Paul Daniels, Jr.

Startups are often founded on people, process, and product innovation. Startup founders discover a market need and fill the need with their offerings. They use their existing network as mentors and door-openers. However, for long-term success, startups must instill innovation as a core pillar of the business. They say that success breeds success. However, success does not always breed innovation. To foster successful business innovation, you must EXPAND your network. Feed your innovation engine new perspectives from different industries, people, countries, and cultures. The more perspectives and insights you have, you'll likely be more than a one-hit-wonder. Broad perspectives and innovation go hand in hand. #BusinessInnovation

If your team resists technology-driven innovation, it signals a need for consistent innovation by you and your company. This LinkedIn AI-generated article recommends the following to "persuade them of its [innovation's] benefits:" Educate Thoroughly. Showcase Benefits. Address Concerns. Foster Ownership. Celebrate Progress. These are standard steps for helping people embrace change, but they are too elementary for Business Innovation. The most critical step for business leaders is establishing a culture of innovation. This culture begins and ends with people. The tools used to drive innovation are a byproduct of the collective insights from your people. Lead with people-inspired innovation to neutralize resistance. #BusinessInnovation

While much of this article follows standard project management protocols for dealing with conflicting opinions on any given initiative, business innovation requires a different approach to consensus building. These initiatives focus on moving a business beyond iteration to sustainable innovation. For this reason, you select project team members based on their ability to work with multiple perspectives. Seeking consensus does not involve concessions. Instead, it encourages collaboration to uncover the value of each opinion and combine them into innovative solutions that meet and exceed expectations. Therefore, conflicting opinions represent a unique opportunity to create an innovative approach/solution. #BusinessInnovation

YES! This is a LinkedIn AI-generated Business Innovation article I can support. https://www.linkedin.com/advice/0/youre-aiming-succeed-business-innovation-how-zz1af?trk=cah2 To succeed in business innovation, continuous learning is the foundation upon which you will elevate your career. Your natural sense of curiosity will fuel your innovation journey for life. Use it to find new things to learn. Apply your lessons in unique ways. Embrace unexpected outcomes (some call 'failures') as additional lessons. Recognize there is no failure in innovation. Add new people, industries, cultures, and countries to your repository of resources. The more you have and the greater the variety, the more you can create. Join the journey! #BusinessInnovation

When facing resistance from your team on a radical innovation strategy, here's how to win them over. The #1 reason for resistance is fear of the unknown. "What will it be like?" "How will I perform?" "What if I don't know how to perform?" These questions indicate a lack of confidence. (NOT a lack of competence or skill.) Acknowledge the fear and explain that they don't have to give up what's working. However, they do need to be open to alternatives. When you make the unknown known, you expand your team's perspectives. You empower them to actively seek alternatives. You show them how to embrace and apply new perspectives. What was radical becomes realistic. This is the essence of leadership in #BusinessInnovation.

Read this brief LI AI-generated article about business innovation: https://www.linkedin.com/advice/3/heres-how-you-can-employ-automation-robotics-hmaof?trk=contr. It states 6 ways to employ automation and robotics for innovative business solutions. 1) Automate tasks. 2) Integrate robotics. 3) Optimize processes. 4) Make data-driven decisions. 5) Develop your workforce. 6) Automate CX. The forced premise of some of these articles hurts. This one is no different. It has NOTHING to do with business innovation. It's about optimization, continuous improvement (iterative), applying tools, and developing people—conventional for every business. Innovation is anything but conventional! Contributors, we can do better! #BusinessInnovation.