12 02, 2025

Today, an innovation strategy is a requirement for companies to be successful

2025-02-12T14:31:35-08:00

Over  a decade ago, Harvard Business School professor Gary Pisano famously wrote that companies should consider creating an innovation strategy. Today, an innovation strategy is not just an optional nice thing to have — it’s a requirement for companies that want to be successful. The business environment is volatile, with short-term and longstanding impacts from [...]

Today, an innovation strategy is a requirement for companies to be successful2025-02-12T14:31:35-08:00
3 12, 2024

Most workers have no preference for the gender of their bosses, which is news.

2024-12-03T11:45:37-08:00

By Victor Assad. For decades, employees have preferred to have men as bosses, but new research shows that as many as two-thirds of workers now have no preference for the gender of their bosses. This is a significant gain for women, going from not preferred to no preference for the gender of their bosses. [...]

Most workers have no preference for the gender of their bosses, which is news.2024-12-03T11:45:37-08:00
11 09, 2024

Recognition is the remedy for undervalued employees to innovative

2024-09-11T15:20:55-07:00

By Victor Assad Unfortunately, many employees do not feel valued at work. As reported by Forbes, a survey of more than 1,000 full-time employees in the US found that more than half of respondents felt only somewhat valued (46.6 percent) or not valued at all (10.7 percent)  by their organization. And here’s the point [...]

Recognition is the remedy for undervalued employees to innovative2024-09-11T15:20:55-07:00
18 06, 2024

C. Brooke Dobni, Ph.D., InnovationOne, LLC, Founder, leads MBA course on Innovation Management

2024-06-19T12:30:33-07:00

Innovation Management exposes students to the quickly evolving practice of innovation in organizations.  Although the outcomes of innovation are well known, organizations generally have difficulty with implementing sustainable innovation platforms. The course begins by introducing students (who are business leaders) to various definitions of innovation, and moves on to develop a deeper understanding of [...]

C. Brooke Dobni, Ph.D., InnovationOne, LLC, Founder, leads MBA course on Innovation Management2024-06-19T12:30:33-07:00
21 05, 2024

Seven traits of highly innovative organizations that drive improved financial performance

2024-05-21T15:48:50-07:00

By Victor Assad, Managing Partner Research shows that innovation and culture can be measured. And, just as importantly, strong cultures of innovation lead to the creation of sustainable competitive advantage and higher financial performance. The key to innovation in organizations, according to InnovationOne LLC’s research, resides in the ability of leaders to define, [...]

Seven traits of highly innovative organizations that drive improved financial performance2024-05-21T15:48:50-07:00
28 02, 2024

You can’t cut your way to growth

2024-02-28T12:03:06-08:00

By Victor Assad, Managing Partner of InnovatonOne, LLC. Organizations are resorting to relentless cost-cutting and lean sigma during these volatile times. Their goal is to improve their operations, but they’re doing it in a way that alienates employees. Instead, organizations can achieve breakthrough productivity, innovation, and profits by better aligning their employees to the [...]

You can’t cut your way to growth2024-02-28T12:03:06-08:00
8 11, 2023

Culture drives higher performance than employee engagement

2023-11-08T18:12:01-08:00

By Victor Assad Organizations that want to improve their productivity, innovation, and financial performance won't address all the issues by focusing on employee engagement. Instead, they’ll get much better results if they focus on culture. Even Gallup, which has been tracking employee engagement for 22 years, says that employers focusing on culture already score [...]

Culture drives higher performance than employee engagement2023-11-08T18:12:01-08:00
2 05, 2023

Department of Energy puts a bullseye on innovation!

2023-05-02T23:00:32-07:00

Innovation cultures at six US Department of Energy (DOE) Labs surveyed differ significantly according to a study conducted by InnovationOne, LLC, in concert with the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). The Department of Energy put a bullseye on innovation and discovered why some Labs are more efficient and innovative than others--up to three times as [...]

Department of Energy puts a bullseye on innovation!2023-05-02T23:00:32-07:00
8 12, 2022

How to ensure your performance management engenders trust

2022-12-08T11:33:41-08:00

By Victor Assad Organizations typically conduct their annual performance reviews and make decisions on merit pay increases and pay adjustments at the end of the year. Employers need to remember that the most effective and innovative teams are built on trust. Executives need to ensure that performance management engenders trust. The performance management discussion [...]

How to ensure your performance management engenders trust2022-12-08T11:33:41-08:00
17 05, 2022

Cultures of innovation improve company performance

2022-05-17T05:57:18-07:00

Change is imperative for organizational success. The bedrock of organizations that achieve success is a culture of innovation. Yet many leaders resist these cultures of innovation. They may believe culture is too mushy to measure and manage or takes too much time, or perhaps they don’t think about it because it was never taught [...]

Cultures of innovation improve company performance2022-05-17T05:57:18-07:00
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