from launching an Innovation Lab
“If you are going to take an innovation job, make sure to buy yourself some time, and then, use that time to make sure you make a difference.” Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg It’s now over six months since we launched Bromford Lab. I’ve… Continue reading
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How your culture can promote innovation
“Organisational culture is the sum of values and rituals, which serve as ‘glue’ to integrate the members of the organisation.” – Richard Perrin I spent a wonderful day in Belfast this week with a group of Housing Organisations. It was refreshing… Continue reading
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We need less talk about innovation and more about mediocrity
“The only way to get mediocre is one step at a time. But you don’t have to settle. It’s a choice you get to make every day.” – Seth Godin In my last post I named innovation as the… Continue reading
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Why the Bromford Innovation Lab is only recruiting via Twitter
Imagine a future where you don’t have a CV or resume. A future where your talent and achievements are broken down into tweetable chunks. Your professional life , and a good bit of your personal too, is available online for… Continue reading
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Don’t Listen To Your Sector: Be More Weird
Had a bit of drama over the past week. I’ll recap it for you as quickly as possible – as most readers of this blog don’t work in the same sector as I do. Essentially Mick Kent, my CEO, wrote… Continue reading
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Three Ways To Get Cool Stuff Done Quickly At Work
It’s hard to imagine anyone not knowing Helen Reynolds – such is her reputation – but it would be rude not to give an introduction. Helen is Digital and Social Media Manager at Monmouthshire County Council , and one of the… Continue reading
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Why Your Business Plan Just Killed Innovation
Unless you are a fortune teller, long term business planning is a fantasy. Why don’t we call plans what they really are: guesses. Start referring to your business plans as business guesses , your financial plans as financial guesses and… Continue reading
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2013 – Do we need a new operating system?
My first post of 2013 has been slightly delayed due to holiday. I love holidays. Not because they get me away from work but because it’s where I can put work into focus. The further away I get from Bromford and… Continue reading
Paul Taylor 