APPENDIX

The Scientific Stuff

My goal from the beginning of this book has been to inspire you with a variety of stories about our approach to innovation. Our framework—Mood, Mindset, Mechanisms, Measurement, and Momentum—isn't something we just made up. It has evolved over years of client work and team collaboration. It has been, in a sense, developed by real-world interactions.

And while it has evolved through real-world applications, we've worked with Dr. Kimberly Jaussi of SUNY Binghamton's Center for Leadership Studies to academically validate what we've been teaching, to deconstruct the 5 M's, and to validate pieces of our framework with academic rigor that withstands peer review.

In the following pages, Kim describes the studies that she has conducted based on our approach and key findings from those studies. The scientific stuff that supports the stories and anecdotes you've read in this book.