Management innovations for the future of innovation

The emergence of Open Innovation means, among other things, that innovation management will become more collaborative and that business model innovation will become as important as technological innovation. This author, who coined the term Open Innovation and literally wrote...

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Combating ethical cynicism and voicing values in the workplace

A leader cannot create a values-driven culture with rules and mission statements alone. Using techniques such as pre-scripting, rehearsal and peer coaching, leaders can learn to listen and employees can learn to speak. The result is a circle of...

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Neuroleadership – Making change happen

Embracing neuroleadership, which this author describes as art of synchronizing the science of the brain with leadership behaviors, offers the best hope for effecting real change in a leader and within an organization. That’s because understanding neuroleadership helps us...

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Leadership succession: How to avoid a crisis

In the C-suite, the need to develop and implement a plan for leadership succession is one of the most frequently discussed topics. Yet according to this author, the overwhelming majority of companies have done little about it. Executives who...

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The Boss: How influential are you?

Mastering three imperatives is the way managers advance from being basically competent to fully effective. Readers will learn what those imperatives are and what they need to do to exhibit mastery of them – to go from good to...

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Social Networking: The Corporate Value Proposition

Marketers habitually find it hard to quantify the value of what they do, and their use of social networks is the latest manifestation of this difficulty.  Why is it so hard to determine the business value of social networks? ...

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Relying on external knowledge for competitive advantage: Why it might not work

While existing research suggests that firms create breakthrough innovations by acquiring external knowledge and applying it to their particular situation, it also underscores the difficulties in doing so. The question for managers is this: Does applying knowledge that has...

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Rethinking innovation for a recovery

As we look at grow out of recession, innovation is more important than ever. However, the types of innovation companies pursue need to change. They must start to find novel ways of adding value at low cost, using existing...

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Competing on productivity, speed, and reliability: Organizational benchmarking as the missing link

Canadian business has the potential to lead the industrial world in winning strategies. But first, as this author writes, it must fix its growing productivity problem. In this article, he proposes and describes how a proper focus on benchmarks...

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