Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 19, 2014

Instead, I advocate for “play” Play should be a bit messy, aimless, and bored, because these are ripe environments for creative action. A community of students studying what they enjoy (through self-directed play) is a more effective learning environment than forced classroom material.

Education 132

Education Metrics Creativity Learning-by-Doing 132

Mills Scofield

MARCH 5, 2015

If you are operating in a business environment in which there is a reasonably clear — and straight — line to who your future customers will be and what products and services you need to develop for them, first count your blessings and then get on the accelerator. And that may be true, for a few.

Tools 70

Tools Innovation Operations Engineering 70

Mills Scofield

MARCH 5, 2015

If you are operating in a business environment in which there is a reasonably clear — and straight — line to who your future customers will be and what products and services you need to develop for them, first count your blessings and then get on the accelerator. And that may be true, for a few.

Innovation 70

Innovation Tools Operations Engineering 70

Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Remember, it’s a lot better to learn in a non-threatening environment than when it’s “game time.” Are you getting ready for a presentation or an interview? Don’t be shy. request feedback from a colleague. Most people would be honored to help you. ” Learn from mistakes.

Learning-by-Doing 132

Learning-by-Doing Follow-up Books Innovation 132

Mills Scofield

APRIL 7, 2014

Let’s create the environment where it’s easier to have it be the norm than not. I’ve also started to experiment with using the classic virtues to help improve accountability, but don’t have enough data’ to posit it as a suggestion above yet (though it can’t hurt).

Commitment 175

Commitment Project Bottom-up Learning-by-Doing 175

Mills Scofield

JULY 30, 2012

Let's create the environment where it's easier to have it be the norm than not. I've also started to experiment with using the classic virtues to help improve accountability, but don't have enough data' to posit it as a suggestion above yet (though it can't hurt).

Commitment 125

Commitment Bottom-up Project Learning-by-Doing 125

Mills Scofield

APRIL 20, 2013

Based on my experience as a bride, I''ve started a fair trade wedding dress company that cares about the workers, working conditions and the environment. The engagement caught me off guard, but I didn’t know then just how many more surprises that proposal would lead to--in my professional life.

Supply Chain 159

Supply Chain Fashion Proposal Learning Curve 159

Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 21, 2011

We wanted the employees to have a safe environment to have their voices heard. The teams reported to Union and Management leadership on what they felt and thought about their project, what they learned, the current state, the future desired state and finished by asking for approval to actually do the project.

Handbook 87

Handbook Committee Training Tools 87

Mills Scofield

JANUARY 6, 2013

providing time-codes to track innovation work), environment (e.g. From this we developed an action plan for the year, starting with the development of a charter statement for our new innovation initiative: Innovation Charter: The innovation initiative is to foster a culture of innovation, creativity, and teamwork within Geneca.

Innovation 130

Innovation Incubator Brand Document 130

Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Even little ones can make a huge difference in an organization’s culture and environment – just think of what you are saying when you have to put a code into the copy machine? When you have parking spaces reserved for the C-suite? And imagine if you had people who worried about making it easier for you to do your job?

Long-term 157

Long-term Books Resistance Tools 157

Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Today this message is manifested in contemporary business literature described as everything from “Voice of the Customer” to “Leveraging Core Focus” to the vernacular of “Fishing where the Fish are” At Bettcher, few in the company would know that “Acres of Diamonds” is the foundation for our product development (..)

Succession 70

Succession Industry Stage-Gate CFO 70

Mills Scofield

FEBRUARY 24, 2013

About 5 years ago, a then rather traditional Dutch meeting business started to scan its environment for innovation stimuli when it noticed a new group of professionals the company had never really dealt with before: independent professionals, aka knowmads, digital bohemians, free agents and so on. Sebastian Olma. Step 1: Opening up.

Social Capital 169

Social Capital Open-book Network Economy Innovation 169