New & Improved: Creating Growth Through Innovation

Bob Eckert is a Senior Founding Partner at New & Improved, LLC. His work focuses on developing innovative organizations and innovation leaders via training, coaching and facilitation. A prolific writer, most recently he is the co-author of More Lightning, Less Thunder: How to Energize Innovation Teams with Jonathan Vehar. A sought after keynote speaker who has delighted audiences worldwide with what the Associated Press has described as “evangelical fervor” on the topics surrounding innovation, Bob makes his home in the Adirondack Mountains of Northern New York State.

Featured Innovation Articles by Bob Eckert

The Story of Conflict
By Bob Eckert
Conflict at work well… frankly… it sucks. Sucks away our energy. Sucks away our creativity. Sucks away our health, joy and profit.

Managing Emotions to Foster Innovation
By Bob Eckert
Creating organizational innovation requires that we utilize and manage our feelings effectively.

Fear: The Great Innovation Killer
By Bob Eckert
In the world of human interaction and innovation, fear has its advantages and disadvantages as well.

Brain Tuning
By Bob Eckert
Creating our personal reality — understanding certain patterns of thinking move us forward toward innovation and success.

How to Build a Better Idea Trap
By Bob Eckert
From the book “More Lightning, Less Thunder: Energizing Innovative Teams,” by Eckert and Vehar.

Nobody’s Perfect… or Surrender to Your Humanity
By Bob Eckert
You are a human being. Nothing more, nothing less. So, stop wasting time and energy being ashamed when you mess up.

Humor and Creative Thinking
By Bob Eckert
How to lighten up for enlightenment. The impact of playfulness and humor on a culture of creative thinking and innovation.