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My Publications
✌🏼 Welcome to my personal publication platform, pray you find it meaningful & insightful.
Faisal Q
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The top 5 challenges of building an innovation program, and how to overcome them.
You have to find a balance between design and execution, just like in life, everything comes at a cost. And at a value. One of the best...
Faisal Q
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Innovation Programs
Bootcamps, Accelerators, Incubators, Hackathons, Ideathons, Call them Marathons if you want, they all fall under the category of...
Faisal Q
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Innovation in Writing
Dealing with ideas in writing is kinda like dealing with ideas in innovation. I mean an idea is an idea, right? I’m starting to wonder if...
Faisal Q
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The Anchor of Innovation
Just like in good research endeavor, one needs an anchor person to bring him back when needed. ⚓️ An anchor of innovation is a person who...
Faisal Q
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Music & Innovation
🎧 I have been part of an underground music studio for more than 10 years, and these are innovation related inspirations I drew from the...
Faisal Q
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Miscommunication in Innovation
☠️ Miscommunication in innovation is a lethal factor that kills ideas, not because the idea isn’t good, rather because it gets...
Faisal Q
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The Underbelly of Innovation
The underbelly of innovation is community building, an epiphany that took me years to realize. In my early experiences, I was an...
Faisal Q
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Designing Innovation Programs, A Simple Practical Guide for Aspiring Innovation Managers
I have been designing innovation programs since 2017, and here is how I’ve always did it in a few simple steps. 🏛 The sub-levels and...
Faisal Q
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The Spirit of Innovation — Part 2
The spirit of innovation is collaboration, it takes courage, authenticity, and transparent communication. I have seen many organizations...
Faisal Q
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The Spirit of Innovation — Part 1
The spirit of innovation is a welcoming one, with open arms to collaboration. And the truth that everyone is unique in his own way and...
Faisal Q
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The 10th Condition: Everyone Plays a Role
Every person plays a different role in the innovation process, including the funnel. This is one of the real practical lessons I learned...
Faisal Q
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The 9th Condition: Collaboration is Key
In math, one plus one equals two. But in a collective, one plus one equals twelve. An innovation based culture is one of collaboration,...
Faisal Q
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The 8th Condition: Orchestrate the Thought Process
Now for this one listen closely, as ideas stem out of thinking then facilitating innovation is like orchestrating a symphony. Triggering...
Faisal Q
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The 7th Condition: Innovation is a Mindset
I realized there is one thing that is very important to understand other than the basic innovation process, and that is innovation is a...
Faisal Q
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The 6th Condition: Believe in the Process
It is not easy to be called crazy, to protect the funnel and defend the discipline against external forces. Constantly! “When you...
Faisal Q
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The 5th Condition: Facilitate the Funnel
Innovation practitioners are facilitators, not innovators. We leave that for the cool kids on the block. Welcome to the innovation...
Faisal Q
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The 4th Condition: Ideas Evolve
Ideas can become monsters, a living thing that grows and spurs out of control. Especially in big organizations, where there are too many...
Faisal Q
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The 3rd Condition: Creative vs. Analytical
You know how I said before that I’m learning how to turn dreams into reality, there is one bitter truth I discovered in the process. As...
Faisal Q
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The 2nd Condition: Diversity of Backgrounds
If you don’t get this one right, Houston we have a problem! I can’t stress enough how important it is to ensure diversity of backgrounds...
Faisal Q
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The 1st Condition: We Live in a Utopia
A utopia is a perfect world, where nothing is impossible. There are no limitations, everything is possible! Meaning, don’t limit...
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