by New & Improved | Aug 23, 2019 | Innovation Culture, Innovative Teams, Leadership Values, Science of Innovation, Tools & Techniques, What's New in Innovation
… and a hidden danger for the RV Manufacturing Industry. Regardless of industry, company size, or location, successful organizations gather, analyze and rely on customer feedback. Engaged customers often see problems and opportunities faster than the...
by Denise Morgan | Jul 17, 2019 | Innovative Teams, Tools & Techniques
How many times have you seen this in your organization: a team of empowered people spends hundreds of person-hours working on solutions to a significant organizational challenge? They carefully examine all the data, work through a process, create a lengthy PowerPoint...
by New & Improved | Mar 12, 2018 | Innovation Culture, Innovative Teams
Men and women are the same. Their unique biologies have no effect on them whatsoever, beyond the specific dynamics of reproduction. It’s possible to raise boys and girls in ways that eliminate any differences that biology might have caused. Girls enjoy dolls, and boys...
by New & Improved | Dec 1, 2017 | Innovative Teams, Leadership Values, Top 20 blog posts
Managing emotions to foster innovation Feelings are wonderful things. We’re glad we have them — can you imagine a world where feelings didn’t exist? It would be pretty bland. There are, however, feelings that we enjoy more, feelings that we enjoy less, and feelings...
by New & Improved | Feb 15, 2017 | Innovation Culture, Innovative Teams, Tools & Techniques
The rapid rate of change, and our experience harvesting maple syrup at our Adirondack office, inspires us to boil things down to their essence. What follows is our distillation of what really drives innovation and creates a sustainable innovation culture. In our roles...
by New & Improved | Apr 27, 2016 | Innovation Culture, Innovative Teams
What do teams really need? -Tools for productive meetings -Skills to solve problems creatively -Willingness to have productive conflict and the skills to do so -The maturity to avoid unproductive conflict So, how might that be accomplished? I’ve been building teams in...