You're Not the Boss of Me

NOVEMBER 24, 2012

Build a Safe Environment for Idea sharing ~ putting forth a new, possibly even bizarre idea takes a lot of courage. People have to see the risk as one worth taking and operate in the knowledge that they will not be judged, derided or punished in any way for sharing their ideas. I think we all know that.

Organization 77

Organization Idea Generation Diversity Environment 77

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Rather than striving to be content experts on every aspect of their operation, they need to be able to collect, sort, analyze data, and edit all communication and collaborative streams of information that could potentially influence their business. Earlier in her career, Dr. Ardi was an operating executive at R. Dana Ardi, Ph.D.

Decentralization 59

Decentralization Idea Generation Content Document 59

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

This means assembling employees – all of whom are individual experts capable of idea generation – and encouraging them to think new thoughts in different ways and challenging them to do new things. Earlier in her career, she was an operating executive at R. Dana Ardi, Ph.D. is the founder of Corporate Anthropology Advisors.

Venture Capitalist 78

Venture Capitalist Decentralization Idea Generation Books 78

Eric Jacobson

JULY 22, 2014

This means assembling employees – all of whom are individual experts capable of idea generation – and encouraging them to think new thoughts in different ways and challenging them to do new things. Earlier in her career, she was an operating executive at R. Dana Ardi, Ph.D. is the founder of Corporate Anthropology Advisors.

Venture Capitalist 61

Venture Capitalist Decentralization Idea Generation Books 61

Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 21, 2014

This means assembling employees – all of whom are individual experts capable of idea generation – and encouraging them to think new thoughts in different ways and challenging them to do new things. Earlier in her career, she was an operating executive at R. Dana Ardi, Ph.D. is the founder of Corporate Anthropology Advisors.

Venture Capitalist 56

Venture Capitalist Decentralization Books Idea Generation 56

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2018

The seven roles for CIUs are: designing shelter for innovation; supporting best practices and methods; developing skills; supporting business unit initiatives; identifying new market spaces; facilitating ideas generation; and directing seed funding.

Innovation 10

Innovation Incubator Stage-Gate Idea Generation 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

He had no formal authority as a leader, operating without any title or mandate. Strategic leaders like Brian, who don’t hold positions of authority, operated in ways that were tailored to a less formal context. Today, many companies are focusing on idea generating activities like innovation challenges.

Strategy 8

Strategy Power Idea Generation Project 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2012

Companies that fall into this trap think that the best way to solve the innovation problem is to bring in a wide range of right-brained thinkers, put them in a room, and ask them think of awesome ideas. Far from becoming a cliché, innovation will be as important to future leaders as strategy and operational excellence is to current ones.

Innovation 16

Innovation Christensen Definition Idea Generation 16

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2010

With exercises like these that evaluate an innovator's ability to make the leap from idea to innovation, you can be sure you're building teams capable of turning transformational innovation into the repeatable, scalable discipline that every business needs. And that's something we can all toast to.

Innovation 15

Innovation Chief Operating Officer Christensen Objective 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

This shift demands that businesses manage and operate so that they can attract the right people, retain them, and ensure they can do their best work. They’ll be operating from home, the field, and project and customer locations, as well as from hotels, airports, and trains. The result: the reimagined workplace.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Technology Restructuring Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2017

Missed medical appointments, or “no-shows,” often create several operational challenges as well, from difficulties rescheduling clinical staff to interference with patient care and treatment. Each year approximately 3.6

Health Care 14

Health Care Transportation Mayo Cost 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2018

While the three centers have quite different structures and operations, in our research and experience we found that they share six primary challenges: Establishing strategies for new project selection: Centers struggle to identify and rank problems, ideas or projects that will likely translate to positive health and system outcomes.

Health Care 10

Health Care Innovation Mayo Stage-Gate 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2015

The idea generation stage is often referred to as divergent thinking or exploration. Unless you plan to have your team hand off its creative ideas, you will need to create a team that can operate in both modes, switching among them as appropriate.

Creativity 8

Creativity Innovation Team Diversity 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

But the most important and universal lesson is that everyone has a vital contribution to make — and that the ideas they produce, the energy and initiative they bring to the table, and the passion they share have nothing to do with the position they occupy. That may seem obvious in the age of the crowd, but it's far from operational.

Management 11

Management McKinsey Letter Retail 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2012

It's about information exchange, resource exchange, idea generation and on and on. Headphones can operate as a visual "do not disturb, I'm working" signal for employees who, in open-plan offices, need solitude in order to execute their work. Is there an upside?

Silverman 16

Silverman Real Estate Fashion Open-book 16

Building Personal Strength

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

The perception is that getting along with people is nice, but “nice-to-have” — secondary to the operation of the business. But most books on this topic focus on mentoring and executive coaching, not skills for operational leaders. They aren’t about computers, vehicles, machines and other “hard” equipment.

Skills 104

Skills Construction Goleman Emotional Intelligence 104

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Growth, defined as increasing revenues each year (rather than improving the quality of company operations). Continuous quality improvement within your own operation. Values which benefit other aspects of the company operation: Quality improved on behalf of the overall organization. Creative new ideas generated.

Strategic Planning 70

Strategic Planning Budgeting Planning Competitive Advantage 70

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Validate your worth to the overall company operation. Become top management’s partner in efficiency of operations. Continuous quality improvement within your own operation. Values benefiting other aspects of the company operation: Quality improved on behalf of the overall organization. Creative new ideas generated.

Budgeting 50

Budgeting Planning Strategic Planning Competitive Advantage 50

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2018

As an experienced manager, he knew that his manufacturing and operation division’s success depended on getting creative ideas from his employees. It begins with idea generation but doesn’t stop there. Justin Tierney/EyeEm/Getty Images. But he also realized that the existing system was not working as needed.

Creativity 11

Creativity How To System Motivation 11

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”. I find this especially true when coaches work with executives in operations.

Blog 329

Blog Mentor Advice Brand 329

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2013

Similarly, GE''s recent Hospital Quest challenge focused participants on addressing operational issues, and intentionally excluded other pressing topics such as medical outcomes and patient comfort. Identify a specific and bold stretch target. Frame the challenge in a quantifiable way. Provide a toolkit.

Participative 9

Participative Innovation Guidelines Idea Generation 9

Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 18, 2008

Please dial our main number and ask the operator for assistance. Idea hamsters: people who always seem to have their idea generators running. Please dial our main number and ask the operator for assistance." See also "Decruitment."and Electronics geeks experience Shackophobia. See also Decruitment.

Reference 120

Reference Bond Project Stress 120

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2013

A great amount of money had been spent on consultants and on training a workforce that had no clearer idea at the end of 12 months what they were doing or why. She was at sea, however, in a more operational role. The innovator: leadership as creative idea generation. The builder: leadership as an entrepreneurial activity.

Leadership 14

Leadership Chemicals Execution Influence 14