Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Working with a team of 5 Executive Directors from a company that employs ~2000 people we identified a gap in the Managerial Leadership Training , Mentoring and coaching of employees prior to being promoted to a Manager Level within the company. Dimension Time Cost Operator. The DTC Operator Algorithm.

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Operations Training Tools Planning 129

Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Here is the schedule it may change; 12/27/11 – Photos of Teams. 12/29/11 – Team Building & Leadership activity (simulation). Perhaps the most kick-ass corporate team building photo I have ever seen! From a series of Team Development and Leadership workshops I led for the Simon School, University of Rochester.

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TRIZ Team Simon Workshop 110

Mike Cardus

MAY 10, 2011

Nine windows is often used in TRIZ (The theory of inventive problem solving) to explore solutions to a problem in a context of past present and future. Nine-Windows in human system i.e. team building & leadership, can be used as a planning tool. The item being planned goes in the center box.

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Tools Quality TRIZ System 139

Mike Cardus

MAY 24, 2011

Below is an actual Executive Coaching and Managerial Leadership Training + Development process I facilitated. Contact me to make your leaders & teams better. Creating a renewed focus for each person to be working for shared values and commitment to the organization, teams, the community, stake holders, and each other.

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Case Study 360-Degree Feedback Execution TRIZ 116

Mike Cardus

JANUARY 21, 2013

DTC operator continues to be one of my favorites for working with teams that feel stuck or just cannot move out of their own way to explore the system and problem in a different way. I have written about DTC Operator before here and here. Plus I just gave a talk about Innovation Tools and made the PowerPoint below.

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Operations Cost Tools Innovation 112

Mike Cardus

MARCH 19, 2013

Canisius College’s Center for Professional Development and I are offering. Thinking Through Innovation. A highly interactive skills course transferring creative ideas into innovative practices. April 23 – May 21, 2013 ? Tuesday’s, 9am – 4:30pm. Learn more and REGISTER.

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Innovation Creativity Participative Business Model 107

Mike Cardus

JULY 26, 2012

Blocks to Creativity and Innovation. Tools to Release Creativity and Innovation from Michael Cardus. When you face a challenge , and have to solve a problem you need to figure out how to fix-it. Fix-it in a way improves upon what already exists and can prove useful to people besides yourself – that is how I define Innovation.

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Creativity Innovation Tools Sharpe 134

Mike Cardus

MARCH 22, 2011

DEFINITION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL INERTIA. The psychological meaning of the word "inertia" implies an indisposition to change – a certain "stuckness" due to human programming. It represents the inevitability of behaving in a certain way – the way that has been indelibly inscribed somewhere in the brain.

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Construction Definition Learning-by-Doing Team 112

Mike Cardus

MARCH 28, 2011

Presentation from a workshop Creativity To Innovation ; Outcomes of Create-Learning Innovation Programs: Develop a culture of innovation that engages team member creativity and energy. Creativity to Innovation. View more presentations from michael cardus. Challenge old ways of thinking and design new paradigms to drive greater success.

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Creativity Innovation Workshop Business Model 100

Mike Cardus

APRIL 15, 2011

Main Useful Function is the purpose or purposes for which the system was made. For example the main useful function of scissors is to cut paper, the main useful function of a freezer is to cool food, the main useful function of a broom is to move dirt. Defining main useful functions for objects can be challenging.

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