Mills Scofield

MARCH 2, 2020

Borrowing an example from the Innovation Network, a highway construction company’s outputs are project design and the number of highway miles built and repaired. Let’s define outputs as the stuff we produce, be it physical or virtual, for a specific type of customer—say, car seats for babies.

Management 127

Management Travel Constraint Workshop 127

Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

What the heck does a dishwasher have to do with management? Think about how many managers (including us!) So, what management lessons can we learn from the above 4 options? How would you want to be managed ? Everything – stick with me. struggle with micromanaging, criticizing (vs. You’re micromanaging!!!!

Management 91

Management Micromanagement Learning-by-Doing Maturity 91

Mills Scofield

MARCH 2, 2020

Borrowing an example from the Innovation Network, a highway construction company’s outputs are project design and the number of highway miles built and repaired. Let’s define outputs as the stuff we produce, be it physical or virtual, for a specific type of customer—say, car seats for babies.

Management 91

Management Travel Constraint Workshop 91

Mills Scofield

MARCH 27, 2011

There are many areas in which to innovate. But, you can innovate processes, procedures, your supply chain…how you define ‘work’! No area of innovation is ‘easy’, but some seem harder than others. Everyone thinks of products and services first.

Supply Chain 105

Supply Chain Innovation Process Productivity 105

Mills Scofield

APRIL 15, 2013

I studied indigenous Amazonian languages and Ethnobotany in college and managed to avoid taking any math, science or business courses (yes, I went to Brown University). My business partner, Dan MacCombie, studied Marine Biology, so he was equally inexperienced in the art of management (unless we decided to employ invertebrates).

Talent Management 167

Talent Management Management Supply Chain NGO 167

Mills Scofield

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Some came from AT&T corporate product management & marketing. AT&T corporate product managers and marketers [.]. But how did we learn about these problems? Some we just thought up. But few came from seeing customers firsthand, so we ended up using ourselves as ‘examples’ – not good.

Innovation 142

Innovation Marketing Productivity Products 142

Mills Scofield

JANUARY 28, 2019

The media, fans, and managers will be focused on key stats like on-base and slugging percentages, defensive runs saved, walks/hits per inning pitched and ERA … and of course Grand Slams and Home-Runs! Guess what, companies love those big sexy stats too - especially for innovation. Opening day is March 28th.

Innovation 129

Innovation Media Course Company 129

Mills Scofield

JANUARY 7, 2015

Culture Future of Work Innovation Leadership Mobility Strategy Telecommuting Workplace collaboration' Thank you Vala Afshar and Ryan Needing for including me in the Huffington Post article and the Collaboration & Mobility Assessment tool. It was great to be a part of this!

Ryan 70

Ryan Management Innovation Tools 70

Mills Scofield

JANUARY 28, 2019

The media, fans, and managers will be focused on key stats like on-base and slugging percentages, defensive runs saved, walks/hits per inning pitched and ERA … and of course Grand Slams and Home-Runs! Guess what, companies love those big sexy stats too - especially for innovation. Opening day is March 28th.

Innovation 91

Innovation Media Course Company 91

Mills Scofield

JANUARY 31, 2011

It seems everyone is writing a book on management needs to change. Julian Birkinshaw, co-founder of The Management Lab with Gary Hamel, has a new book, "Reinventing Management: Smarter Choices for Getting Word Done" that is clearly one of the best. A few stand out, at least for me (see below for my recommendations).

Hamel 101

Hamel Process Management Books 101

Mills Scofield

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

What is your image of an inventor or innovator? Increasing evidence shows most innovation comes from two or more people…one of whom might even be a woman! We stereotype innovators as men and mainly in STEM* products. Fast-forward ~ Innovating Women launches today! Get Innovating Women. A man alone in a lab?

CTO 142

CTO Engineering How To Innovation 142

Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Career Paths Creative Mind Culture Design Education Innovation Leadership Management career' And what are you doing with it? © Crockett, Johnson “Harold and the Purple Crayon.” ” 1955 HarperCollins.

Creativity 128

Creativity Education Career Innovation 128

Mills Scofield

DECEMBER 3, 2014

Culture Innovation Leadership Management Strategy Teamwork Trust Trust Across America' Get the book, try out these various ways and you''ll be surprised at how it works! And if you want, buy Vol 1 & 2 as well (ok, i''m in Volume 1 too)).

Teamwork 136

Teamwork Innovation Strategy Books 136

Mills Scofield

APRIL 15, 2011

Yesterday was an amazing day for Cleveland.the 2nd annual TEDxCLE. Let's put this in perspective. The theme was "Guardians of the Evolution: We are the guardians of Cleveland's future; We are responsible for its evolution; Success is only possible through collaboration."

Innovation 98

Innovation Power Succession Management 98

Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

After seeing Carl Størmer''s story at BIF9 and an intense & casual chat with my friend, and daughter''s jazz voice teacher, Kim Nazarian of the New York Voices , I have a very different view of management, leadership, creativity, innovation and the music of life. Please read and comment.

Innovation 87

Innovation Creativity Management Leadership 87

Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 22, 2014

Character Culture Innovation Leadership Lean Start-up Management Strategy Trust' Thank you Barbara Kimmel and Trust Across America - Trust Across the World for the opportunity to be part of #TRUSTGiving2014. Taking risk requires trust – to discover, try, re-try, be okay with uncertainty, imperfection and even fail.

Uncertainty 115

Uncertainty Innovation Strategy Management 115

Mills Scofield

JANUARY 8, 2014

This guest post is by fellow mentor/advisor to the Social Innovation Fellowship (formerly C.V. This is a must read for innovators and entrepreneurs of any type. Fortunately, this young social innovator lives on to fight another day, stronger for the experience. The social innovation sector is filled with perverse incentives.

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur Innovation Incentives Mentor 124

Mills Scofield

JANUARY 5, 2014

Culture HumanBiz Innovation Leadership Management Risks Shawn Murphy Switch and Shift' Shawn Murphy used my quote to spur our conversation on Work That Matters : " When we don’t give our people the space to take calculated risks, learn, apply, and iterate, we are really risking our future." What a chat! Listen here.

Innovation 110

Innovation Management Leadership 110

Mills Scofield

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

We talk about her love for books and reading, her time at Brown University (past and present), cognitive science, learning and development, and management principle, and how they can all be applied personally and professionally.There are many lessons throughout this conversation.

Innovation 112

Innovation Strategy Course Books 112

Mills Scofield

FEBRUARY 26, 2011

One of the central tenets of 20th Century business has been ‘best practices' Let's dissect this veritable oxymoron: Best: highest quality, standing (at a point in time, place and context) Practice: a habit or custom (noun) or to do repeatedly to acquire proficiency Admittedly, and importantly, there are things to learn from others successes (..)

Innovation 120

Innovation Quality Company Succession 120

Mills Scofield

JANUARY 23, 2014

RCUS Culture Innovation Leadership Management Millennials Networking Strategy Virtues-Values mentoring' Putting my chats and stories together - thoughts? Thank you BIF, CXO-Talk, Switch and Shift, and UnleashWD!

Mentor 87

Mentor Innovation Strategy Management 87

Mills Scofield

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

managers), we naively think we can control things, so we try to control things." Control Culture Innovation Lead Change Group Leadership Switch & Shift micromanagement questions' ” When I wrote a version of this in a recent Harvard Business Review post , it prompted a great deal of discussion. As humans, and business people (e.g.,

Efficiency 126

Efficiency Micromanagement Innovation Review 126

Mills Scofield

MAY 13, 2012

Perhaps innovators and entrepreneurs aren’t more risk-o-philic, they just define risk differently – not following one’s passion and purpose is a greater risk than financial or reputational security. We can all learn from their transformative innovations. ” Well, someone = us !

Business Model 154

Business Model Constraint Innovation Licensing 154

Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

As my grandfather, my own mentor in management, would remind me, “delegate, but don’t abdicate.” We have to innovate, test, fail, and try again, in order to ensure a true impact on such a societal problem. Real progress however, is more messy and less linear. He divides his time between the US and Bamako, Mali.

NGO 175

NGO Short-term Delegation Finance 175

Mills Scofield

JULY 14, 2015

If we do these 3 things, everything will be alright: our customers will shower us with accolades, our employees will ooze engagement and innovation and we will be profitable beyond belief. if you want to manage, keep reading those lists. It doesn't work that way. The path is not linear. If you want to lead, think.

Innovation 70

Innovation Management Strategy Leadership 70

Mills Scofield

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

Innovation doesn''t always have to be grand, expensive and complicated.sometimes, simple is really great. Lowe’s launched the Lowe’s Innovation Labs in June 2014. Human-Centered Design Innovation Lowe''s Strategy User Design User Experience Value Proposition Design'

B2C 70

B2C Retail Innovation Entrepreneur 70

Mills Scofield

JANUARY 16, 2013

When we met in January 2012, my idealist entrepreneurial dreams hit pavement as David shared their years of market experience in mobile recruitment while managing a large and rapidly growing team in over four countries. First is the bandwidth to test out new ideas and to maintain a constant stream of innovation.

Short-term 187

Short-term Innovation Entrepreneur Learning-by-Doing 187

Mills Scofield

DECEMBER 5, 2014

In the case of the former, they typically would want to know why and how could they innovate their current product to regain their position as number one. While it may have mitigated the clients'' losses some of the time, the innovation was inevitably reactive, unscientific, and not robust nor holistic. Fast forward to today.

Stage-Gate 128

Stage-Gate Productivity Products Innovation 128

Mills Scofield

AUGUST 12, 2013

It covers my love of social media and obsession with photo management to the lifecycle of events and what it is like to try to change an organization from the inside. Change Creativity Culture Impact Innovation Jessica Esch Leadership Storytelling United Way Virtues-Values' Are you my tribe? Read Jessica''s book here: [link].

Storytelling 189

Storytelling Library Creativity Content 189

Mills Scofield

JULY 14, 2015

If we do these 3 things, everything will be alright: our customers will shower us with accolades, our employees will ooze engagement and innovation and we will be profitable beyond belief. if you want to manage, keep reading those lists. It doesn't work that way. The path is not linear. If you want to lead, think.

Innovation 70

Innovation Management Strategy Leadership 70

Mills Scofield

AUGUST 13, 2012

It reinforces a binary world of it’s “me” or “them” - either/or – not “us”, not “and” Throughout my career, when I focus on the “ Thou ”, helping my clients’ solve challenges and innovate resulting in growth, jobs, philanthropy, the “ I ” takes care of itself.

Mentor 142

Mentor Agility Innovation Travel 142

Mills Scofield

MARCH 23, 2015

Because that was how I was managed and led from the start of my career, because that was really all I personally and gratefully knew, that was how I managed and led others; how could I know otherwise? They drive us to innovate and to make an impact. They viewed their job as lighting the fire and clearing the path for me.

Mentor 70

Mentor Incubator Open-book Innovation 70

Mills Scofield

APRIL 15, 2014

Trust is a tool to assess and manage (reduce and/or increase) risk, depending on the situation. As we let ourselves be vulnerable, we also leave ourselves more open to new ideas, new ways of thinking which leads to empathy and innovation. Energy Management raises the issue of perfection. Just like playing jazz.

Efficiency 132

Efficiency Energy Senge Resources 132

Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 26, 2014

To be innovative is to act with creativity by experimenting with how things get done in ways that are good for you and for the people around you--taking realistic steps aimed at scoring four-way wins. HE ENCOURAGES INNOVATION IN HIMSELF AND OTHERS. Leading by example, he inspires others to be creative.

Learning-by-Doing 129

Learning-by-Doing Audience Open-book Innovation 129

Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

My latest post at Harvard Business Review - please join in the discussion!

Management 98

Management Review Strategy Innovation 98

Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 7, 2013

She is co-president of Brown''s student initiative to incorporate the arts into STEM, STEAM and a project manager on Brown''s solar decathlon " Techstyle Haus " team, of which about half are women! Hanna ( Brown ''14) created an independent concentration, Biologically Inspired Design and is working on her thesis.

Process 150

Process Engineering Constraint Education 150

Mills Scofield

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Corporate Culture Culture Innovation Leadership Mark Babbitt Social Social Business Talent Ted Coine' What you may still not know is: these filters are engaged long before the recruiter contacts you. You will never know you were ever seriously considered; you’ll never receive any feedback.

Letter 194

Letter Workshop Advice Career 194