Innovation Excellence

JULY 3, 2020

A positive, engaging workplace culture can attract and retain talented employees, increase productivity, and even improve financial performance. In our final installment, we’ll show the importance of a positive workplace culture, and the role of engagement, support, and reliability. Increase Engagement by Making Room for Relationships.

Culture 89

Culture Meeting Engagement Leadership 89

IdeaScale

APRIL 24, 2018

However, he cautioned against avoiding “vanity metrics,” a term coined by “The Lean Startup” author Eric Ries. Hope Adler and Katia Albanese of Concepts Communications have long been hosting dialogues within IdeaScale that engage citizens and stakeholders to help inform disability employment policy. Coast Guard. Coast Guard.

Policies 145

Policies Crowdsourcing Innovation Programs Open Innovation 145

Moves the Needle

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

As I discussed in my recent Impact 2019 keynote, the metrics you establish and communicate dictate your success or failure. When it comes to measuring the success of your innovation program, engagement in the real world and observed behavior change are primary. Rate Management Engagement. The resistance you encounter is real.

Innovation Programs 56

Innovation Programs Survey LEAN Training 56

Brunner

MARCH 6, 2020

Developing a framework for women to elevate concerns, cultivate careers, support one another and grow as individuals is important to me – and to the leadership at Brunner – so we got started. In 2019, we kicked off the program and hosted an inclusive ADVOCATE brainstorm. Getting Started. Won’t You Be My Mentor? Senior men are 3.5

Groups 40

Groups Leadership LEAN Brainstorming 40

The Inovo Group

OCTOBER 16, 2019

A successful, Fortune 50, corporate innovation group has been continuously creating strategic innovations for almost two decades – through numerous leadership and organizational changes. It requires certain commitments and behaviors on the part of both company leadership and the strategic innovation group. Highlights.

System 53

System Innovation Groups Leadership 53

Qmarkets

OCTOBER 10, 2019

As a result of this project, TSYS was able to address employee pain points and inefficiencies, enhance corporate leadership strategies, increase savings, and implement lucrative new ideas. Employee engagement presented the second major challenge. This left employees sceptical of the idea that future programs would be any different.

Software Review 40

Software Review Crowdsourcing Technical Review Project 40

Moves the Needle

JANUARY 30, 2019

Leadership Mindset A company’s leaders are paramount in driving the organization forward. Not Communicating the Strategy and Vision As is the case with many innovation initiatives, a lack of strategic alignment and failure of leadership to communicate the vision for a project is often to blame when a transformation program derails.

Technical Review 74

Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Technology Leadership 74