The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Each participant was asked to complete a questionnaire detailing how they used these technologies to both forge new connections and maintain existing ones. Their creativity was also measured using an 11-item scale assessing things such as problem identification and idea generation. Boosting creativity. Boosting creativity.

Creativity 41

Creativity Media Engineering Idea Generation 41

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

By taking employee input, creating planning committees, encouraging creativity, introducing team-building initiatives, and allowing spaces for communication and idea generation, employers can significantly contribute to holiday morale. Support local community projects or organize donation drives to give back during the holiday season.

Morale 52

Morale Team Building Stress Planning 52

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JUNE 17, 2013

Set up a futures research committee to study potential changes and developments in areas affecting your organization. Or simply have all the people in your organization regularly clip articles from newspapers, magazines, and Web sites. Use these discussions to help you and your organization develop the ability to think long-term.

Long-term 219

Long-term Quality Trends Committee 219

LDRLB

JULY 17, 2012

And to top it off, most organizations are set-up to reward predictability and control – the exact opposites of what’s required to lead during disruptive times. On the strategic level, they continually push the limits of their teams, organizations, and partners. Data- Intuition Integration. Savoring Surprise.

Disruptive Innovation 133

Disruptive Innovation Innovation Christensen Kaplan 133

Change Starts Here

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

There are multiple layers – aspects of the organization and the people who make it up – that need to also change in order to achieve the change at the surface. It is the reason you are changing anything at all; you want to cause a different result than what the organization has achieved in the past.

Wilde 95

Wilde Idea Generation Morale Process 95

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

With the advent of the Information Age and increasingly rapid waves of technological change, the Alpha model – which Ardi likens to an army, led by a commander-in-chief in which information flows in only one direction – is on its way out, explains Ardi. These are: Communication: Executives in Alpha organizations tend to hoard communication.

Venture Capitalist 77

Venture Capitalist Decentralization Idea Generation Books 77

Coaching Tip

OCTOBER 24, 2013

The true structure of the organization is not what is written down on an organizational chart, but what actually occurs as people connect through roles , influence and decision-making processes. Sharing knowledge and adding value to the organization depends upon the capabilities of workers to informally connect with others.

Social Capital 77

Social Capital Cialdini Competitive Advantage Human Capital 77

Eric Jacobson

JULY 22, 2014

With the advent of the Information Age and increasingly rapid waves of technological change, the Alpha model – which Ardi likens to an army, led by a commander-in-chief in which information flows in only one direction – is on its way out, explains Ardi. These are: Communication: Executives in Alpha organizations tend to hoard communication.

Venture Capitalist 60

Venture Capitalist Decentralization Idea Generation Books 60

Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 21, 2014

With the advent of the Information Age and increasingly rapid waves of technological change, the Alpha model – which Ardi likens to an army, led by a commander-in-chief in which information flows in only one direction – is on its way out, explains Ardi. These are: Communication: Executives in Alpha organizations tend to hoard communication.

Venture Capitalist 55

Venture Capitalist Decentralization Books Idea Generation 55

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. How centralized is the Innovation Unit? Intuit is a case in point.

Innovation 9

Innovation Incubator Stage-Gate Idea Generation 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Now that technology allows us to work anywhere, on any device, work is something people do — not just a place to which they go. As companies design their workplaces for the future, adopting the right technology and putting the right policies into place are key to business strategy and organizational success.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Technology Restructuring Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2018

We have closely studied three of these models: The Helix Center at Imperial College London, the Center for Innovation at the Mayo Clinic, and the Consortium for Medical Technologies at Massachusetts General Hospital. How technology is changing the design and delivery of care. Insight Center. Health Care’s New Frontier.

Health Care 10

Health Care Innovation Mayo Stage-Gate 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2012

That's a topic, not a big idea. Once you've spelled out your big idea, generate lots of supporting material to give yourself more to choose from when it's time to pick your best stuff. But you might say, "It's about why production will keep missing key deadlines unless we upgrade our workflow management software.".

Audience 16

Audience Brainstorming Sharpe Software 16

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Challenge , asking how could technology inform and enable management innovation. There is so much to learn, borrow, and build upon in these winning entries when it comes to how we can use the principles, and tools of the Web to make our organizations more adaptable, innovative, inspiring, and accountable. Story by Frédéric Leconte.

Management 11

Management McKinsey Letter Retail 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2012

Technology, for a free-lancer like me, creates a powerful and not entirely mad illusion that we work in a peopled environment of rich diversity and experience. It's about information exchange, resource exchange, idea generation and on and on. There's a new lonely crowd in the workplace. This person is right to be concerned.

Silverman 16

Silverman Real Estate Fashion Open-book 16

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2012

That's a topic, not a big idea. Once you've spelled out your big idea, generate lots of supporting material to give yourself more to choose from when it's time to pick your best stuff. But you might say, "It's about why production will keep missing key deadlines unless we upgrade our workflow management software.".

Audience 8

Audience Brainstorming Sharpe Software 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2014

With today’s information technology, more and more work can be done in places other than the office and at times outside of traditional business hours. If your employees see you occasionally shifting hours, or using technology to work at a distance, they will feel more comfortable asking to do the same.

Short-term 10

Short-term How To Human Resources Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2015

Number of ideas generated. Tracking dollars put into start-up partnerships that go kaput, or a new Apple Watch app that gets downloaded by two dozen people, doesn’t make you a superstar in most organizations. There’s a danger that measurement sucks up resources better devoted to cultivating and testing new ideas.

Metrics 8

Metrics Innovation Company Stage-Gate 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2018

We’ve studied stereotypically “creative” firms, like design, R&D, and information technology companies, but we’ve also researched stereotypically “uncreative” environments, like Golan’s manufacturing plant at Elop (which is part of Elbit ISTAR).

Creativity 10

Creativity How To System Motivation 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Those seven entries offer compelling evidence that the principles, social structures, and social technologies of the web not only offer up winning business models, they are the building blocks of a new management model for making organizations more resilient, inventive, and engaging. According to Management 2.0

Management 8

Management How To Innovation Bureaucracy 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

When your company is in trouble — a new competitor or technology threatens your business model, your cost structure changes, the economy tanks — you have one job as a leader: to get the company back on track. The Jam was three great days of idea generation and dialogue.” The stage is set.

Crisis 8

Crisis Banking CEO Business Model 8

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

While you need no credentialing to be a coach, you will find no shortage of organizations willing to sell you their certifications. Help leaders (individuals and organizations) be more effective and get results. There is literally no barrier to entry into the coaching profession and it shows. The rest is splitting hairs.

Blog 385

Blog Mentor Advice Brand 385

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2015

In the late 80’s, Peter Drucker predicted that in the near future technology would play a central role in increasing the effectiveness of teams. Although he was right, teams have yet to experience the full benefits of technology.

Brainstorming 8

Brainstorming Idea Generation Participative Creativity 8