The Top Quotes on Change Management Change Management is important for business professionals, teams, and organizations. Included in the quotes below are deep insights about how to apply change management strategies in business. All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of…
The Top Quotes on Manufacturing & Operations Manufacturing & Operations are important for business professionals, teams, and organizations. Included in the quotes below are deep insights about how to apply operations strategies in business. More process, less innovation. More operations, less innovation. More management, less innovation. More entrepreneurs, more innovation. —Seth Godin I believe…
The Top Quotes on Marketing Marketing is important for business professionals, teams, and organizations. Included in the quotes below are deep insights about how to apply marketing strategies in business. It’s not what you sell that matters as much as how you sell it! –Brian Halligan Many companies have forgotten they sell to…
The Top Quotes on Innovation Innovation is important for business professionals, teams, and organizations. Included in the quotes below are deep insights about how to apply innovation strategy in business. Innovation is the creation of the new or the re-arranging of the old in a new way. –Michael Vance Innovation distinguishes between a…
The Top Quotes on Project Management & Planning Project Management is important for business professionals, teams, and organizations. Included in the quotes below are deep insights about how to apply project management and planning in business. A good plan can help with risk analysis, but it will never guarantee the smooth running of…
Strategic plans become outdated the moment they’re created. Instead, create a one-page strategy map. Having run the internal strategy consulting group at HP, and then consulting to both startups and big companies like Disney, Visa, Colgate, Medtronic and others, I’ve created dozens of strategic plans. Business strategy used to be a clear and methodical…
Focused on insight, not numbers Planning for next year is well under way. Because of unprecedented uncertainty, there’s a strong desire to use data to deliver better decision-making. Makes sense. Yet many teams and organizations get paralyzed by overwhelming data. Spreadsheets, presentations, and industry reports, can inform, but also overwhelm. While data exists, many teams…
Fifty years ago, a little-known children’s book introduced the “SCAMPER” model as way to help teachers foster creativity in their classrooms. It’s an amazingly simple tool, and unbelievably powerful for pushing thinking beyond “business as usual” to help teams innovate. SCAMPER is an acronym for Substitute, Combine, Adapt, Modify, Put to another use, Eliminate, and Reverse. Each letter prompts…
All opportunities have uncertainty. Use a map to navigate it. Let’s kick-off 2022 with a useful tool. Here’s the downloadable Strategy Uncertainty Map I developed as part of my work with Praxie.com. The past two years were as disruptive as they get for both society and business. So how do you plan for the next…
Why is supplier innovation important? It fuels ideas and helps front end innovation and product development strategies. Working with suppliers can be challenging, but when they help drive innovation within your organization it can be an amazing experience. Leveraging supplier innovation helps businesses drive front end innovation and support product development strategies which last. Suppliers…