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- The Secret To Selling Your Idea
- You have an idea – it's bold, brilliant, and creative. But how do you sell your great idea to the people who can actually implement it? Communications Coach Carmine Gallo has some hot tips.
- Videos 2007-05-01
- Nurturing New Ideas
- According to recent research, companies that foster innovation grow 5.8 percent faster. As a manager and leader, it's your job to nurture that creativity and welcome new ideas, no matter where they come from. It's not only critical for the growth of your company but for the satisfaction of your...
- Videos 2007-05-11
- Dave Allen: Using "Capture Tools" to Improve Productivity
- Dave Allen, productivity consultant and author of Getting Things Done, explains how to organize information by using capture tools like digital or paper notes to get it outside your head and onto your to-do list. But, he says, these tools only help if you take the next step in...
- Videos 2008-09-11
- Productivity Expert On "Mind Mapping"
- Dave Allen, productivity consultant and author of Getting Things Done, talks about "mind mapping"—a shift in the way we use computers that will free our mind allowing us to have ideas we've never had before. He says that just like word processing and spreadsheets once created a paradigm shift in...
- Videos 2008-09-11
- My Coworker Takes Credit for My Ideas |Dodging Landmines
- Work is more collaborative than ever. As a result, receiving credit for ideas has become both political and tricky. Ed Muzio, CEO of Group Harmonics, suggests not getting caught up in a line by line scorecard. Contribute, do a great job, and make sure your work is...
- Videos 2009-04-27
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- How to Nurture New Ideas
- From Henry Ford's assembly line to Apple's iPod, every great innovation started with a great idea. But in the business world, it's a lot easier to say "no" to new ideas than it is to dedicate time, money, and resources to developing them. Institutionalize Idea...
- Articles 2007-06-05
- How to Nurture New Ideas
- How to Nurture New Ideasbroken linkDownload link not working....the pdf is showing errorDamaged PDFthe article could not be opened after downloading.10 Personas?Guys, the article is very insightful, but sometimes you omit critical pieces of info. For example, the title of the book you refer to implies that there must be...
- Discussion threads 2007-06-07
- Help! The Prospect is Stealing My Ideas!
- Help! The Prospect is Stealing My Ideas!RE: Help! The Prospect is Stealing My Ideas!Unfortunately this is fairly common in the creative services sector. Here is another strategy to consider: Don't share your actual ideas with prospects. Share with them your process for developing the ideas. I can envision...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-10
- How to Get Showers of Ideas
- I lunched today with a well-known quantum physicist, who mentioned that about half his ideas, and most of his best ones, happen in the shower. I asked him whether he knew why. Being a physicist, he has developed a model to explain why. It goes, loosely, as...
- Blog posts 2008-03-13
- Jobs: Kill Your Good Ideas
- The Find: According to an anecdote told to Bob Sutton, Steve Jobs recommends not only ruthlessly killing bad ideas, but also axing many of the good ones to ensure those that survive get all the resources they need to be fully realized. The Source: Sutton's Work Matters...
- Blog posts 2008-10-29
- Why Great Ideas Go To Waste
- Why Great Ideas Go To WasteRE: Why Great Ideas Go To WasteA good dose of realism. The discouragement of creativity is nearly a standard practice. Luckily, some companies avoid it some of the time.RE: Why Great Ideas Go To WasteThe US business environment is quarter to quarter driven. It...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-21
- Taming the Flow of Ideas
- Mind mapping is wonderful, but I find that ideas often flow well before they're ready to be meaningfully dissected. Unless they are managed properly, ideas can be disruptive to productivity and focus. I've talked before about the danger of pursuing too many ideas at...
- Blog posts 2008-10-31
- 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...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-21
- Turning Ideas Into Action
- Strategic breakthroughs occur when an organisation exploits a change in the market. The current economic turbulence is creating market changes for most businesses. Consequently, despite the difficulties in immediate trading, your organisation also faces great opportunities if you know how to spot and exploit them. Trying to...
- Blog posts 2008-11-04
- I've Got Lots of Ideas, But My Boss Won't Support Them
- Dear Ron, I keep bringing up new ideas at work but my boss keeps saying there's no money to fund them and won't pass them up the food chain. And yet I see other people at my company getting money and support for their ideas. What should I...
- Blog posts 2009-08-14
- How Do I Get a Higher-Up to Sponsor My Ideas?
- Dear Ron, I've been told I have great ideas but I know in my company you need a mentor or sponsor to help get them implemented. How should I go about doing that? As I've emphasized here before, developing a wide range of relationships...
- Blog posts 2009-09-03
- Why Great Ideas Go To Waste
- Are you creative? There's a mistaken belief that very few people are creative and that the rest of us poor plods couldn't come up with an original idea if it were served to us on a platter. Quotes like: "Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a...
- Blog posts 2008-08-21
- Turning Those Ideas into Cash!
- This is one of the key messages from "Innovate 2008: Is the Tide Turning?", a report on innovation released by Boston Consulting Group. "It is worth pointing out that only 20 percent of companies considered a shortage of great ideas to be the problem... Most companies, in...
- Blog posts 2008-09-03
- Kellogg Might Pay You a Paltry Sum for Your Ideas. Or Not.
- Kellogg has never scrimped on research and development. Its W.K. Kellogg Institute for Food and Nutrition Research is considered to be among the best research facilities in the corporate world. The company spent $179 million on R&D last year. But Kellogg can always use some new...
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Interview Question: Give an example of how you push your ideas to management
- Give an example of how you push your ideas to management. This is another form of communication with management, but this time you're creating the situation. Trickier still is the fact you have to get management to take an interest in your ideas. The issues in these questions are actually...
- White papers 2009-01-01
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