How can you foster innovation through interpersonal leadership?

A growth mindset nurtures all four types of innovation -- breakthrough innovation, sustaining innovation, basic research, and disruptive innovation. Mindfulness practice enhances openness, curiosity, awareness, and a nonjudgmental attitude that cultivates a strong foundation to encourage all strategies of innovation-- proactive, active, reactive, and passive.

Dream Intelligence is something seldom heard as part of a mindful practice but did you know, many artists, inventors, including co-founder of Google discovered google through a dream! When we are stress, we are trying to force ideas through and we wonder why nothing is showing up! Going into meditation, even allowing self to take a 15 minutes nap to recharge, allows mind to rest and be in touch with your inner power/intuition/guidance. Receiving dreams and visions in sleep and meditation, can unveil ideas, emotions, symbols that spark ideas and guidance for innovation! I have been studying dreams decoding for more than 5 years now and it helps from problem solving, innovation, EI mindfully. Reach out to me if you like to understand more.

Thank you for posting this insightful article. Our unique experiences impacts our thoughts. Those thoughts influence our innovation. For an example my resilience comes from facing 30 years of civil war in my country Sri Lanka ???? (secondary victims). Therefore I know how painful to go through trauma. Today as a thought leader when I am implementing new thoughts/ideas always try my best to be mindful, aware of my bias and empathetic towards others.

Innovation flourishes in the soil of mindfulness. By fostering present awareness, you refine creativity, decision-making, and emotional intelligence. Embrace mindful practices, from meditation to conscious breathing, to navigate the uncertainties of the innovation journey. Cultivate a beginner's mindset, challenge assumptions, and learn from failures—the essence of mindful innovation!

Lead by example: that is my motto in life. Be authentic and share my story with others is one of the key strategies I use to empower others. The challenges and struggles I went through in my life were the foundation of my success. Finally I did my TEDx talk about “Immigrants Resilience” to motivate and encourage others as a human being and as a leader. Therefore I agree with the statement and let’s empower other through our life stories ??

The insight I would like to add here is mindfulness and creating a safer and healthier environment for others where they are able to contribute more and empower themselves. I firmly believe that it will lead to innovation and enhance their creativity. As long as we respect others and their viewpoints and we let others to embrace the fact they belongs to the conversation, we are not able to experience the involvement from others. Let’s allow others to embrace us and let’s try to create a safer environment where everyone can grow personally and professionally. #growth mindset #mindfulness #innovation

When we are not mindful of our own behaviour, the way we communicate, sometimes our tone, aggressive approach and even a very 'busy' energy can intimidate or make another person or project group uncomfortable and even more stressed up. Eg. we can be very insistent and imposing on our needs of wanting to be heard, we can 'occupy' the entire 90% of project discussion or conversation...it tires the rest down with your aggressive energies, especially the passive ones. This demotivates and discourages others from sharing ideas, speaking up more, paying further attention and giving constructive feedback.

I personally believe that only mindfulness will not lead to innovation. Our ability to understand individual capabilities and limitations is also play a vital role though this process. Furthermore as leaders enhance our self awareness impact on our interpersonal relationships. Therefore when we are able to incorporate the above mentioned factors/ values and mindfulness which will lead to innovation and positive outcomes. #leadership #mindfulness #innovation

Cultivate innovation through mindful behavior—act with awareness, intention, and compassion. Showcase leadership, commitment, and adaptability. Align actions with values, embrace initiative, stay resilient amid setbacks, and innovate ethically. Mindfulness becomes the compass guiding your journey toward innovative results.

In my personal perspective this is a challenging task. This week I read an article “Mindfulness and creativity: Implications for thinking and learning” written by Danah Henriksen,Carmen Richardson,and Kyle Shackc. Based on the findings it stated that the “nature of the mindfulness-creativity relationship is positive and promising—in that mindfulness can enhance creativity. Research demonstrates that mindfulness improves a person’s ability to concentrate (Sedlmeier et al., 2012), decreases the fear of being judged, and enhances open-minded thinking while reducing aversive self-consciousness.” All credit goes to the above researchers and I agree with the fact that when we are less judged our creativity blossoms. #mindfulness

To foster innovation within your teams, it is crucial to establish a safe environment that not only tolerates mistakes but actively encourages them as stepping stones to innovative solutions. A Quantum Leader comprehends that innovation often arises from the willingness to venture into the uncertain territory near chaos. Therefore, leaders should not only honor imaginative ideas but actively seek them out, recognizing that they can be the catalysts for transformative change.