Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

In meat plants, tens of thousands of operators are “whizzing” meat products everyday in over sixty countries around the world. By the end of 2010, we have a prototype adaptation of our Whizard trimmer for tissue processing operating with the original customer, but we know that the tool is unsatisfactory in many ways.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2018

In China look at the unique organization of entrepreneurial cells Zhang Ruimin has created at Haier, and in France look at Vinci Group’s success, under Xavier Huillard, with a radically decentralized model designed to foster entrepreneurial creativity in its three thousand constituent companies.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

They are simply meant to foster a spirit of cooperation. Yet, I have noticed some of the most creative people I know are poor spellers and therefore might not make the top grade in an MBA. People come to the team with a variety of gifts and talents, which are very different.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2018

But as global technology brands penetrate African economies, it is becoming evident that most local startups are experiencing new levels of competition, which could potentially disrupt their operations. Across African markets, information and communication technology (ICT) is facilitating the process of socioeconomic developments.

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Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

When human learning slows down, people tend to lose creative and problem solving capacity. The benefit of this kind of team activity, is the opening of one’s mind, and shared creative stimulus, which fosters innovation. Cooperation – willingness to collaborate. These are just a few examples.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2015

National Infrastructure Week, May 11-15, should mark the acceleration of giving entrepreneurs and innovators a prominent seat at the table, adding technology opportunities to solve America’s infrastructure problems. “If nothing else, pilots are creative,” one remarked. But to get change means encouraging innovators.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2013

Trade secrets, confidential business plans, and operational security depend on it. But when I put the question to top management, well, they''re busy — not their problem, that''s for sure — and they refer me to the chief information officer or the chief technology officer. To find out, I like to ask questions. But security?

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

This media powerhouse offers creative and production services as well as cutting-edge post-production services to such films as Avatar and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Suzlon's head of technology is John O'Halloran, a former Cummins Engine executive who now leads Suzlon's 500-strong global R&D team out of Hamburg. and the U.K.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2012

But Sam was creative and tenacious. Theory Y, on the other hand, assumes that most people enjoy mental and physical activities, want to be creative, and want to succeed at work. At the same time, technology has the potential to take us back to Theory X. Employers can now measure productivity to the split second.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2018

Apple and Google, for example, each control a popular mobile phone operating system platform (and key apps on that platform), Amazon controls the largest online merchant platform, and Facebook controls the largest social network platform. Data-opolies can extract wealth by getting creative content from users for free.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

At the time, BMW had no dedicated, company-spanning unit to leverage the creative power of startups. The prevalent model of startup cooperation in recent years has been corporate venture capital and accelerators (CVC&A). Similarly, Charles Schwab was the early adopter client of Siebel’s revolutionary CRM system.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2017

To begin, you’ll need to understand what hiring prejudices are and how they operate. ” On the other hand, words like “collaborative” and “cooperative,” tend to draw more women than men. With the operations analyst candidates, she asked each of the three finalists the same 10 questions.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 17, 2015

As companies operate, all make honest and predictable mistakes. That having an E-mail address or a website makes one an expert on technology. That technology is the most important driving force in business and society. ” “If you don’t cooperate with me, I’ll bring you down.”

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

An outside-in perspective means that companies aim to creatively deliver something of value to customers, rather than focus simply on products and sales. It then looks for creative ways to combine its own capabilities with those of its suppliers and partners to address some of those problems. And what are the benchmarks of success?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2017

“Build real recommendation engines fast” is my mission-critical recommendation to companies aspiring — or struggling — to creatively cross the digital divide. Sponsored by DXC Technology. Several groups resisted and pushed back against the robo-adviser team’s requests for information and cooperation.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2016

” Investing in employee personal growth and development from this perspective is the first step in unleashing creativity, enabling potential, and supporting sustainable productivity. McKinsey Quarterly suggests that “always-on, multitasking work environments are killing productivity, dampening creativity, and making us unhappy.”

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Thinking back on the lessons I learned when I was wet behind the ears, it strikes me that the technologies, financial methodologies, and expectation levels when I cashed my first paycheck were profoundly different than today. To do that, you need to obtain the cooperation, support, and goodwill of many people. Now make it happen.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Traveling and living abroad seems to broaden individuals’ perspectives while also improving creativity. Both in terms of operations and organization, this is certainly responsive to a more protectionist environment. Going forward, we will localize… We will produce for the U.S. in the U.S., but our exports may decline.

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