GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton You have, no doubt, seen the design squiggle. The ubiquitous scribble is all loopy and knotty in the beginning until it finally sorts itself into a straight line by the end. It illustrates the design process – “the journey …
The Lean methodology is a set of practices and tools that business leaders initially developed to help manufacturing organizations improve quality and become more efficient. The approach was built on concepts included in the Toyota Production …
A new season greets us. Fall has arrived, and with it comes crisper air, warm sweaters and blankets, and natural beauty. For me there is a special magic in this season. Leaves begin to burn into an explosive palette of colors, a crisp and cold air is b…
GUEST POST from Mike Shipulski When cars run out of gas, they can no longer get the job done until their tanks are filled up. And it’s the same with people, except people are asked to keep on truckin’ even though their tanks are empty. When machines ar…
GUEST POST from Shep Hyken Last week I wrote an article, 4 Ways to Create Trust with Your Customers. I don’t think anyone would argue (and the stats prove it) that a customer who trusts you is more likely to do more business with you. After all, why wo…
GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton It just landed on your desk. Or maybe you campaigned to get it. Or perhaps you just started doing it. How the title of “Innovation Leader” got to your desk doesn’t matter nearly as much as the fact that it’s there, along wi…
Leadership takes many forms. No two leaders look exactly alike, and yet, radically different styles can produce impressive results. While a wide variety of qualities set modern leaders apart, most ultimately fall under one of two main categories: trans…
by Braden Kelley Is our organization a productive place for creating innovation? How does our organization’s innovation capability compare to that of other organizations? Almost every organization wants to know the answers to these two questions. The o…
We often describe Kaizen as a way of looking at the world rather than a prescription for how to achieve positive change. Kaizen thinkers seek to make small changes to operations daily in search of higher quality, more efficiency, and less wast…
GUEST POST from Teresa Spangler People at the Center – Technology as a Co-Pilot Are people at the center of your innovation and new product plans? Have we made people the center of all things digital? Are human’s and our environment the center of…
