There are two basic protocols businesses can pursue in their structure. One is hierarchical elitism, where each person tries to scratch their way to the summit, and anyone left at the foundation is left feeling defeated, mistreated, and ultimately justified in taking whatever avenging measures they [...]
Posts Tagged ‘strategy’
April 19th, 2010 - 2:57 pm § in Human Resources
Generations of Innovators: How the Age of People Affects Innovation Management
In most workplaces, there are three generations of employees to consider.[...]
March 21st, 2010 - 3:45 pm § in Human Resources
A Great Idea Isn’t Innovation
There is no doubt that having fresh, new ideas is one of the important things you have to have if you are creating an innovation effort. With no ideas, after all, there is nothing to work with. But the problem is that almost everyone forgets it takes more than a great idea to create an innovation wh[...]
March 17th, 2010 - 6:10 pm § in Human Resources
Measuring your Innovation Effort
What metrics do you use you measure the results of your innovation team? Do you count the number of new ideas they have collected? How about the number of new ideas they have generated or the number of new product introductions they have been responsible for?[...]
March 16th, 2010 - 2:02 pm § in Human Resources
Thinking of A Central Innovation Team?
Central innovation teams are a model well adopted in many industries, from Pharmaceuticals, where research and development budgets tends to be held by large business units dedicated to the purpose, to Banking, where there are likely to be a few smaller New Product Development teams. Even in Governme[...]
March 11th, 2010 - 2:27 pm § in Human Resources
Leading Innovation: The Hiring Decision
A key question to be resolved at the start of an innovation effort is who to hire to lead.[...]