I was recently in Denver where I had the opportunity to visit with one of our major vendors, ITW (Illinois Tool Works). During the course of our conversation we got talking about innovation and I mentioned our innovation blog, “Simplivative”, to them. To my surprise Kathi Coyle began to tell me how they have created… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: April 2012
Try a “Sing-along” to fire up Innovation
I talked earlier about how Broom Ball was such a great way to help people trust each other which helps them work better together and be more creative. The point was to build a level of trust with your employees and peers so the “limiting barriers” can be broken down much easier. There’s another part… Continue Reading
Trust the “Process” if you want a “Culture of Innovation”
A few weeks back I wrote about “4 key ingredients to being Innovative” and one of those key ingredients was TRUST. It was focused on “creating a culture of trust” for openness and innovation to flourish and “trusting the process.” I want to come a little clean here and share a little more “under the… Continue Reading
The Power of “WHY”
My understanding of how to become “innovative” changed last week. And in a very good way. It changed because what I have been “feeling” about innovation was finally explained to me in very simple terms and it made so much sense I wanted to share it with everyone who is also thinking about how to… Continue Reading
Innovation starts with “Broom Ball”
Broom Ball is just another way of saying, “How many people can get hurt in the spirit of having fun and being just a little over competitive.” But it also is a critical step in the process of innovation… Earlier last month we held our annual sales meeting in Keystone, CO. Since our branch locations… Continue Reading