N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

I have had more than a few engagements that have come about as a result of the need to repair the carnage and devastation that occurred from the implementation of advice put forth, or the ideas generated by a well intentioned yet unqualified “coach”.

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LDRLB

DECEMBER 13, 2011

If top-level managers are stuck in an inefficient mental model, some creative ideas may get struck down before they can properly examined to determine if they are truly innovative. Mainemelis (2010) asserts that in such organizations, creative deviance is the only factor responsible for new innovations. New York: Doubleday.

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Building Personal Strength

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

If you ask consultants or trainers to name all the people skills, they’re likely to name fewer than ten, certainly no more than fifteen. Copyright 2010. Plus, this artificial clumping of important issues makes it easier for executives to segment “all that stuff” into a secondary “soft” area. There's nothing "soft" about people skills.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 25, 2010

There are times when you are so close to a project that it creates a mental block for idea generation. It could be anything (such as wearing a silly hat) that signals to your brain that it is time to go into idea-generating mode. Hiring a consultant can be a great investment. Get an outsider’s opinion.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

When people within companies try to innovate, they often talk about the challenges they're facing by using language that can inhibit creativity instead of encouraging it, says the business consultant Min Basadur, who has taught the How Might We (HMW) form of questioning to companies over the past four decades.

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