Do an experiment; ask members of your team to write down the purpose of the team’s current innovation and see if everyone shares the same precise purpose. Is there a lot of agreement, or disparity? If you do not create a strong, viable purpose, your efforts will be scattered and undirected. Ask...

Ever been in a situation where someone had an idea and everyone jumped on it?  We are predisposed toward action and are often eager to implement a good idea to solve a nagging problem.  So what’s wrong with that?  An idea when “popped out” and not challenged may or may not actually be the best...

It may sound like an oxymoron but learning to focus your strategic thinking may be the difference between adequate and outstanding personal performance.   To excel as an innovator, start by looking at your own thinking. I recently read a short interview with Bill Gates in Fortune magazine where he...

Alan Baia and William DiPaolo founded Cogent Road here in San Diego - an innovative software company that provides enterprise-wide, web based software applications for the mortgage industry. Cogent Road has been named by Mortgage Technology magazine as one of the industry’s top service providers....