Please feel free to use these cartoons in your presentations, university courses, books etc, for free, as long as you drop me at line to let me know what you have planned (telliott at timoelliott dot com),
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Too much jargon! Are you “pushing the envelope”?
Everybody wants innovation — but not necessarily the consequences that go with them
It’s easy to give up on innovation after the first setbacks:
It’s important not to be too busy to think about innovation…
Because your competition isn’t going to stand still.
It’s also easy to kill off any enthusiasm for employee innovation with too much bureaucracy and barriers
When you are ready for innovation, you have to think out of the box — which can be hard!
A change of scenery can help:
Design thinking is a great tool to get around the problems you see in your business:
Technology is often the trigger for new opportunities — but beware that it’s not a SCAM
IT agility is very important
But before you start changing the game, make sure you know what game you’re playing:
The complexity of your existing systems can get in the way of innovation
Over time, your organization may have built up complex systems that no longer make sense (except to those who feel their jobs are threatened?!)
Cloud technology may help you innovate with more agility… 
In order to innovate, you have to “fail fast, fail forward”
Innovators have to learn that having a good idea isn’t enough — you can’t just hand it over to somebody else to execute, you have to push it yourself:
But smart companies will put processes in place to help pioneers move their innovations forward:
At the end of the day, innovation is hard work — but it’s worth it!
Personal cloud solutions are all the rage…
Alexa, what’s the next big breakthrough in computer interfaces?!
How about — bear with me here — we actually try to change something?!
Do you have problems thinking outside the box?
Unauthorized drone usage? You’re suspended!
Fed up with talk about digital disruption? You’re not the only one!
Top executive tip — promise what you can’t deliver!
Beware of executives reading airline magazines!
You have to “skate to where the puck will be” — or do you?!
Why is so much “innovation” just so… small-minded?
Hey, it’s really important for all of us to embrace change! (you go first!)
Innovation in large organizations can be hard work…
Innovation is hard to do on a silo-by-silo basis!
Go be an innovation hero! And make sure you fulfill all these KPIs…
Hi Timo, I work in a NFP in Sydney. We have been divided into working groups to come up with ideas on how to implement a ‘culture of innovation’ and my group are presenting to the rest of the department in a few weeks. I’m so pleased I came across your cartoons! They really hit the nail on the head – particularly the one about being too busy to innovate, and ‘we tried that once’. I’m sure these are common objections in all teams trying to implement these changes and it’s something I’m sure a few of us feel – a little light humour is always a great way to address those kinds of objections. I would love to use them in my presentation, with your permission. Elli.
Elli, please go ahead, and best of luck…
Hi Timo
I work for an NGO in Ireland and am also in the throes of an academic course on frontline management. I would love to use 1 of your cartoons (What innovation? Can’t you see I’m too busy?!) in a reflective piece I am writing for my course. Is that alright with you?
Regards
Mairead Conroy
Dear Timo,
Congratulations for these cartoons!
I would like to use one of them in a presentation about Cultural and Natural Heritage and Smart Specialisation. I am working in the non-for profit sector and the presentation is also a non-for profit activity.
Of course I will indicate your name and website on the slide.
Best,Alex
Alex, sounds like a great cause! Please go ahead…
Hi Timo, the Cartoons are great – I just took the one referring to the innovation process for an internal Newsletter – THX
Hi Timo,
I’d love to use your cartoons for an internal learning piece on innovation that I’m creating for our staff.
Thanks
Liselle
Hi Timo,
I would like to use some cartoon in a presentation about innovation culture.
Thanks in advance
Best
Fabio
Fabio,
I’m honored, please go ahead, and good luck with the innovation presentation (culture is the hard part! I find that you can potentially get people to think about it more seriously by getting them to think about people not as passive “users” of technology, but incredibly powerful “human sensors/computers” that add value every time they add data… make sure people are a fundamental part of the future solution — innovation is something you do WITH people, not AT them!)
Regards,
Timo
Hi Timo,
I love your cartoons and would like to use some them for my presentation at university. Since my topic is about “innovative work behavior”, some of your cartoons fit quite well. It is not commercial and will not be shared in public, since it is only for academic purposes. I will give full credit to you and your website. Is that okay for you?
Best,
Carolin
Carolin, thank you for letting me know, and good luck with your presentations… the hardest part about any “technology innovation” is people: culture, organization, process, incentives, etc. — organizations should spend as much time on these things as they do on the technology (but they never do!).
Hi Timo,
I would like to use one of these cartoons when I teach a leadership course about challenging the process. I will give full credit to you and your website.
Hello Timo,
Putting together a deck for my team’s weekly meeting – would love to use some of your cartoons.
Taj, please go ahead
Hello Timo
May I use some of your cartoons to inspire my coworkers in our internal Yammer feed?
Hello Tim,
I have an internal meeting next week and I find great some of your images to illustrate and reinforce the message I want to give them.
Thanks,
Ramon
Hello Tim,
We have an internal workshop working on an innovative ship with clean energy. I would like to use one of your innovation cartoons.
Thank you!
Best regards
Christine
Christine, please go ahead. Good luck with the ship!
Hello Timo,
I’d much like to use one of your images in a personal LinkedIn post about innovation and change. I will give full credit, tag back etc.
Ben,
I’m honored — please go ahead!
Regards,
Timo
Love your work (used one or two 😉 )
If you have the time and the will, I wold be happy to try and inspire you for cartoons about machine learning and AI.
You can find me on https://uk.linkedin.com/in/elikling
Hi Timo,
As others have expressed, these are brilliant cartoons that we would like to use for presentation purposes within our organization, to illustrate the common pitfalls and help promote a more innovative culture. What is the process for requesting permission for such use?
Thank you,
Susan
Susan,
Delighted to be able to help! Please go ahead…
Regards,
Timo
Hello Timo,
These cartoons are great! May I use some of them (by giving reference to your website) for an internal team meeting ? This is not commercial.
Regards
Hello Timo,
I hope you’re well.
Would it be possible to use these cartoons internally?
Thanks,
Martina
Hello Timo,
may I use some of these cartoons for an internal team meeting ? This is not commercial.
Hello Timo,
These cartoons are a great and I would like to use some on our internal company website. The use is non-commercial and meant to inspire more innovation in our company.
I will of course give credit to you. May I have your permission?
Regards,
Lena