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3 12, 2018

Strategy Shift: Innovation and risk as the foundation for strategy and financial success.

2018-12-03T15:17:20-08:00

Organizations around the world are facing ever-changing customer preferences, generational shifts, the need to digitize their operations, and disruptions from well-funded start-ups outside of their domains. In our experience consulting with firms, we have learned two certainties related to innovation and strategy. This blog is based on the academic paper, “Strategy shift: Integrating strategy and [...]

Strategy Shift: Innovation and risk as the foundation for strategy and financial success.2018-12-03T15:17:20-08:00
14 11, 2018

Digitizing Your Company? Success Depends Largely on One Factor…

2018-11-14T08:56:54-08:00

Empirical evidence has long shown that transparent, collaborative and adaptive cultures empower business and financial success by enabling innovation.[i] Now companies are learning that if they do not have innovative cultures their digitization strategies languish. According to McKinsey’s 2018 Global Survey on digital transformation, 80% of the nearly 1800 respondents have launched digitization efforts in [...]

Digitizing Your Company? Success Depends Largely on One Factor…2018-11-14T08:56:54-08:00
13 03, 2018

Seven Traits of Agile and Innovative Leaders

2018-03-13T09:42:30-07:00

Dominance used to be the main criteria CEOs and Chief Human Resources Officers used to determine who would make a great leader. Dominance and achievement were the most reliable characteristics CEOs looked for to determine who would be their successors. Dominant leaders are the ones who speak first in meetings, most frequently interrupt others, [...]

Seven Traits of Agile and Innovative Leaders2018-03-13T09:42:30-07:00
27 02, 2018

Suffering from a lax work culture? The answer is in the numbers.

2018-02-27T20:02:05-08:00

A business executive complained to me about the lax work culture shown by his employees. “Everyone leaves the office by 4:30,” he said. “Where is their commitment to our mission? Where is their commitment to our customers and to get new products out on time?” he asked. He carried with him in his briefcase an [...]

Suffering from a lax work culture? The answer is in the numbers.2018-02-27T20:02:05-08:00
6 02, 2018

6 Tips to Focus Employees on What to Do—And What to Stop

2018-02-06T10:52:19-08:00

One of the toughest challenges facing any CEO is rallying the organization to effectively execute new strategies. Many business pundits wisely encourage CEOs to use the company’s mission and higher purpose to appeal to the intrinsic motivation of their employees. Employees, to be sure, will commit their discretionary effort and innovation to a cause they [...]

6 Tips to Focus Employees on What to Do—And What to Stop2018-02-06T10:52:19-08:00
21 12, 2017

3 Ways Talent Executives Can Accelerate Innovation in 2018

2017-12-21T10:36:26-08:00

Managing culture, embracing metrics and pursuing evolving technologies are among the top priorities talent leaders should focus on in the New Year. By Victor Assad and Ataman Ozyildirim, Talent Economy Influencers. Published in Talent Economy, December 20th, 2017 As 2017 winds down, a new survey provides tips for how talent executives can prioritize innovation in [...]

3 Ways Talent Executives Can Accelerate Innovation in 20182017-12-21T10:36:26-08:00
15 11, 2017

New Research Shows Five Insights from Highly Innovative Companies

2017-11-15T07:27:27-08:00

Businesses have come to recognize that innovating is no longer an option. Rather, it is an imperative for survival. This year, The Conference Board and InnovationOne have just completed a valuable report: “Insights from Highly Innovative Companies: Results from The Conference Boards and InnovationOne’s Global State of Innovation Survey 2017.” The Survey was designed to uncover the methodologies, technologies, [...]

New Research Shows Five Insights from Highly Innovative Companies2017-11-15T07:27:27-08:00
19 06, 2017

Performance Management Changes Are Often the Missing Link with Innovation

2017-06-19T14:51:57-07:00

I was seated at an innovation conference for lunch, when the Research and Development leader of a major U.S. active sportswear maker told me he had a confession. His organization was successful at creating new ideas, selecting the best ones to advance, and project- managing those ideas, but their innovations often stalled because the organization’s [...]

Performance Management Changes Are Often the Missing Link with Innovation2017-06-19T14:51:57-07:00
26 03, 2017

Seven Strategic Steps HR Can Take to Drive Company Innovation and Profitable Growth!

2017-03-26T10:29:08-07:00

Human Resources can make significant contributions toward improving a company’s innovation, especially with mature or fast-growth post start-up companies. Human Resources can engineer the organization’s talent management and culture so that it is more innovative, while also maintaining the excellence and reliability of its current operations.  They all are needed to drive today’s profitability. We [...]

Seven Strategic Steps HR Can Take to Drive Company Innovation and Profitable Growth!2017-03-26T10:29:08-07:00
14 03, 2017

Do You Believe Innovation Can Be Inspired, Measured and Managed?

2017-03-14T11:32:37-07:00

We do. And we have the scientific evidence to prove it. This workshop, which is being held at ISPIM Toronto 2017 on March 20, 2017, is for business leaders who, for one reason or another, are struggling with igniting the innovation of their companies.  As a result, their financial growth and profitability suffers. The business leaders [...]

Do You Believe Innovation Can Be Inspired, Measured and Managed?2017-03-14T11:32:37-07:00
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