The power of acknowledgement
In this video, we explore how to support others willingness to act, and keep on acting, even when they make mistakes, what is known as acknowledgement. Acknowledgement is extending good will towards a persons willingness to try. Moreover, it is about establishing a safe space for people to try, including trying things that they nor anyone else has ever tried. How else can you truly come of with something innovative without heading into the unknown? Acknowledgement is the answer.
About the “How to Build Cultures of Innovation” series
For many businesses and organizations, the ability to innovate, to come up with new products, services, and ways of being as well as the ability to tackle complex problems and challenges, can be the difference between thriving and floundering.
What steps, though, can you take right now to actively promote the creativity of your team and the innovative potential as a whole.
In this video we start with the basics, once again promoting creativity of everyone one involved by actively supporting each valued members core human needs.
As we move forward, will address more complex understanding on the relationships between creativity and innovation, as well as how to manage it and take an idea from start to finish.
Thank you for joining me on this journey!
About Austin Hill Shaw
Austin Hill Shaw is a creativity expert who works with individuals who want to unlock their full creative potential and organizations that want to build cultures of innovation. He is the founder of Creativity Matters, author of The Shoreline of Wonder: On Being Creative, and inventor of The Creativity Quiz.
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