Diana Kander, New York Times Bestselling Author and Renowned Innovation Keynote Speaker
Diana Kander 
What does it feel like to have a terrible business idea? The kind where people laugh behind your back as you walk away? Take a moment. Think about it. It actually feels a lot like having the world’s best business idea…right up until the moment when the market tells you that you don’t have anything anyone wants. I meet with a lot … Read more
(Note: This is the second installment of a multipart series on conducting customer interviews and discovering true migraine problems. And check out the first article in the series.) Ok, you’re on the bandwagon. You understand that you need to a get to a new level when it comes to understanding your customers and finding their migraine … Read more
Let’s talk about the importance of milestones in our innovation projects! It’s hard to keep our team’s engagement and enthusiasm up when they are just expected to come and try their hardest each day with no milestone to celebrate! It’s impossible really. It’s demoralizing. So what can you do instead? Create small milestones that we can celebrate … Read more
That’s a very small percentage of organizations that have a purposeful way to say what matters and doesn’t matter in their culture. How will new people learn what they should strive for? How will they know what’s rewarded? Culture is something we have to reinforce on a continual basis, not just from the top but from every part … Read more
The biggest lesson I’ve learned from Steve Jobs is the power of saying no. And not just any no. It’s easy to say no to things you don’t want to do. The hardest thing to do is say no to the things that interest or excite you but at the same time distract you from … Read more
Doing innovative work is hard. And a large percentage of the time things might not work out. If you want to keep doing innovative things, it’s important to master the skill of properly mourning the failure! Otherwise, we can fall victim to shame, denial, or avoidance. I’d love to share a quick tool I came … Read more
This is very exciting and scary to share! Ten years after selling my last company, I think I’ve got a business idea I’m very interested in starting. But I need your help. All I want to do is work on logos and marketing materials, but I know better. I need your advice on what you … Read more
You can’t manage secrets! Please watch this incredible case study from Alan Mulally, CEO of Ford Motor Co. on how to get people to share their problems so your organization can solve them! Click “Follow” for daily #Innovation Insights! #InnovateWithDiana #InnovateEveryday #growth #strategy #curiosity #leadership
Your performance zone is different than your learning zone. We don’t grow and improve when we are performing. We have to put time aside for it to happen. That’s why playing golf or tennis or whatever other sport you love for the last 20 years hasn’t really improved your game. The same is true at … Read more
Mixup’s happen. But it didn’t have to be this big of an oops. Either your organization waits for a big failure to stop and reflect what could have gone better, or we make these reflections and lessons learned a part of our successful efforts. “Vaccine production is a notoriously fickle science, and errors are often … Read more