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The Hourglass Blog: Innovation = Creativity x Execution

The Hourglass Blog

And he goes on to illustrate the "multipler effect" successful execution can have on innovation efforts: Heres why we worked on execution, as opposed to creativity: We surveyed thousands of executives in Fortune 500 companies to rate their companies innovation skills on a scale of one to 10, one being poor and 10 world class. Leadership.

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The Hourglass Blog: Generational Herd Mentalities

The Hourglass Blog

After all, we had to pay our dues when we were 20-something, taking any job we could find and clawing our way into leadership positions by compromising our values and learning to play by the rules set by the generation that preceded us. I went to the University of Wisconsin in the late 1980s. Need to take that Physics 201 class?