Mills Scofield

JUNE 16, 2013

This is the brick-and-mortar infrastructure of a $100 billion/year industry—check cashers, pawn shops, payday lenders, refund anticipation lenders, rent-to-own stores and other sub-prime lenders—that profits handsomely off the backs of the poor.

Innovation 161

Innovation Microfinance Business Model Self-aware 161

Mills Scofield

APRIL 29, 2019

They think they’re innovative because they make something in green instead of just red, but they stick with their industries, markets, customers, and (usually dying) business models. Red Lobsters think they innovate and believe they want to, but not enough to expand their comfort zone and hire the right people to do it.

Innovation 91

Innovation Stage-Gate Blanchard Social Capital 91

Mills Scofield

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Last year, I volunteered to participate in Brown University's Women's Launchpad Program which pairs women alumni in industry (me) with senior women for mentoring in career and graduate school planning. My mentee, Sarah, was a Mechanical Engineering major from the Boston area and leader on the Women's Crew Team.

Mentor 98

Mentor Engineering Participative Industry 98

Mills Scofield

MARCH 28, 2013

We are in an age of immense disruption: industries, societal codes, politics, demographics, you name it. If we are going to handle this continually changing the world, we have to adapt ourselves. All we can really control is how we react, and more importantly, pro-act to our world.

How To 163

How To Mentor Tactics Advice 163

Mills Scofield

JANUARY 18, 2015

Customer Value : delighting customers with meaningful solutions that meet real needs within the customers’ contexts and constraints; perhaps even creating new markets and industries. The result? An increase in revenue and profits without sacrificing culture and values. I have seen this time and time again with my own clients.

ROI 70

ROI Short-term Long-term Metrics 70

Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 21, 2011

MPC) transformed its culture from a staid, old-line traditional industrial one into a 21 st Century innovation and collaboration one. The continuity and stability of MPC’s core values is a bulwark against market, industry and global cycles. Menasha Packaging Corp.

Handbook 87

Handbook Committee Training Tools 87

Mills Scofield

APRIL 15, 2014

CS : The Industrial Revolution was based on achieving efficiency by scale through replication – a frozen goal in a static context. We have to challenge the industrial culture in our work places to enable people to have better interactions. It’s usually messy… and increasingly effective.

Efficiency 132

Efficiency Energy Senge Resources 132

Mills Scofield

JUNE 3, 2014

He has vast experience creating business models all over the globe, in almost every industry sector, and he came to the same conclusion: There is no significant difference in the business models themselves. In fact, we agreed that for-profit social businesses are a powerful way to increase impact.

Business Model 175

Business Model Venture Capitalist B2C Entrepreneur 175

Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 15, 2013

Jon is VP of marketing in the healthcare software industry. I''m honored to have Jon Mertz (known to many of us @ThinDifference ) guest post. He has an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin and has worked for companies like Deloitte, IBM, and BMC Software.

Creativity 132

Creativity Innovation Self-aware Software 132

Mills Scofield

APRIL 15, 2012

His organization, The Business Innovation Factory (BIF), is a vehicle for sharing real life stories about business models that have transformed industries and lives. Long before it became fashionable, Saul was leveraging the power of business models in his career.

Kaplan 151

Kaplan Business Model Levitt Christensen 151

Mills Scofield

MARCH 23, 2015

I’ve had C-suiters give air cover to employees with soul sparks that when implemented changed industries, delivered value propositions for their customers’ customers and created opportunities for new hires and employee growth. In my career, I’ve helped clients ignite soul sparks and surpass goals we thought were long shots.

Mentor 70

Mentor Incubator Open-book Tools 70

Mills Scofield

MARCH 23, 2015

I’ve had C-suiters give air cover to employees with soul sparks that when implemented changed industries, delivered value propositions for their customers’ customers and created opportunities for new hires and employee growth. In my career, I’ve helped clients ignite soul sparks and surpass goals we thought were long shots.

Mentor 70

Mentor Incubator Open-book Innovation 70

Mills Scofield

MAY 29, 2013

I’ve teamed up with industry leaders and partner companies to invite a small group of students interested in design, business development, social innovation, and technology to execute a one-year experiential education. The game plan is even simpler: begin with a pilot class of ten students this fall.

Education 166

Education Innovation Project Mentor 166

Mills Scofield

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Again, they scraped data from the open web on other industries'' IP filings and academic publications providing the key feature they were looking for: a certain texture. They then took it one step further and asked, "How would you find the technology and material to meet this need?"

Stage-Gate 128

Stage-Gate Productivity Products Innovation 128

Mills Scofield

APRIL 15, 2013

This spirit or exchange, respect, and transparency became essential to our strategy for building partnerships and learning from industry “elders” who had walked the path before us. The second example that reinforced this strategy for us was our understanding of Amazonian ecology.

Talent Management 167

Talent Management Management Supply Chain NGO 167

Mills Scofield

JUNE 30, 2015

Through her STEAM Stories blog series, she hopes to bring together a community of passionate STEAM do-ers to inspire future interdisciplinary work in hobby, education, and industry.

Film 70

Film Definition Transportation Video 70

Mills Scofield

JUNE 30, 2015

Through her STEAM Stories blog series, she hopes to bring together a community of passionate STEAM do-ers to inspire future interdisciplinary work in hobby, education, and industry.

Film 70

Film Definition Transportation Engineering 70

Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Not only has TED created its own class of 1%ers ; but, as Andrew points out in his blog “ On Ted ,” its structure is fundamentally flawed and representative of an archaic, industrial model. The effective transfer of ideas and information can be done better. We deserve better. Our ideas deserve better. What If…?

Venture Capitalist 132

Venture Capitalist Conference Education Class 132