If one of the world's foremost industrial inventors is letting-off the innovation gas-pedal, what's the insight for today's leader?

Far as we know, humans are the only critter aware of — and able to limit, explore, or expand — its capacity. This awareness is the key to our superpower: adaptation.

Start asking: What if I tried this differently? What if I dropped this identity? What if I just said yes for a week? You get to be both subject and scientist. Explorer and experiment.

Convenience breeds comfort. And comfort, while sometimes necessary, is addictive. Extended coziness turns to dependence.

Disconnection from nature leaves us unrooted. And hoists upon us the responsibility to re-pattern, bolstering our humanity and rejuvenating our leadership instincts.

Traps form when short-term solutions create long-term problems.

Since Drucker's famous quote became a slide in every leadership guru's PowerPoint, the holy grail of the curious leader became: "How do I balance, emphasize, and operationalize the necessity of both?"

Creativity doesn’t die when ignored. It festers. Mutates. It eats you alive from the inside. This is basic physics. Energy doesn’t disappear; it transforms.