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In Strategy Shift, my colleague, C. Brooke Dobni Ph.D. with co-author Christopher Sand, Ph.D. assert that organizations that want to be innovative need a strategy shift. To innovate and pivot quickly, firms must continually nurture their culture to innovate and adapt…
Read More Strategy Shift: Innovation and risk as the foundation for strategy and financial success.
The irony could not have been stronger. On my news feed, I saw that legendary Medtronic founder and technology geek Earl Bakken died at age 94. Then, just below, I spotted another headline reading, “Will Silicon Valley Ever Act Ethically?”…
Companies large and small are racing to digitize their operations and to find the new technology in their domain that will allow them to disrupt their competition and find new markets. The companies that succeed in this race are agile…
Read More 10 Talent Strategies to Support Cultures of Innovation
Arizona Senator John McCain, known as a genuine war hero, a political maverick, straight talker, champion of bipartisanship in service to America, and two-time candidate for the Presidency, died over the weekend after a long fight with brain cancer. His…
Read More 5 leadership lessons from the maverick of the Senate
I was honored to present and be part of a panel discussion at one of Silicon Valley’s legacy innovation centers, PARC, a Xerox Company in Palo Alto, July 26, 2018. I began my presentation by asking if everyone believes that…
Read More Talent Strategies Needed to Support Cultures of Innovation
In their experience as academics and consultants, Dr. C. Brooke Dobni and Dr. Mark Klassen have concluded that many organizations need something to improve their organization’s innovation, but they are not quite sure what. Through their research, they have learned…
The $74 billion employment engagement industry has a serious problem. After nearly 18 years, it is not driving sufficient business value to justify its costs. Instead, values, business purpose, organizational learning, and culture are the true factors that drive business…
Read More Don’t manage to an employee engagement score. Instead, drive business value.
A business executive complained to me about the lax work culture shown by his employees. “Everyone leaves the office by 4:30,” he said. “Where is their commitment to our mission? Where is their commitment to our customers and to get…
Read More Suffering from a lax work culture? The answer is in the numbers.
Managing culture, embracing metrics and pursuing evolving technologies are among the top priorities talent leaders should focus on in the New Year. By Victor Assad and Ataman Ozyildirim, Talent Economy Influencers. Published in Talent Economy, December 20th, 2017 As 2017 winds…
Read More 3 Ways Talent Executives Can Accelerate Innovation in 2018
Check out my article in Chief Executive Magazine, with Ataman Ozyildirim of The Conference Board, "CEOs Must Do These 3 Things to Turbocharge Innovation". Across the globe, one business challenge has the ear of CEOs like few others: innovation. Six…
Read More CEOs Must Do These 3 Things To Turbocharge Innovation
