How to think about innovation
My newsclipping picked up a great quote by Home Depot’s CEO: “The landscape is strewn with retailers who had a great business model and got locked into the past versus building off the past”
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If you keeping doing the same old thing, you’ll
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Innovation article : “…you’ve got to instill a sense of courage….”
The Globe & Mail today features my article that outlines how companies must get back into an innovative frame of mind. The article also provides my innovation-framework — a practical management method by which organizations can learn to harness and manage their internal innovation processes. You can read the article here. The article directly relates […]
Read More“Innovation in schools” keynote
It’s been confirmed that I will be keynoting the Network of Innovative Schools conference in Calgary, AB in October. My approach to the issue of innovation in education today? In a matter of but a few years, we’ve got from euphoria to gloom when it comes to innovation in the educational sector. Consider how quickly […]
Read MoreOnline health care as a way to cope with looming crisis
I’ve been suggesting for years that the Internet-connected universe of the future will provide an opportunity for more home-care, helping to alleviate the shortage of critical-care beds that will emerge as the population ages and health-care funds dry up. It’s slowly becoming a reality ….. with an announcement by Menem …. They’ve just launched “a […]
Read MoreInnovation stagnation?
In preparing an outline for a talk to a group of PR professionals, I’m still thinking about what is really going on out there in corporate America. I caught some of my thoughts in my “aggressive indecision” article a few weeks back — but this morning, woke up with the phrase “innovation stagnation” in my […]
Read MoreMost failing at innovation
I’m currently researching various issues on innovation for an upcoming talk, and came across this stat — while the majority of American CEO’s place innovation and creativity at the top of their agenda, only 6% believe that they are actually effective in achieving it. That’s a pretty damning indictment of many initiatives to evolve corporate […]
Read MoreIs Your Sales Team Getting a Tad Stale?
“…a constant, relentless focus on innovative sales methods and approaches might be the key to helping deal with your customers changing needs.” Read my February ’03 article from Contact Magazine — “Time for A Little Innovation Oxygen” [ article ]
Read More“Competitor benchmarking emerged as the most important source of information and ideas for innovative firms (85 percent)”
Interesting report from Statistics New Zealand on business innovation. [ link ]
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