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The combination of a killer process and almost religious trust
Photo by schmollmolch Seth Godin writes about Finding inspiration instead of it finding you: One approach to innovation and brainstorming is to wait for the muse to appear, to hope that it alights on...
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Are your employees afraid to embarrass themselves?
Photo by Katie Tegtmeyer Those of you who have been following this blog for a while know that I have a fascination with Epic Fantasy novels and I find many management lessons in them. Yesterday, it...
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Environment of learning
Photo by afromusing A couple of days ago, the Freaknomoics blog wrote about TED quoting Anya Kamenetz saying that: TED is in the process of creating something brand new. I would go so far as to argue...
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Experimenting just for the sake of experimenting
Photo by jurvetson Chris Trimble wrote a very interesting piece on HBR.org the other day with the surprising title: On the Differences Between Innovation and Cooking Chili. Here is short part of it:...
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Experts and novices
Photo by Mai Le Seth Godin has fascinating short post out today. He describes his own interpretation of The Dreyfus model of skill acquisition. His conclusions: 1. Don’t talk to all your employees, all...
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The challenge of diversity and innovation – a different way to approach...
Photo by Sanj@y Last week (yes I know, who writes about things that happened last week anymore, right?) John Kotter wrote an interesting post on HBR.org titled: What a Physicist Taught Me About Leading...
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“It’s not going to work”
Photo by Bob N Renee I remember, more than 13 years ago, at the beginning of my military service in the Israeli army. I was serving as an instructor in a school preparing soldiers for their service in...
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Book Review: Where Good Ideas Come From
A few days ago I finished reading Steven Johnson’s Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation. As someone truly interested in creativity and innovation and their antecedents I...
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Controlled Anarchy
Photo by Fail Blog I have been delving into two sources of great management success stories in the last few days, trying to wrap my head around what exactly they have in common. Suddenly, I encountered...
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A different approach to collaboration
Photo by D’Arcy Norman In a post on HBR.org Teresa Amabile and Steve Kramer investigate the relationship between collaboration and performance. They claim that not only does collaboration allows...
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