|
|||||
|
On his blog at Think for a Change, Paul Williams lists some useful advice on how to get the most from collaborative innovation efforts. They include: Understand that there are different personalities in every group Understand the differences Use the differences to your advantage instead of as fuel for disagreement Understand that on top of [...]  We tend to think of innovation as a tool for inventing and marketing new products and services. This is certainly its main thrust. However, as Jeffrey Baumgartner points out in this article on Innovation Tools, you can use innovation for streamlining business processes, eliminating steps, reducing waste and cutting out costs. When times are tough we [...] Watching the Olympics leads me to comment on the lessons that sport has for business. I believe that the benefits of sporting lessons for business are exaggerated. Business success is based on more than motivation, discipline and hard work. It depends heavily on innovation – and sport is a very poor guide to that. In sport [...] In this significant new work, Gary Hamel challenges our thinking about management. He argues that the management methods used in most organisations are relics of systems designed over 100 years ago to control and command. They are inappropriate, inadequate and obstructive for knowledge-based 21st century organisations that want to be agile and innovative. He gives detailed [...] I went for a walk in the park today and noticed that most of the people who were walking their dogs were using ball throwers. We had a dog for many years and in all that time I threw balls and sticks for it and was never aware of any need for a ball thrower. [...] There are several interesting innovation blogs. Some of my favourites are listed in the blogroll on the right hand side of the page. A couple of compendiums usefully compile a list of all the latest postings on innovation blogs and I am pleased to say that the BQF Innovation Blog gets listed. Try these two: [...] |
|
||||
|
Copyright © 2012 BQF Innovation Blog - All Rights Reserved |
|||||
