Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 11, 2012

And when they handle the complexity of factors thrown at them, engaged employees by default will innovate, and improve ways of doing the work. Creating a system that drives needed innovation and allows people to make progress on their work, creates a reinforcing loop of innovation and progress. Contextual Goals.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

They are more likely to speak up and share their ideas, take initiative and make active decisions, innovate and go beyond their basic job roles, and commit more effectively to their work overall. From top leaders to freshers and interns, every employee needs to be clued in on the company culture and equally committed to pursuing it.

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Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 12, 2012

While preparing for a focus group meeting it came to me NOISE. A method that uses solution-focused language and is able to build upon the teams existing knowledge and goals. In the ‘ High Performance Team Building ’ class a smart friend Brian Pagkos shared an idea he had ‘SNOT Analysis’ strengths, needs , opportunities, threats.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2010

I thought it would be helpful to provide the list of 31 questions, and my one sentence perspective on each question, as it dovetails with my current book project (tentatively titled, The Little Black Book of Innovation.) How do you define innovation? What are different types of innovation? What is disruptive innovation?

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2013

As global innovators, however, they share a remarkable core value and best practice: they invest in the innovative capabilities of their suppliers. While lean production has almost nothing to do with video production, the clear message was that genuinely lean enterprise craved innovation that made their suppliers more innovative.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2020

The right culture makes it easy for employees to create the connections needed to foster collaboration and unite teams as they work toward common goals. The culture required to drive a strategy of innovation is different from the culture required to develop efficiency or operational excellence. Talk to customers.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2012

The same holds true for consumer focus groups, innovation contests, and more recently the use of social media sites to solicit feedback from consumers. The company interviewed teens in focus groups before launching the product to find out which features to include in their new internet-enabled TV.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

” Poor progress Forecasts paint a worrisome picture, suggesting that the goal of reducing childhood obesity by 50% by 2030 may fall short, with the likelihood of a doubling rather than a halving of cases during that period. Against this, they can also discourage the kind of policies designed to achieve those goals.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

In 2016, former American Express CEO Ken Chenault tasked chief human resource officer Kevin Cox with finding new opportunities that would drive innovation and revenue growth. Their reasoning: Five years from now, successful companies will increasingly employ innovative business models that no one currently thinks are feasible.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Its goal is to ensure that marketers don’t blindly focus on any one area without due consideration for the implications and tradeoffs to the organization’s broader goals. The goal is to help marketers find balance. They are: Observation is where customer behavior reveals new insights.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2018

It starts with a “vision” statement, moves on to “strategic themes” (six in all) and culminates in 28 “strategic goals.” Once it adopted the six-step method, these outcomes were identified as “reducing employee turnover and increasing productivity and innovation.” Be prepared to adjust.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2013

Specifically, you need to be able to identify a problem or gap, and come up with an innovative solution. (Of The suspense is no doubt killing you, so I''ll go ahead and tell you the secret to recognizing opportunities: promotion focus. For each goal, make a list of ways in which you will gain something if you are successful.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 19, 2023

Through a combination of efficiency projects and the use of renewable energy, we are on pace to reach our carbon emissions goal ahead of schedule. In fact, we are more than 90% of the way to our 2025 emissions reduction goal. Robinson, we are focused on reducing the emissions from our own carbon footprint.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2016

According to a new study published by the Center for Talent Innovation, Latinos at Work: Unleashing the Power of Culture , most Latinos in the U.S. As one Latino focus group participant said, “I look up, see no one like myself, and have to wonder if there is a future here for me.”

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2012

So it seems like we need to add brainstorming sessions to the scrap heap of plausible business techniques that actually don't work that well, along with focus groups and job interviews. It's absolutely necessary, but it's not enough when genuine novelty is the goal. How can this be? It doesn't.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

A big goal requires a “thick we” network — a community of people who feel responsible for collaborating toward a shared purpose that they see as superseding their individual needs. Consider Ashoka , which provides start-up funding and support for social innovators worldwide. Participants tend to belong for individualistic reasons.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

Companies like Google and 3M have benefited from embracing innovation that comes from all parts of the organization. What are the key actions of strategic leaders who drive innovation without formal authority? We consider these findings to be informative for organizations looking to harness emergent innovation from their employees.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2018

Imagine, for example, being promised a culture of innovation only to have every new idea you put forward dismissed. The company conducted employee focus groups and found that working there didn’t actually feel like working for a global company. Forward-looking attributes.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2014

Now in its second year , the initiative’s goal is to create a world where no woman dies from complications during pregnancy and childbirth. Businesses gain their strategic focus from understanding the “customer” ? Pursue scientific innovation. Maternal mortality is an enormously complicated problem. What has been achieved?

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2013

But, in my experience, in the most innovative companies, teaming is the culture. She went on to lead as many as 18 focus groups to allow people to air concerns and ideas. Teaming is about identifying essential collaborators and quickly getting up to speed on what they know so you can work together to get things done.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2012

The goal is simple: put the right people with the right skills in the right work. How can we share insights and innovations that allow our employees to be more productive? Thankfully, in the course of researching our new book, my coauthors and I found several companies that don't fall victim to the Gradgrind effect. Take Sprint.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2012

Additional data was collected through interviews, focus groups and, most importantly, through observation. The goal of the survey was to understand the needs of the future customer. And, just as importantly, we knew that we could not treat this customer as a "case study" for charity.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2014

So we don’t take chances and innovate — unless we feel assured that our data won’t be used against us. The goal was to provide developmental feedback and help the mechanics deliver more efficient customer service, but executives weren’t sure how to report the data they gathered. So, how much “talking” should devices do?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2016

When my publication, Innovation Leader, surveyed 170 executives who work in R&D, strategy, and new product development roles at large public companies, we found that 82% said they’ve already deployed some elements of the lean startup approach. A faster cycle time for developing ideas.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2015

When it comes to discovering unmet customer needs and innovation opportunities, there’s no substitute for in-the-moment, in-context observation for making meaning out of the complex weave of emotion and rationality that drives consumer behavior. .” And you don’t need a Ph.D.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2016

An innovative care provider organization in Eastern Massachusetts with 30 medical practices and a home health and hospice agency, it already receives almost 80% of revenue from global payments (a fixed payment for all of a patient’s medical treatment during a specified period of time) or other risk contracts. Insight Center.

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