We are a curious community.
We read, share and combine ideas regularly. This Library is a careful curation of blogposts from our team, as well as books, research and articles that our team has found particularly inspirational or insightful.
Whether you’re hungry for insight, in need of inspiration, or simply curious, our hope is that you will find value here.
Welcome to a VUCA World
VUCA. It has become a trendy leadership acronym referring to the volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous state of the increasing evolving world. We are living and leading in times of exponential c...
How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci
We get asked a lot how specifically to help exercise and build an innovator's mindset. This is by far one of our go-to recommendations and all time favorite books. Leonardo da Vinci was one of history...
What is Intelligent Failure
Failure in a complex, ambiguous and fast-paced world is inevitable. The questions isn't if you will fail, it is how you will fail. We like this term 'intelligent failure' and wanted to share the model...
If you have to Fail - and you do - Fail Forward
We chose to share this article because it not only talks about the necessity of failure in innovation and places it in the context of iteration, but goes a step further to talk about the attitude of f...
Even Experts Need a Beginner's Mind
At WhatBox, we often discuss a concept of entering problem-solving and creative collaboration with 'beginner's mind'. As leaders, we may sometimes feel our value is in having the answer. In today's co...
The Power of Small Ideas â Time to Start Sweating the Small Stuff
If becoming an âinnovativeâ culture sounds sexy but daunting, donât despair. While chasing âthe next big thingâ is one truth about innovation, it isnât the only and certainly not the best way to start...
5 Traits of Successful Google Teams
Google spent two years studying successful teams. Of 180 teams, the most successful ones had 5 things in common. When we share this study, it always seems to surprise people that psychological safety ...
Innovation Leadership â A Problem Worth Solving
Todayâs economy is more complex, connected and dynamic than ever before. Leaders are faced with doing more, faster and more simply in order to survive. Organizations that demonstrate creative differen...
Leadership for a Complex Evolving World - What got you here won't get you there
It is common knowledge that the pace of change has exploded and that the world is more interconnected than ever before. Itâs also no secret that complexity has crept into our lives and organizations a...
Leadership in VUCA Times
VUCA, short for volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity, and a catchall for âHey, itâs crazy out there!â.Â
Originally coined by the US army war college to describe a new normal resulting a...