Six Driving Forces of Innovation for 2019 and Beyond

Driving Force #1: The Talent Wars Will Heat Up

Each year I interview hundreds of business leaders about innovation in their companies, and their outlook on the future. One question almost always gets asked: “what’s keeping you up nights?”

What I’m hearing of late is about the sudden rise in business uncertainty. Is the decade-long economic recovery about to end? Will the U.S. and China come up with a trade agreement? Will there be yet another government shutdown?

The challenge of innovating, planning and executing during this period of economic and geopolitical turbulence is causing more than a few sleepless nights. And yet there’s another trend I’m hearing about that has truly surprised me over the past months. It surfaces when I ask: Do you feel your organization is being disrupted right now, and if so, by whom?