The greatest trick Waste ever pulled was convincing the Organization it didn’t exist. Waste does not look like an enemy, it appears as a friend-in-need. Waste is the extra team member that can lighten the […]
Tag: Innovation and Idea Management
Love/Hate: The New Balance of Management
In my last post I talked about how management challenges are a lot like long distance running. New Balance shoes brilliantly branded the running experience in their ad campaign “Love/Hate, the New Balance.” Anyone who’s […]
If It Ain’t Broke, Grow It
The old adage, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” does not apply to business. Complacent businesses quickly fade to obsolescence as competitors pass them by. The same could be said for us at work. […]
Staying Power
Some ideas come and go while others have real staying power. One of my favorite business writers, Gary Hamel, compares the odds of developing a lasting innovation to the survival rates we see in nature. […]