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Creating environments where innovation can thrive\n\nAaron Proietti is author of the new book, Today\u2019s Innovator.\xa0He\u2019s spent 17 years working in the innovation space, including leading initiatives at Transamerica and Capital One. Aaron believes everyone wants innovation to happen, but the traits that make the company successful are the very things that are standing in the way of innovation.\xa0\n\nToday\u2019s Innovator\n\nIn his new book, Today\u2019s Innovator, Aaron focuses on how to create an environment where innovation can thrive. He focuses on strategy, culture, systems and that YOU are today\u2019s innovator.\xa0Who do you need to be to thrive in a complex organization (people, politics and traits).\xa0Aaron also examines the stages of Innovation maturity and business models. Can you have core business operations, but push innovation and invent new things? It\u2019s difficult to find the balance.\xa0\n\nInnovation should be considered a business competency\n\nSystems are not setup to be innovative. You need repeatable, scalable, and sustainable ways to be innovative. Innovation should be considered a business competency. Companies used to bring in consultants to help develop ideas.\xa0When the consultants left, the idea generation stopped. They didn\u2019t change the nature of the business.\xa0Organizations are now talking about culture and competency. When you build a leadership and more nimble culture, it allows for innovation to last and be sustained.\n\nHow do you get over the hump? \xa0\n\nCompanies need a strong champion at the highest levels of the organization.\xa0Sometimes innovation becomes important because one aspect is not meeting objectives.\xa0The champion needs to call out roadblocks. This process is broken or we need to go around the process here.\xa0Agitate organization to create a new awareness or muscle.\xa0\n\nMaking changes from the middle\n\nIf companies don\u2019t have a burning platform, how can a person in the middle of the org make changes?\xa0Aaron\u2019s book, Today\u2019s Innovator, is designed to help them. They need to build a new skill set which includes: becoming an Innovation leader, building high performing teams, setting expectations, strong innovation network, empathy, and how to lead and promote change.\xa0\xa0\n\nWhere to start?\n\nTo create quick wins, start with the innovation layer, instead of the core operating business.\xa0At Transamerica they started with the data layer, because they had tons of data and a great data science team.\xa0\n\nYou can Preorder Aaron\u2019s book, Today\u2019s Innovator, on Amazon or contact him on LInkedIn.\n\nIf you liked this episode, you might also enjoy Ep 95 - Steve Glaveski with Collective Campus and Episode 124 -Amy Radin, Author of The Change Maker\u2019s Playbook. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy