“It was her fault”, said the Head of Planning for a mid-size manufacturing company I consulted for. The company was not meeting output results and one of the owners took a deep dive to find out why and found there was an unaccounted-for product that was missing from the planner’s reports.
Category Archives: Innovation
How Not To Determine Whether Or Not An Idea is Worth Doing
“I’m not sure about this idea anymore.” Why? I asked. “Because I talked to two potential customers and they don’t seem interested”, she answered. This was a conversation I had with a friend who wants to find out whether or not an idea she has, a need she has, is worth pursuing.
40 Questions To Help You Stimulate Disruptive Thinking And Inspire Bold Action
Most brainstorming sessions suck! Why? Because they inspire creative thinking, challenge the status quo, and inspire bold action. The solution isn’t just bringing in outsiders who don’t think and act like you. It’s to ask provocative questions that drive your brainstorming efforts.
The Best Leaders Revel In Being Wrong
“I know the business.” The word, “know”, is the enemy of improvement and innovation. Innovation has many enemies, but experience and groupthink are its biggest. And because people run businesses, every single one of them will fall into the trap.
Great Leaders Are Consistently The Biggest Thinkers In The Room
As a leader, do you lead with courage? Are you challenging the status quo? Are you thinking big? These are important questions to reflect on because as a leader you set the tone. Do you want your team to think and act boldly? You have to think and act boldly.
11 1/2 Practices for Promoting, Managing, and Sustaining Innovation
“Hang out with weird, and thou shall become more weirder” Tom Peters once said when advising on how you can become more creative. This will always be true because something you can bet on not changing in the future is human nature.
10 Reasons Why You Should Automate Your Business’s Redundant Workflows And Processes
Artificial intelligence is the talk of the town. Whether or not it’s ready for prime time depends on your level of expectation. In its current state, it’s not going to replace humans anytime soon; but it can certainly take over some redundant tasks and workflows.