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Top 5 Innovation TV Shows
Innovation on TV: The Top 5 Innovation-Inspired Shows TV, also known as “the little screen,” is not so little anymore. After all, TVs are no longer small, bulbous screens pushed aside to the corner of the living room. Not only are physical TV screens that measure 40 inches or bigger commonplace in modern homes but…
Read MoreThe Path to Leading by Example
No matter what industry you’re a part of, chances are you’ve had to deal with seemingly unreasonable demands and double standards from your direct supervisors, bosses, and clients. Perhaps, you’ve been contacted after-hours to make adjustments to your company’s impending press release the next day. Or your work environment has grown increasingly tense because your…
Read MoreThe Language of Innovation Leaders – Selling Innovation The Right Way
During the process of innovation, selling your idea can be one of the biggest challenges. Once you go up several layers they begin to speak a different language. The office of CEO is only two steps above director. That might not seem like much, but with those two steps, the language shifts a great deal.…
Read MoreLeading for Innovation
Creating a company culture and mindset focused on innovation begins with proper training and coaching from leaders within the organization. From top to bottom, from executives to newcomers, everyone must be included in training and coaching programs. When you develop, support, and educate your workforce, employee engagement soars and innovation becomes reoccurring and sustainable. …
Read MoreInnovate With Purpose: Idea Prioritization
Idea Prioritization Ideation and idea management pack the front end of the New Product Development (NPD) funnel with a wealth of viable concepts. One of the toughest processes in innovation is idea prioritization. Idea prioritization is about how you invest your company’s product development resources. Most companies have too many projects underway for the limited resources available.…
Read MoreGet your House in Order to Nurture New Product Development
It is all about proper planning, communication, and execution in order to make an idea work or for sustainable innovation to happen. Implementing innovation depends on a disciplined strategy customized to the needs, size and culture of an organization. Each organization must create their own clearly defined stages and steps of the NPD process. New Product…
Read MoreTraining and coaching for game-changing innovation
Innovate or die. Game changing innovation is hard. It is not simply the outcome of great ideas, but managing a holistic approach to innovate from start to finish. Every successful business leader knows that innovation in business is essential, but the best way to engineer and sustain it is not always clear. Consider kick-starting your…
Read MoreOctober 26th – Who better to live the American Dream?
Who better to live the American Dream, than those who promised and served to protect it? On October 26th, Robert Brands will be one of the speakers to volunteer his time and expertize by offering a workshop in Dallas for The Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV). Brands will be discussing the 10 step program for…
Read MoreNo Risk = No Innovation, and the “Get out of Jail” card
The global business strategists, Boston Consulting Group report that risk aversion is the number one barrier to innovation. Ray Kroc, the founder of McDonald’s Corporation was a bit more succinct in his thoughts on taking risks: “If you’re not a risk taker, you should get the hell out of business.” Risk is fundamental…
Read MoreInnovation: Starting with the Basics
Building a foundation for innovation starts with the basics. In Robert’s Rules of Innovation™ the imperatives to Create & Sustain “NEW” in Business, number one is Inspire and Initiate. Innovation and ideation are pointless without buy-in from top management, and the support of your team. Engage the senior leadership team, employees of organization, and key external…
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