Creativity and Innovation Directors, Consultants and Managers (13 Jun 2006) Creativity and Innovation is essential for competitive advantage, yet the role of Creativity and Innovation Manager is often not viewed as essential. Organizations without such a role will simply not perform as competitively as their rivals.
Lateral Thinking, Logical Thinking, Applied Creativity (13 Jun 2006) Certain processes enhance creative output and others enhance innovative output. Defining creativity as problem identification and idea generation and innovation as idea selection, development and commercialisation, this article will tackle stages two and three using the three-stage process of lateral thinking, logical thinking and applied creativity.
Success at Work : People Skills : Dealing with New Ideas (13 Jun 2006) Re-organizing, re-engineering, re-training, down-sizing, outsourcing, changing-changing-changing. Organizations today think they need to be constantly changing or they will perish. Corporate leaders ...
Tales from the Corporate Frontlines: Senior Management and Directional Change (13 Jun 2006) AlphaMeasure defines senior management as the team of individuals at the highest level who have the day-to-day responsibilities of operating the organization. This competency covers topics such as strategic leadership, corporate vision, and corporate direction. The following short story illustrates how undertaking a drastic directional change within a company requires planning, engagement, and honest evaluation by the top levels of management, those who are ultimately responsible for implementation of the changes.
Management to the Vision-Contribution and the Role of Compliance (13 Jun 2006) Management is often considered to be a two dimensional task-based deliverable. Technical management has long been viewed this way, with the delivery of the technology as the priority and the people as the methodology of delivery.
Innovation Management – forced into it! (13 Jun 2006) Whilst there is a lot of lip service given to innovation, the reality is that it often results from competitors making significant gains - competitors who themselves have had to be innovative to challenge existing market leaders. Good examples are i) New Coke, forced into action when it lost market share to Pepsi and ii) IBM forced to change as a result of Microsoft.
Must Project Managers Be Technically Savvy? (13 Jun 2006) "Must Project Managers be technically savvy?" This topic always seems to cause quite a stir. While some believe that all you need to manage a project is a PMP certification, others are convinced that you can't successfully manage a software development project unless you truly understand the intricacies of the product. Read this article to learn about my (strong) opinion on the subject.
Eight Key Steps to Building B2B Major Account Client Alliances (13 Jun 2006) Learn about the Alliance Relationship Model and discover eight precise steps to set and maintain the tempo of a major account relationship. With proper direction and investment, it can signficantly increase your company's revenue.
When Code Freeze Turns To Code Slush (13 Jun 2006) Time To Market (TTM) is a vital concept that every executive understands. Releasing a product to market before your competition gives you a significant first-mover advantage. As such, project managers are extremely pressured to shorten their project schedules. But does accelerating code freeze optimize TTM?
Innovation Management – the power of decision makers (13 Jun 2006) One of the most important aspects of creativity and innovation is access to decision makers. One of the fastest killers of creativity and innovation is the inability of innovators to get products off the ground - and when people see that their ideas are not being implemented, they are resistant to engaging in the problem and expending the energy required to come up with good ideas and push them along.
Motivating Employees - Ten Ways to Start You Off (13 Jun 2006) Motivation is a 'culture, rather than an activity - it's a slow-burn which enables you to achieve extraordinary things in yout business or organisation...
Character: Is It Necessary In Leadership? (Part One) (13 Jun 2006) Summary: One element of leadership that many leaders ignore or neglect is character. Is it a necessary ingredient in leadership? The author answers the question with the challenging observation that character can actually drive leadership results.
Character: Is It Necessary In Leadership? (Part Two) (13 Jun 2006) Summary: One element of leadership that many leaders ignore or neglect is character. Is it a necessary ingredient in leadership? The author answers the question with the challenging observation that character can actually drive leadership results.
Driving of Work Trucks (13 Jun 2006) Each time you or one of your work crews cruises down the road, people see the vehicle. It is logo'ed and that advertising is there to be noticed. If you cut some one off, believe me they will know who did it. They'll tell their friends and you'll be sorry. If you see a lady trying to pull out into bumper-to-bumper traffic, let her cut in. If you see a mom in her minivan with kids at a traffic signal, be courteous.
Innovation Management – how will we make the go or kill decisions? (13 Jun 2006) Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation whilst innovation can be defined as idea selection, development and commercialisation. But how are GO or KILL decisions made?
Innovation Management – how does the user benefit? (13 Jun 2006) Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation whilst innovation can be defined as idea selection, development and commercialisation. But how does the user benefit?
Innovation Management and Brainstorming Management – why people hate to brainstorm! (13 Jun 2006) Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation whilst innovation can be defined as idea selection, development and commercialisation. There are a number of reasons why people hate brainstorming sessions. Further, there are a number of reasons why proper brainstorming management yields superior results.