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Management Secrets of Idea-Friendly Companies
Management Secrets of Idea-Friendly CompaniesGreat thoughts...but???but what if you have an idea sharing program in place and no one is contributing ideas?Horizonal Rain...The backbone of corporate success is inovative thinking as a team.Ideas are thought processes derived to better improve products or services, as with horizonal rain in extreme winds,...
Tags: Idea-Friendly company, Management Secret
Discussion threads 2007-06-08

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How to Sell an Idea
How to Sell an IdeaHow to sell an ideasI really liked this article. It is full of common sense practical and workable ideas and has got me re-thinking the approach I need to take and how to explain and describe my idea in the right way for those I would...
Tags: Great Article
Discussion threads 2007-02-07
Lawyer Says Drugmaker Celgene Stole Her Idea
In 1996, Beth Jacobson was watching her husband, a 35-year-old cardiologist, die from the blood cancer multiple myeloma. She spent her nights reading medical journals at his bedside and her days calling doctors. One Saturday night, Judah Folkman, the famed Harvard cancer researcher, returned her call, and they came up...
Tags: idea, Celgene Corp.
News items 2009-08-26
Why "Me Too" Startups Are Not Always A Mistake
The "me too" label has been applied to a past when a company enters a crowded market of highly visible competitors. Examples abound, such as the remote storage category, RSS readers, online calendars, personal website creators, etc. Each of these categories at one time or another was pursued...
Tags: Iâ€, Matt, General, Management, Wisdom, Tips and Tools, I&rsquo, m, Channel management, Dharmesh Shah
Blog posts 2007-02-07
Why "Me Too" Startups Are Not Always A Mistake
The “me too” label has been applied to a pastwhen a company enters a crowded market of highly visible competitors. Examples abound, such as the remote storage category, RSS readers, onlinecalendars, personal website creators, etc. Each of these categories at onetime or another was pursued by over a dozen...
Tags: General, Iâ€, Matt, Channel management
Blog posts 2007-02-07
How to Sell an Idea
Got an idea that could kick your career into overdrive? Confirm That You and Your Idea Are a Credible Match GOAL: Make sure an appropriate messenger will deliver your message. Selling ideas is not like selling products. With a product, customers...
Tags: Team Management, Idea, Chances, Crash Course, Managing Up, Selling, Geoffrey James, Finance, Investment, Sales, Management, Career, Strategy, Sales Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions, New Ideas, Professional Development
Articles 2007-03-19
Writing the Killer Idea Pitch
Writing the Killer Idea PitchNot just for memosThis is good advice for more than just memos. You can use this for stating your opinion in meetings, giving presentations, even just conversations with employees.The most important point is to state you subject/issue/question up front. This gives your audience a...
Tags: Killer Idea Pitch
Discussion threads 2007-05-10
Developing an Idea for a New Business
There are lots of reasons to start your own business. Maybe you're motivated to do something important. Or perhaps you're tired of working for someone else and want to control your own destiny. Either way, you'll need a good idea.Start by breaking down the big picture into more manageable pieces....
Tags: small business, entrepreneur
Articles 2007-05-01
How to Use Web 2.0 Inside Your Company
Today the business world is undergoing a significant transformation thanks to a set of technologies collectively known as "Web 2.0." Although it's tempting to dismiss Web 2.0 as Silicon Valley hype, that would be a mistake. Start Small and Simply Goal: Identify a Web...
Tags: Crash Course, Buy-in, MiPro Enterprises, Microsoft Corp., Vendor, Socialtext, technology, Marketing, Web, Tool, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet
Articles 2007-05-15
How Managers' Everyday Decisions Createâor DestroyâYour Company's Strategy
The Idea in Brief Top leaders' formal strategies determine how business gets done in your firm—right? Wrong, say authors Joseph Bower and Clark Gilbert: It's other ...
Tags: Management, Strategy, Joseph L. Bower, In Brief, Harvard Business Review, Implementation, Manager, Clark G. Gilbert
Articles 2007-11-07
Five Successful Idea-Sales that Made Careers
Inside the sales strategies that launched the Xbox, the first reality-TV show, and Enron's big swindle. Microsoft Xbox: Beating Sony at Its Own Game The Product: Electronic gaming platform The Genius: Game Programmer Seamus Blackley The...
Tags: BNET Feature, Consumer electronics, TV & Home Theater, Career, Enron Corp., Game, Game players, Geoffrey James, Marketing, Personal Technology, Corporate Communications, Games, MTV, Microsoft Corp.
Articles 2007-03-19
Five Successful Idea-Sales that Made Careers
Five Successful Idea-Sales that Made CareersJohn Forney???Great article until the John Forney bit. Is it a good idea to highlight that kind of activity as smart business? If so, then the activists around the world are bang on when they raise hell.It also depends on where you areGreat read! But...
Tags: career, Enron Corp., ethics, John Forney
Discussion threads 2007-02-15
Who Will Fund Your Internet Idea? Reach for Your Wallet
Q: What is the best way for an Intranet entrepreneur to get funding for a great idea? A: Reach for your wallet. That's the key takeaway from David Silverman, who himself is in the middle of launching an Internet company called Jamseed.  Writing on Harvard Online, Silverman counsels...
Tags: Sean Silverthorne, Management, Internet, Idea, Entrepreneurship
Blog posts 2008-06-27
Has Your Company Lost Its Core Competence?
The recession has inspired some companies to shed businesses and activities that are outside of their core competence. For example, Yahoo has refocused on selling display ads and being a portal for online content, forgoing search. This trend reflects the idea that companies' success comes from focusing on their core...
Tags: Competence, Personal Finance, Financial Accounting, Strategy, Finance, Management, Jeffrey Pfeffer
Blog posts 2009-10-26
Great Moments in Terrible Ideas: A Social Network for Your Company
Great Moments in Terrible Ideas: A Social Network for Your Companynot the expert...Making broad statements and generalizations is a great conversation starter, but don't couch them as coming from an expert. Social Networks on the web are only beginning to reach their potential, and corporate knowledge management has been an...
Tags: Facebook, Great Moments, network, social networking, Terrible Idea
Discussion threads 2008-02-21
Katzenbach Partners Profile, Pt. 2: How Collaboration Helped the Company and its Clients Grow
Just as young consultants are drawn to Katzenbach Partners by the promise of a larger and more fluid role, big-name clients like Aetna and Pfizer come to the firm knowing that they too will be joining forces to attack the challenge at hand. “We have a...
Tags: Team, Collaboration, Partnership, Client, Zia Khan, Groupware, Team Management, Professional Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Career, Jeff Palfini
Blog posts 2007-12-10
Keeping it green and clean. (Toro Company's Hydroject 3000)(Motion Control)
The Toro Company had a great idea, but they also had a problem. The great idea was to use high velocity water injection to aerate compacted soils. Soil penetration would be deep, drainage increased, and root growth improved. And there would be no u ...
Tags: great idea
Research articles 1991-11-21
The Secrets of Successful Idea People
As important as the continual search for new concepts is to a company, the task of helping those ideas gain traction is just as critical. Everyone who has seen a corporate change initiative whither on the vine knows that there is often a yawning gap between brilliant new ideas and...
Tags: Harvard Knowledgebase, Network Technology, Aerospace & Defense, Networking, Manufacturing
White papers 2003-07-28
Create, Own, and Sell a Bold New Idea
Let's face it. Many of the survival ideas for business owners and managers in times of crisis we are hearing today can be summarized in just a few lines: Don't stop investing Cut smart Help your customers Listen to your employees Have your...
Tags: Idea, Sean Silverthorne
Blog posts 2009-01-14
Tesla Founder Marc Tarpenning on How to Start a Car Company
Compared with Tesla Motors co-founder Martin Eberhard, the startup's other founder — Marc Tarpenning — has kept a relatively low profile. But Tarpenning spoke this morning at IBM's Almaden Institute 2009 in San Jose, Calif., telling his version of the Tesla creation story that Eberhard and CEO Elon Musk have...
Tags: milestone, car
News items 2009-08-27
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