10 Mental Traits of Truly Innovative Leaders

Neil Patel has had experience with his share of innovators. “I’m talking about people like Whitepages’ Alex Algard, Cheezburger’s Ben Huh and BuddyTV’s Andy Liu,” he writes in this article on innovation and leadership. “These guys are absolute masters at drawing profitable conclusions from problems and ideas from totally unrelated fields,” he says.

Patel shares a few of his lessons learned in this piece, which outlines the characteristics that define true innovators, and how we can all incorporate those traits into our every-day lives.