Mills Scofield

APRIL 15, 2013

We knew early on that building a strong team and bringing in key leaders would be essential for our growth. Thinking about how this might relate to our organization, we saw that a team of Tylers and Dans would be tremendously weak. The diversity of species naturally cycles nutrients, protects the soil, and manages insect populations.

Talent Management 167

Talent Management Management Supply Chain NGO 167

Mills Scofield

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Projects-With-Purpose: Bringing a Community Volunteer Program to Lif e Chatham and Geneca teams at work. In a nutshell, The Little Give teams up Edelman employees to develop PR programs for local nonprofits focused on children and youth. Now we can learn about their journey into sharing their talents and treasures with their community.

Ryan 130

Ryan PR Project B2B 130

Mills Scofield

APRIL 14, 2019

design teams, to procurement, supply chain, etc. Today’s systems are complicated and complex* requiring different leadership capabilities throughout the organization. And I mean Leadership, not "Management Plus" , from those leading the various physical, hardware, software, etc. all the way across and up to the CEO.

Software 173

Software Supply Chain Airlines Leadership 173

Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 26, 2020

My hope for you is that, in one of the rare calmer moments, any learning from and during this time can take root, so when you come out on the other side, you can use that new wisdom and insight for good - for your family, your team, your company, yourself. Wear your mask, keep your distance, be safe.

Ryan 91

Ryan Engineering Planning Skills 91

Mills Scofield

DECEMBER 3, 2014

My mantra, Experiment-Learn-Apply-Iterate , is a way to start building trust in one''s own capabilities and one''s team (pg 29). .: 52 Weeks of Activities and Inspiriations for Building Worldplace Trust (Vol 3.). Get the book, try out these various ways and you''ll be surprised at how it works!

Teamwork 136

Teamwork Innovation Strategy Books 136

Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 22, 2014

Alex Osterwalder & team have created the definitive easy-to/must-uses guide on how to create a compelling value proposition - Value Proposition Design. The icons are memorable and can become part of your team’s lexicon for thinking about customers. Yes, definitive.

Business Model 132

Business Model Handbook Definition Education 132

Mills Scofield

AUGUST 17, 2012

If individuals aren’t allowed to dream, how can teams and organizations? Dreams and innovation are not solo events; they are team sports. How you encourage, support, reward teams around common passions will determine how well you delight your customers…and your people.

Innovation 146

Innovation Safe Harbor Sports Education 146

Mills Scofield

AUGUST 10, 2014

They know a lot but not everything, they are confident but not arrogant and they are ready to forge ahead – with the help of their team’s insights and inputs. Great leaders are strong but don’t hide all their emotions. They want to be challenged and they want hidden assumptions brought to light and questioned."

Leadership 131

Leadership Innovation Strategy Team 131

Mills Scofield

MARCH 25, 2013

In the Great Pyramid of Giza, Egyptologists have found carved in the stone blocks the names of some of the work teams that helped to build this monument. The carvings were never meant to be seen by others. Tanveer Naseer is an award-winning and internationally-acclaimed leadership writer and speaker.

Development 172

Development Follow-up Creativity Short-term 172

Mills Scofield

MARCH 25, 2014

I hope it makes a difference for you, your teams, your people. The Switch and Shift post " Are You Just a Leader or a Just Leader" beat the record for number of views, previously held by the wonderful Ted Coiné (and he''s not even upset with me!). because the difference can be positively profound.

Innovation 134

Innovation Positioning Team Leadership 134

Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 12, 2012

The most important question to me as a resource to our Employee Management team was asking our employee to provide an unknown fact about themselves that they were proud of. We kept each survey in a binder for quick reference when rewarding our team or when we see an article that may be of interest to them.

Company 169

Company Survey Bottom-up Bond 169

Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Additionally, machine-centered teams from the first year became cross-functional, focused at a higher level. The teams initiated this themselves, without being asked to do so. Each team had to provide quarterly reports to the Steering Committee on their progress. Lean teams are everywhere.

Committee 101

Committee Training Teamwork Long-term 101

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. You then have a better chance at creating a more permanent place for yourself within the team.

Short-term 187

Short-term Innovation Entrepreneur Learning-by-Doing 187

Mills Scofield

JUNE 19, 2023

It doesn’t matter whether you’re a parent, manager, or leader of the free world, command and control will never outperform a team of people who are involved and committed to a cause. Following orders doesn’t require thinking; just doing. Control is an illusion.

Commitment 91

Commitment Follow-up Morale Micromanagement 91

Mills Scofield

JANUARY 26, 2015

Thank you so much, Barbara Kimmel and team for your trust! Honored, humbled and daunted to be named 1 of the top 100 Thought Leaders on Trust by Trust Across America. Culture Integrity Leadership Top Thought Leader Trust Trust Across America'

Team 70

Team Leadership 70

Mills Scofield

APRIL 14, 2019

design teams, to procurement, supply chain, etc. Today’s systems are complicated and complex* requiring different leadership capabilities throughout the organization. And I mean Leadership, not "Management Plus" , from those leading the various physical, hardware, software, etc. all the way across and up to the CEO.

Software 91

Software Supply Chain Airlines Leadership 91

Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Football teams spend countless hours watching game footage to determine how to improve individual performance and build a winning team. Remember, practice makes perfect — unless you’re making the same mistakes over and over again. Critique your actions. Take the time to reflect on your experiences and learn from them.

Learning-by-Doing 132

Learning-by-Doing Follow-up Books Innovation 132

Mills Scofield

APRIL 10, 2017

What if our cross-functional teams, at various steps in project or product development, examined why, what and how they were doing, what was working and why, what wasn't and why, and discussed all the things that could go wrong from that point on and why they could go wrong and how they could mitigate or eliminate those risks?

Project 70

Project Productivity Products Process 70

Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

I was part of a team at AT&T, working with other Internet Service Providers (ISPs), to self-govern the Internet - including requiring all of us to move data between ourselves at the speed specified by the packet header (e.g., Fun reading! latency requirements).

Business Model 131

Business Model Content Price Information 131

Mills Scofield

JANUARY 8, 2014

When she arrived in South Africa, she quickly realized that, despite months of communication and planning, the community partner did not want her or her team of student volunteers there. Within just a few days of the start of a 10-week project, she became concerned for the safety of her team. Natasha pulled the plug.

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur Innovation Incentives Mentor 124

Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Neenah’s General Manager (GM), Jerry Hessel, knew that team-based manufacturing improved performance, so he felt he had to do something. The team met monthly and always went through the actual training that employees would go through. This empowered teams to improve their day-to-day life at work. Jerry asked to help him.

Handbook 87

Handbook Committee Training Tools 87

Mills Scofield

MARCH 19, 2013

Books provide the courage and stimulus to move people’s molecules around, and when they’re consumed by teams in a deliberate way, the can cause team’s to align to create change – a prerequisite to making innovation happen. Or come hang with us on Twitter via #StellaFarm! And it goes like this.

Innovation 138

Innovation Govindarajan Human Capital Health Care 138

Mills Scofield

JANUARY 11, 2015

She suggests that collaboration develop in an organic way, rather than something being imposed on a team. Successful collaboration isn''t just about providing the necessary tools and training for collaboration," she explains, "but also about building trust with employees." Watch how your people collaborate," Mills-Scofield advises.

Tools 70

Tools Innovation Strategy Training 70

Mills Scofield

MAY 29, 2013

I began working for a student program at a church in the west suburbs of Chicago and for the next five years, I served on a team focused on building a 40,000 sq. I told my Middle Eastern parents that I wouldn''t be pursuing the traditional routes of doctor, lawyer, or engineer and left home to pursue a degree and work in education.

Education 166

Education Innovation Project Mentor 166

Mills Scofield

MARCH 11, 2013

These posts demonstrate their commitment to team work, collaboration and how they value their people. Menasha Packaging has a legacy of integrity and authenticity - going back 164 years. read on, re-read on and listen and learn - so many gems of wisdom in here.

Long-term 98

Long-term Kaplan Commitment Team 98

Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Have you empowered teams to actually accomplish their objectives? When you give someone the “power” without the tools and teams to make it real, frustration and anxiety increase which decreases morale, productivity and of course passion. Do you hold people accountable for things they cannot control or direct?

Power 171

Power Due Diligence Education Budgeting 171

Mills Scofield

JULY 27, 2014

They effectively instilled in every member of the team that they were each doing something purposeful, meaningful and important, igniting a cycle of positive change that propelled the organization to heights no one had once thought possible. Rather, they chose to envision a future that was a collage of bests. They are contagious.

Positioning 170

Positioning Power Leadership Energy 170

Mills Scofield

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Either as a member of the product team or as the "gate keeper," you might make this decision based on a gut feeling, prior experience, a partial understanding of the ecosystem, OR, increasingly, based on Product Intelligence. The layering of these unstructured voices with other structured data sets (i.e.: Reduce Investments of Time + Money.

Stage-Gate 128

Stage-Gate Productivity Products Innovation 128

Mills Scofield

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Wyatt Hayman : After winning $30,000 from the Oberlin College Creativity and Leadership Fellowship our startup team set up in Lake Tahoe, California to build a business. Jack Kearney : When you've got the skills and team to start building a product, it's really easy to get carried away and just 'go'.

Learning-by-Doing 138

Learning-by-Doing Creativity Brainstorming Skills 138

Mills Scofield

MAY 27, 2014

In business, as you lead your team and guide your organization, do you ever ask yourself “ Is it worth it?” When you cast a clear vision and share it with your team, you are free to lead well, and run your race as you see fit. Do you ever ask yourself a similar question in your business? ” What are your goals?

Goal 161

Goal Entrepreneur Training Strategy 161

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! An oh, she also is a pole vaulter on the track and field team.

Process 150

Process Engineering Constraint Education 150

Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 10, 2010

Which of our assumptions were right and wrong Where we should and shouldn't invest going forward Who are the people/team members who challenge, question, test How we need to set or reset expectations As discussed in Part I , scientists rely on the scientific method to help identify sources of failure and learn from them.

Team 98

Team Innovation 98

Mills Scofield

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

My mentee, Sarah, was a Mechanical Engineering major from the Boston area and leader on the Women's Crew Team. 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.

Mentor 98

Mentor Engineering Participative Industry 98

Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Our defeated team immediately took to a new project with our Professor’s encouragement. With a few members of our original group and one new collaborator who had left another project team to join ours, a fresh assembly of people set out on yet another project that next afternoon. The true test was lifting it up, though.

Class 178

Class Project Long-term Engineering 178

Mills Scofield

MAY 8, 2012

The teams (adults, counselors, and kids) clean up their neighborhoods, collecting litter, trash collection, recycle, plant vegetable gardens, access mobile clinics, and build temporary shelters and public sanitation facilities. Children are taught how to create safe, clean, healthy environments and bodies for playing soccer.

Innovation 170

Innovation Business Model Goal Class 170

Mills Scofield

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Apply to yourself first, your team, and your organization. And let’s face it, we’re not helping anyone by avoiding the issue…we’re kicking the can down the road. So, please think about how you can apply Temperance in 2013. As the leader, you set the tone.

Short-term 170

Short-term Long-term Morale Politics 170

Mills Scofield

APRIL 28, 2013

These reasons are why I believe that Allen Kramer and Gladys Ndagire , plus their team, have created something special. For this reason many investors choose to distribute their money into a regularly functioning enterprise versus a social one.

Innovation 171

Innovation Conference Metrics Education 171