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.
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...
Innovation Leadership – A Problem Worth Solving
Today’s 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...
Mental Models: How to Train Your Brain to Think in New Ways
Mental models have incredible power to help you simplify and establish narrative around your complex problems. They also help make sense of an ambiguous world.
"Big thinkers" like Charles Darwin and ...
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. It’s 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 “Hey, it’s crazy out there!”.Â
Originally coined by the US army war college to describe a new normal resulting a...
Tools for Systems Thinkers - The 6 Fundamental Concepts of Systems Thinking
The world we live and lead in is interconnected, evolving and ambiguous. In our series on Complex Problem solving we discuss 'systems thinking' as a both a mindset and a toolset used by human-centered...