Insights about innovation in the coaching space from bestselling author, innovation coach, and associate professor Elvin Turner. In this conversation with Coaching.com CEO Alex Pascal, Elvin explains the different phases of organizations and how they often accidentally evolve into models that maintain the status quo. He shares how he helps them to change so they can accommodate  bolder and bigger ideas.If you’ve ever heard the “fail fast” philosophy, listen in to learn why Elvin believes it’s highly limited. During this episode, he also explains why extraordinary things can’t occur in an ordinary context. Elvin has extensive experience of creating spaces where people feel more confident to stretch their behaviors in new directions, and he shares his expertise with us here.As an innovation expert, Elvin is familiar with the fears that stop leaders from committing to this process. He explains to Alex how he builds their confidence to go on an innovation journey by using established frameworks. He also provides some of the provocative questions that he asks to help organizations uncover the “growth gap” between where they’re headed and where they want to go.To learn more about creating innovation strategies and how coaches can use new technologies such as Chat GPT as self-improvement aids, check out this episode. Elvin will show you how to balance risk with creativity to integrate new ideas into existing operations in a healthy, sustainable way.