article thumbnail

The answer is: 10 years to change a culture

Jeffrey Phillips

Many of us who work in the consulting and strategy space often talk about the difficulties in understanding and more importantly, changing a corporate culture. That is, we want the culture to adapt to market needs and changes that everyone can see but inertia keeps the company from making.

Culture 202
article thumbnail

Who is minding the change and culture store?

Jeffrey Phillips

In the more recent blog, I wrote about what I consider the most difficult thing to change in an organization - its culture. This is why understanding how organizational culture works, and how to encourage it to change, is so important. Changing culture takes emphasis, time and commitment.

Culture 157
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Why you need a faster, more nimble culture

Jeffrey Phillips

In the previous post, I indicated that you'd need the same things in order to change as you need to operate your businesses - good people, flexible and dynamic processes and systems that don't lock in processes and business models from the time you implemented the software a decade ago. Every company has a culture. Need proof?

Culture 157
article thumbnail

Innovation Culture – The Ultimate Guide

Idea to Value

Innovation culture has long been one of the most challenging, and oft-discussed, topics in our conversations with business and innovation leaders. What is an innovation culture? The question we need start with is to actually define what an innovation culture is. Why is an innovative culture so important?

Culture 342
article thumbnail

6 Keys to Making Collaborative Innovation Successful

Speaker: Soren Kaplan, Founder of InnovationPoint

In this recorded session, Dr. Soren Kaplan draws from his recently released book, "The Invisible Advantage," to provide actionable insights into how any organization can create a culture of innovation, an environment that promotes free thinking, an entrepreneurial spirit, and sustainable value creation at all levels and across all functions.

article thumbnail

It’s Time To Upgrade Your Innovation Management System

Innov8rs

This (economic) reality has highlighted the limitations of existing innovation systems, underscoring the necessity for a more efficient and effective approach to innovation management, as Frank Mattes and Dennis Boeckler suggested during a recent Innov8rs Learning Lab session. Most companies have an innovation management system.

System 59
article thumbnail

Continuous Improvement With Lean Systems in Manufacturing | KaiNexus

Kainexus

It involves a culture of constant vigilance for inefficiencies and a commitment to making minor, regular improvements. This article will explore the concept of continuous improvement within the framework of lean systems in the manufacturing context.

LEAN 96
article thumbnail

Never Miss an Opportunity: How ISO 56000 Enables an Innovative Organization

Speaker: Peter Merrill, President, Quest Management Inc.

In addition, companies who are serial innovators are using a system approach and manage innovation to continuously generate new ideas. A system approach to innovation is without doubt the best approach and innovation management is becoming the price of entry to the business world.

article thumbnail

Driving Collaboration to Sustainable Innovation

Speaker: Wayne Kurtzman, Research Director, Social and Collaboration, IDC

It's the cultural willingness to share and win as a team using the right technologies and the assumption everyone can add value." — Wayne Kurtzman. How to create a sustainable ideation system through collaboration. How to establish sustainable corporate collaboration through technology and culture.

article thumbnail

Measuring Innovation Performance

Why do only a third of the organizations worldwide have formal innovation metrics in place despite accepting that innovation is critical to survival? Download this eBook to learn about the 5 basic principles that guide every successful innovation process.