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Part II: The 3 Critical Elements of Enabling Change: Change Agents, Enablers and Drivers
Building on Part I, to transform to a true Culture of Innovation, we also have various players and roles. I have learned that identifying the roles early on in the process helps the transformation process enormously. For the last many years, I have been working on this model with large clients across many sectors with…
Culture of Innovation: An Integrated Process, People and Product Transformation
The following 3 blogs will talk about a few of the critical elements of creating a strong and meaningful Culture of Innovation (CofI). This 3 part blog series includes: Part I: The Culture of Innovation- An integrated process, people and product transformation. Part II: The Agents of Change: Agents, Enablers, Drivers of Change Part III:…
No Funding to Train and Experiment: Can You Innovate?
Source: Dilbert.com Recently, I am encountering a number of clients who have a desire to innovate; they even have innovation and training programs, but either do not have a meaningful budget or are continuously chewing away at the training budget (cutting costs), and some at alarming rates. If we do not invest in training global…
Can You Innovate if You Don’t Communicate?
Over the last year, while working with some of my clients in the area of disruption and innovation and building the Culture of Innovation with them, I have witnessed something most interesting and alarming. If folks are totally introverted and non-communicative, can we built a culture of innovation? Innovation by default requires collaboration, communication and…
Yes, Let’s Bring Jobs and Knowledge Back to America, Shall We?
Building on my last blog of May 31…I totally agree with Dylan Tweney’s recent article: America, it’s time to start making things again. We (America) need to consciously think of bringing jobs back and retraining and focusing on the growth of talent in America. As mentioned in Tweney’s article, here is what Motorola is doing…
Rising Global Unemployment Rates…Why is Germany Different?
As per the report about unemployment in the euro zone released this week, unemployment rates in Europe in certain countries are approaching 50%. This means that half of the eligible work force cannot find jobs which is hugely distressing for countries such as Spain and Greece. The U.S. has lower unemployment numbers, however, it is…