The last several weeks I’ve been totally immersed in helping organize TEDxBayArea TEDWomen (designed to coincide with the first global TEDWomen event in Wash, DC). We had about 150 attendees plus an unknown number watching the livestream. Breaks were filled with energized conversations about all manner of topics. It was an exciting day. Like the Read the full article…
Whenever I talk to women- including very successful executives and entrepreneurs- a common concern is lack of self-confidence (a condition know as the Imposter Syndrome). Lack of confidence keeps many women from taking the risks needed to move up within an organization or move out to create companies of their own. [I will be writing Read the full article…
Listening to radio while driving to a meeting, I heard an interview with Brian May. He was co-founder and lead guitarist for Queen, the rock group known for such songs as “Bohemian Rhapsody”, “We Are the Champions” and “We Will Rock You” (which May wrote). What fascinated me was not my reminiscing about my younger Read the full article…
Wise words from Randy Komisar in closing last night’s VLAB session at Stanford in response to a request to provide a lesson on innovation in 6 words It aptly summed up the entire session of “Entrepreneurs Uncensored”. It’s better to test early and often, quickly discovering what won’t work, correcting and improving upon what will. Read the full article…
A few days ago I returned from a wonderful vacation which included a reunion with 6 of my college roommates & their husbands on Crete, a few days in Paris, and then a visit with a friend in the south of France. Unlike all my other trips, this time I left my computer home. I Read the full article…
Back in the 70’s, the only identified biological difference in cognitive ability between men and women was spatial visualization. That is, in general, males are better at mentally manipulating two-and three-dimensional figures. We also knew that the corpus callosum that connects the 2 halves of the brain is thicker in females than males meaning the Read the full article…
Lately, I’ve been digging through data and interviews related to the book on Gender and Innovation that I’m working on with Jacqueline Byrd. The bulk of the data comes from 10,000+ respondents to Creatrix, an instrument created by Jacqueline. As for interviews, so far we’ve completed 20 (12 women and 8 men). As unique and Read the full article…
Late last week, Congress awarded the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) the Congressional Gold Medal, its highest civilian award. Better late than never. The latter part of WWII, 1943-44, 1074 women flew non-combat missions in support of the war. I’m embarrassed to admit that until they were honored, I had not heard of this group Read the full article…
I just finished facilitating my interactive class on Teaming for Innovation at Stanford Continuing Studies. As is true for all my programs on innovation, the opening activity is an improv game I use to have people introduce themselves. The reaction is always the same: rolling eyes or blank stares. I want them to do WHAT? Read the full article…
Trust and innovation are not usually used in the same sentence. It’s not that they are inherently in opposition but rather that they’re considered in different contexts. The concept of trust is highlighted in articles about leadership and teamwork while innovation is associated with creativity and risk taking, profits and products. But ultimately they are Read the full article…