Strategy Driven
DECEMBER 19, 2013
Silent Killer #5: Suppressing Innovation. Thanks to the bureaucracy and lack of listening that exists in most companies today, we have created working environments that stifle the creativity, original thought, and innovation that make our human capital so valuable. The greatest enemy of innovation is modern management.
Strategy Driven
DECEMBER 12, 2013
Rather than attempting to replace people, our IT systems, processes, and products should be aimed at enabling the human cooperation, collaboration, and innovation that are essential to growing a business. But a new generation of coordination tools is available, and the innovators of the world are using them. About the Author.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Strategy Driven
NOVEMBER 21, 2013
Too many organizations today have created and tolerated a range of practices in which creativity, innovation, and the fundamental expressions of our thoughts and feelings about our work and our futures are ignored or spurned. This lack of listening is a tremendous source of waste. Lock in and Engage Top Talent. Set the Stage for Engagement.
Strategy Driven
NOVEMBER 7, 2013
Historic innovation often comes during times of historic difficulty, as these breakdowns create the demand for something new to emerge. Ohno was then a student of Henry Ford’s industrial process designs and innovations, but these would no longer work given the circumstances in post-war Japan. Suppressing Innovation.
Strategy Driven
DECEMBER 26, 2013
When leaders are willing to make the shift away from bureaucratic work styles and structures, develop listening as a key management competence, generate cultures that welcome innovation, and build systems and processes that support this new way of working, their people will once again experience meaning and purpose in their working lives.
Strategy Driven
DECEMBER 5, 2013
In other words, we’re paying people to think, to innovate, and to collaborate with others to produce the best possible results. Management & Leadership Tactical Execution business management Chris Majer employee engagement employee productivity lean six sigma strategydriven' Lock in and Engage Top Talent.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 29, 2014
Why would a company use such drastic tactics? In a blog post, Uber says, "We never use marketing tactics that prevent a driver from making their living — and that includes never intentionally canceling rides." A contractor can supposedly earn $750 for turning a driver. The program, in all of its glory, is known as SLOG. Good question.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
50 
Let's personalize your content