David Burkus, InnovationExcellence

David Burkus

InnovationExcellence

Tulsa, OK, United States

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Past:
  • InnovationExcellence
  • Thought Catalog
  • Medium
  • New York Observer
  • Inc.com
  • Forbes
  • 99U

Past articles by David:

Don’t Hire For Culture Fit – Innovation Excellence

The Innovation Excellence community is home to articles, webinars, videos, training and education - powering growth in the innovation management profession. → Read More

How To Respond To New Creative Ideas – Innovation Excellence

The Innovation Excellence community is home to articles, webinars, videos, training and education - powering growth in the innovation management profession. → Read More

This Is Why ‘Follow Your Passion’ Is Terrible Advice

Passion comes later. Passion follows. → Read More

How To Apologize The Right Way

Most of us are terrible at apologies. → Read More

Why You Can’t Actually Multitask (And When It’s Okay To Try Anyway)

We know from several really well-conducted studies into human psychology and brain science that we don’t actually multitask. → Read More

This Is How You Deal With Toxic Coworkers Once And For All

Think of yourself as a jerkologist and how fascinated you are with this amazing new specimen. → Read More

How To Answer ‘What Your Greatest Weakness?’ In A Job Interview

So what does a good answer look like? → Read More

How To Network Into A New Industry

First things first, you need to find the clusters. → Read More

This Why You Should Not Climb The Corporate Ladder

The organizational misfits become the organizational leaders. So we all need to be a little more misfit. → Read More

Why You Should Not Climb The Corporate Ladder – Innovation Excellence

The Innovation Excellence community is home to articles, webinars, videos, training and education - powering growth in the innovation management profession. → Read More

Why Your Creative Idea Isn’t All That Original (And That’s A Good Thing) – Innovation Excellence

The Innovation Excellence community is home to articles, webinars, videos, training and education - powering growth in the innovation management profession. → Read More

Why Your Creative Idea Isn’t All That Original (And That’s A Good Thing)

If all ideas are a combination of preexisting ideas, then your first job is to realize that anybody can do this. → Read More

You’re NOT The Average Of The Five People You Surround Yourself With

You’ve probably heard it more times than you can count. “You’re the average of the five people spend the most time with,” a quote attributed most often to motivational speaker Jim Rohn. There’s also… → Read More

Why You Don’t Need To Be Kevin Bacon (Or Even A Celebrity) To Have A Thriving Network

Don’t let the lack of contacts stand in the way of finding a path to the people you need to meet. → Read More

Why Google Firing The Diversity Memo Writer Was The Wrong Call (and Possibly Illegal)

Even if Google was legally in the right, I think they still made the wrong call. → Read More

5 Podcasts to Help You Lead Smarter

These shows blend science and practice into lessons for all leaders → Read More

How Email Made You Less Productive

It’s difficult to imagine a world without email. However, more corporate leaders are discovering that limiting or even banning employees’ access to email actually increases their productivity. → Read More

16 Must-Read Business Books For 2016

A look at the most anticipated business books of 2016. → Read More

99U

Stop Serving The Compliment Sandwich

We have good news. And then some bad news. But ultimately some good news. → Read More

99U

Pixar, U2, and the Horrific Feeling of Losing All of Your Work

We trust our hard drives and journals with our most precious creative output. This is what happened when Toy Story 2, U2, and John Steinbeck lost their work. → Read More