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Tag Archives: Innovation
Effective Innovation
Overcoming the barriers to effective innovation [the broken link was removed] by Pierre Loewe and Jennifer Dominiquini The top six obstacles to innovation identified by respondents were consistent across industries: Short-term focus. Lack of time, resources or staff. Leadership expects … Continue reading
Management Lessons from Terry Ryan
Management Lessons from Terry Ryan: Humility, Stability & Personality from Management by Baseball: competitors in any endeavor figure anything easy must not be a very important differentiator (bass-ackwards of course, but the erroneous mental algebra is that if it was … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Innovation, Management, Psychology
Tagged change, Creativity, Innovation, leadership, management, management history, Psychology, workplace improvement
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The 70 Percent Solution
The 70 Percent Solution [the broken link was removed] by John Battelle, an interview with Google CEO Eric Schmidt: We spend 70 percent of our time on core search and ads. We spend 20 percent on adjacent businesses, ones related … Continue reading
Posted in Google, Innovation, Management, quote, Systems thinking
Tagged Creativity, Google, Innovation, managing people, respect for people
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Innovate or “Play it Safe” to Avoid Risk
The Xooglers blog has some really interesting posts. In one, “But, but, that’s just crazy talk!” [the broken link was removed], Doug Edwards discusses a great example of what true leadership is about. In my defense, my background conspired against … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Google, Innovation, Management, quote
Tagged decision making, Innovation, leadership, management, risk
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Google: Ten Golden Rules
Google: Ten Golden Rules [the broken link was removed] by Eric Schmidt and Hal Varian: At google, we think business guru Peter Drucker well understood how to manage the new breed of “knowledge workers.” After all, Drucker invented the term … Continue reading
Posted in Google, Innovation, Management
Tagged Drucker, Google, Innovation, knowledge work
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Firefox 1.5 and Rollyo
The new Firefox 1.5 web browser is available. It is a great browser I have been using for at least a year. It is free, secure and has great features. You can also try a search “roll” I have setup … Continue reading
Innovation and Research and Development
Innovation and R&D by John Hagel: From a competitive viewpoint, what matters is the relative rate of productivity improvement. R&D spending and patent filings will matter little if they do not translate into faster productivity improvement -– in fact, they … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Innovation, Management
Tagged Innovation, research
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Managing Innovation
TQM, ISO 9000, Six Sigma: Do Process Management Programs Discourage Innovation? “In the appropriate setting, process management activities can help companies improve efficiency, but the risk is that you misapply these programs, in particular in areas where people are supposed … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Innovation, Management
Tagged Creativity, Innovation, managing people, organization as a system, process thinking
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Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation
Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation by Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor, and Scott D. Anthony in Harvard Management Update: Companies have two basic options when they seek to build new-growth businesses. They can try … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Innovation, Management, Systems thinking
Tagged Clayton Christensen, Deming, disruptive innovation, Innovation, Systems thinking
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Toyota Engineers a New Plant: the Living Kind
Topic: Management Improvement Toyota Engineers…a Shrub Toyota Motor Corp has developed a derivative of the Cherry Sage shrub that is optimized for absorbing pollutants from the air. It seems Toyota is dominating the management improvement news in the same way … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Management, quote, Science, Toyota Production System (TPS)
Tagged engineering, green, Innovation, purpose, Science, Toyota
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