The RACI matrix almost got it right but still harbors too much ambiguity. In your team’s formal planning, govern only what is worth documenting outside email, and nothing else. Govern with just Five Verbs: Draft, Review, Revise, Approve, Distribute.

Innovation professionals spend a lot of time in meetings. Rethink the relationship between meetings and “real work.” Have a firm grasp of the numerous ingredients of effective meetings.

Documentation is unpopular to build, but once you have it, it’s valuable to your current and future teams. Documentation is valuable for so long, it qualifies as an Asset Portfolio.

Meetings are great opportunities for team members to build upon each others’ ideas. Meetings are critical for alignment. Know every trait of a good meeting in order to maximize them.

A highly competitive world leads to being self-absorbed and self-conscious. Hyper-competition undermines teamwork and collaboration. Improv practices help you commit to collaboration and co-creation. Join the world of “Yes, And.”

Verb Sprawl is a real problem that slows teams down. In planning your team’s work, instead of governing meetings or emails, govern what is worth documenting outside email. Govern with just Five Verbs: Draft, Review, Revise, Approve, Distribute.

Use Five Verbs to pace, synchronize, and assign building your project’s Asset Portfolio.

Which of your culture traits can you trace to impacting ease in innovation? Consider Earn versus Burn, smart use of meetings and emails, and documentation that is clearly useful. Good methodology makes innovation look easy.

Facilitating meetings is a difficult job, which is why its so valuable and why Facilitation is a profession in itself. Skilled facilitation keeps morale, value, and alignment high.