The lifeblood of innovation is fresh perception and new ideas. How do we nurture new ideas into potential solutions? As Brian Libby's article explains, you need money, time, process, people and perseverance. I would like to add one more quality to the list --- attitude. ...
Great ideas add value to discussion, but when they come from managers, Marshall Goldsmith says, they can add too much value -- stifling the creativity and enthusiasm of the very people you need to execute the idea. Before you pitch your ideas -- or your improvements on an employee's ideas...
In the business world, adapting to change is critical to survival. In this Useful Commute podcast, business executive and author of "Big Ideas to Big Results" Michael Kanazawa offers advice on how to transform your corporate strategy or business quickly and easily. Click Play to hear the...
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Disruptive innovation changes the game, winning not by doing something better but by doing it differently. Take the Nintendo Wii. Scott Anthony explains how the Wii's innovative controller, designed to be easy for non-gamers to use, helped the company expand the market for video games. Anthony explains how you can...
If your company's rate of learning isn't greater than the rate of change in your industry, you will fall behind. David Garvin and Amy Edmonson talk about how companies can create, acquire, interpret, and retain knowledge, then modify their behavior to respond to those knowledge insights. They also use examples...
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...