Efficiency kills innovation
Efficiency kills innovation. Efficient markets, efficient companies, and efficient employees are good for many things, but not for innovation. Efficiency is created […]
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CRCF Grant Recipient
We’re a CRCF grant recipient! We at Organizing4Innovation are proud to announce that we’ve been awarded a grant through Virginia’s Commonwealth Research […]
3 Ways to prevent faultlines from breaking up in a time of crisis
Is the political climate causing the faultlines in your organization to break up? For example, because one department is overwhelmed trying to […]
How a winning mindset can help you become a successful innovator
Jim Craig gave the key note at the 2018 PDMA conference. He was the goalie of the Miracle on Ice hockey team. They […]
Customer discovery tips and tricks
In the various entrepreneurship and innovation programs I am involved with, Customer Discovery is always a key activity. While it may sound […]
FT Innovative Lawyer 2015: Being an Innovative Law Firm Pays Off
Today, the Financial Times Innovative Lawyer 2015 that appeared. It has been 10 years since the first edition came out. In that time period, Allen & Overy – who have been overall winners four times in these past ten years – approximately doubled in size from £666m to £1,281m, while increasing their profit margin from 36.8% to 45.2%. So being an innovator certainly pays off! Interested to learn how? Apply to one of our free in-company seminars.
Mindset
Mindset is the title of a book by Carol S. Dweck, PhD. It describes ways to go about being smart, learning, failure and praise. Not surprising, because mindset is about learning, it has founds its main application in education. However, the framework is also very relevant for innovation.
Employee Engagement
Two recent examples, Delta Airlines and Marlin Steel, demonstrate the power of employee engagement. These companies cares about their employees, and in return, their employees care about the company. The results speak for themselves. If employee engagement is this effective, why does not every firm apply this concept?