Recently we had the opportunity have a meeting with our management team in the desert, specifically Arizona. It was a great several days of learning, participation, and of course some fun. But what one area that stood out for me and I wanted to share with you was how our employees embraced creativity and coming… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Imagination
20 Fascinating “Accidental” Inventions
While we usually write about ways to help each other be more innovative and lead innovation, sometimes it’s good to have a bit of fun as well. I found this list published by the Christian Science Monitor that did just that for me so I thought I would share it with you. They put together… Continue Reading
Do you have “Model T” or “RW” leading your Innovation?
OK, I didn’t know what either of these meant either before I read the article by Henry Doss in Forbes, “Innovation: Time to Ditch “Model T Leadership.” It is such an interesting read about what I believe is a fundamental change in the way we look at employees today and how we hire them for… Continue Reading
Get your Employees Involved to Solve…
One question I get asked on a regular basis is, “How do you get employees involved and interested in helping you innovate?” Great question and like most good questions, there is more than one answer. We have talked about several ways other organizations have been successful in getting this to happen, and here is another… Continue Reading
Unleash the employees…let them fly!
Employees are great idea generators, and innovators – but only when freed by management. I get this because I am right in the middle of it as we continue to find more ways to be innovative and more ways to “re-invent” ourselves for the future. One thing I have found to be for sure –… Continue Reading
5 Strategies to making Open Innovation is a reality…
Open Innovation is a very interesting idea, especially for small and mid-sized companies, like us, because to me it isn’t an intuitive concept to grasp. Understanding the concepts behind it is pretty interesting and can help us as we look for more ways to be innovative. Basically “Open Innovation” means you should use external ideas… Continue Reading
Everyone has great ideas…so what?
In all my years in business and in leading EJ Bartells there is one thing I can say for certain, “Everyone has great ideas, or thinks they have great ideas. Some are bigger than others and some are more complex than others but everyone thinks they have a great idea.” As a leader, isn’t this… Continue Reading