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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Readers of this column know I frequently encourage managers, above all else, to build trust among their teams and with their performance management systems in order to achieve high performance and innovation. (As one of my readers told me, “You write about trust all the time.”) Other team traits are also critically important, such [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
By Victor Assad, Managing Partner for InnovationOne, LLC There is an irrefutable link between organizational culture and profitability. Organizations with more collaborative, learning, and agile cultures have 22 percent higher profitability than those with static cultures, according to InnovationOne, LLC. Gallup shows even bigger numbers. Although Gallup's’ expertise is employee engagement, not culture, they [...]
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 [...]
We are delighted to be co-leading an insightful workshop on “Boosting Innovation by 3X-The Power of Culture Management” with Jason Stolworthy and Jim Keating of Idaho National Labs and InnovationOne's Brooke Dobni, PhD., and Victor Assad at the LESI 2024 International Conference in Madrid on April 29. Nationally funded R&D Labs can significantly boost [...]
By Victor Assad New research published in the Harvard Business Review shows that employees who trust their organizations are more productive, more creative, and have higher engagement. Those who don’t trust their organizations experience more stress, have higher rates of burnout, and are more likely to quit. So, how can organizations foster trust? The [...]
