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Thinking Differently. Enabling Innovation

Mike Cardus

Competitive demands require quicker, more effective and innovative problem solving. Problem solvers are required to quickly provide solutions to increasingly complex problems, develop and design new and innovative products and processes – all while reducing research and development time and costs. 1.716.629.3678. 1.716.629.3678.

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Five whats and a how – solution-focused method to make team progress

Mike Cardus

AND you need Five Whats and a How to catalyze innovation. When you’re thinking about improvements or a process of things you want to enhance or innovate, generally, you start with defining some of the best hopes you want to achieve. The client brought up to five whys. 5 whys work pretty well. What does better look like?

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Different Perspectives to Solve Problems

Mike Cardus

Current Method Better Way Innovation. Face to Face or Virtual Team Innovation Problem Solving. It helps to have a process or framework to focus the team’s work, and see multiple perspectives all in one place. Current Method Better Way with a virtual team to enhance operator training & learning.

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The Ultimate Corporate Retreat Guide: 24 Destination Ideas and Tips

HR Digest

Here are a few benefits that might convince you to take the plunge: Team building. A corporate retreat is a great opportunity for coworkers to bond and build stronger relationships. So why not consider planning a company retreat for your team? The mountains.

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Finding what works to solve problems and make progress through coaching

Mike Cardus

You’ll learn: A research-based process to coach yourself and make progress through complex challenges Strategies and tools for improving the performance of any team An innovative, proven approach to managing complexity and change in teams A coaching model that can be applied to organizations, teams, and individuals How these methods have been applied (..)

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Do I Have to Come up With All The Great Ideas!? Why this belief means you suck as a manager.

Mike Cardus

If it is ask them to include the idea into the ‘ solutions or ideas bank ’ for that part of the work…or it may be useful now. What is the best way to share this idea with the team? The idea may be useful later. Ask, based upon the idea you shared and the current work we are doing how do you see this being most useful?

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Playing the Long Game: The Employee Retention Process in HR

HR Digest

The World Bank has projected a 9 million skilled and semi-skilled ICT workers shortage to affect Indonesia between 2015-2030. It takes an active HR department and research team to keep their eyes on shifting trends in order to find innovative ways to retain employees.

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