Don’t Take the First Answer

The macho manager is keen to be seen as decisive and can quickly come up with an idea for tackling most problems.  Doing something is generally (but not always) a better option that doing nothing.  But the first answer we come up with is unlikely to be the best answer. 

Photo by Bernie Condon

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Competitive Advantage through Innovation Workshop

I am running three one-day workshops for BQF entitled Gaining Competitive Advantage through Innovation.  These workshops will cover advanced idea generation techniques that really work for new products and services.  Delegates will practise and learn practical methods that they can take back and use in their organisations to help improve innovation.

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21 Great Ways to Innovate

How hard is it to innovate?  Not once but over and over?  How can you repeatedly implement great new products, processes or services?  Continuous innovation is not easy and if you keep using the same method you will experience diminishing results.  Try innovating how you innovate by employing some of these ideas. 

1. Copy someone [...]

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New Year’s Greetings to Innovators

For 2010 I wish that:

You lose sorrow and gain peace

You try something new every day

You remain healthy

You apply continuous improvement to all aspects of your life and business

You enjoy every moment

Paul Sloane

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