Category: Management
Whether on a billboard or inside your organization, language matters. Find out why the words you use can help make the difference between winning and settling for second best. Continue reading
Ultimately, successful and sustainable innovation is all about purpose and passion. The people in your organization have to be clear on what the purpose of the organization is. Ideally, that purpose has to be something bigger than the individuals and something that people can get passionate about, because first and foremost, as Jeffrey Phillips has said, “You can’t force a disinterested person to innovate.” Continue reading
When I wrote Relentless Innovation, I hoped to uncover some of factors that allow firms like 3M, Google, Apple, P&G and Gore to sustain innovation over time, while remaining efficient and productive. In the book I identify two factors that sustain efficiency and can become barriers to innovation: “business as usual” operating models and middle managers who sustain business as usual. In this article, I’d like to build on those two factors by examining other, less evident barriers and conflicts that a modern business creates for innovation. Continue reading
Besides possessing creativity and resilience, the best innovators are the ones who can effectively communicate and “sell” their ideas to upper management. Continue reading
Everyone knows that CEOs want to convey big visions, and occasionally don’t follow up grand plans. Good middle managers understand their role is to ascertain what’s important to the CEO and implement it. Given the predilection for grand pronouncements sometimes not carefully thought out, many middle managers will wait for confirmation on an unusual or dramatic request. Continue reading
The role of the innovation strategy is that of an aligning mechanism which can assist an organization in the execution of its overall strategy, and in achieving their ultimate goals. But what is Strategy? And, what is an Innovation Strategy? Continue reading
