On a LinkedIn group discussion on innovation and "Thinking out of the box," I posted up some of my...
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Innovation – Myths versus Continuous Continuous Improvement
James Gardner, in his book, "Sidestep and Twist," talks about innovation and spending and the fact...
The Paradox of Resistance to Innovation – Risk and Choice
The global recession pushes more leaders and managers to think about failure and its prevention in...
PRIDE – Issue or Opportunity?
One of the illustrations I have used over the years to focus on organizational paradoxes is this...
The Elephant in the Room – Line Managers are the Trainers (All others fail)
More and more, I am convinced that the KEY training people in organizations do not reside in the...
On Collaboration and Decision-Making
Games like The Search for The Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine can make some really difficult concepts...
In The Beginning – Thoughts on strategies and motivation
I am just back from a great trip to India, part of which focused on themes of strategy...
Stress as a Motivator?
In the LinkedIn discussion that I mentioned in the previous post, the question arose as to whether...
Innovation, Strategy and Motivation
I am sitting on the bed in Mumbai, looking at emails and thinking about how well the strategy...
Dis-Un-Empowered Government Employee – Scott to the rescue of the citizens!
If it were not so sad, it would be funny. With a friend and parking in an Asheville, NC downtown...
Motivation? It is feedback, not extrinsic motivators, the drive performance
I think the biggest opportunity to improve performance is through good, positive, immediate...
Biggest Mistakes in Motivating People
I think the biggest mistake we make is in thinking that you can add THINGS to motivate people....
Beware Best Practices, They Can Kill Productivity, Innovation and Growth – Adopt Facebook, Linked-in, Twitter
REALLY?? Best Practices can KILL productivity, innovation and growth? Someone wrote that as an...
Ideas, Innovation and Strategy Implementation – Getting Things Done More Better Faster
I have loved this quote since I first heard it 15 years ago at a conference: If we're not getting...
On Brainstorming and workplace productivity improvement
I recently responded to a LinkedIn post on the theme of Brainstorming. And I am reminded about how...