by admin | Apr 15, 2014 | Innovation
Regulation is getting really complicated. Don’t expect it to get easier any time soon. Countless articles have been written lately about the very real business challenges created by the onslaught of new regulation in everything from finance to technology to healthcare. The gripes are justified. Ten years ago there were 2 or 3 major regulators that most big companies had to deal with; now there are hundreds, creating a global patchwork of complex, often contradictory corporate compliance hurdles for multinational companies. Why is this happening? One easy answer is that too-big-to-fail has led to a regulatory free-for-all that’s too-complex-to-manage. Sure, cash-strapped governments around the world see some new regulations as an opportunity to generate revenues and others as good sense guidelines to reduce the risk of another credit crunch. But there’s more to it than that. When you look closely at this golden age of regulatory scrupulosity, the real driver is innovation. Find out more about how innovation needs to face the music when it comes to regulation...
by admin | Apr 11, 2014 | Innovation
Leaders want more innovation in their cultures. To compete, they know they can’t play it safe – which requires employees to take chances and not be afraid to fail. Yet, most organizations subtly (or overtly) encourage safe behavior, by rewarding straightforward successes and punishing failures. Employees get the signal quickly that taking work risks is just too high a personal risk for their careers. It’s no wonder that Gallup’s research shows that only 13% of employees are engaged at work. If we’re continuously told we need to be innovative and creative, yet we’re limited in our ability to do so, dissatisfaction and stagnation set in. Read more about the opportunity...
by admin | Apr 11, 2014 | Innovation
The Samsung Galaxy S5 launch is barreling toward us (going down on most major carriers this Friday, in case you don’t know), and Samsung’s looking to ramp up the advertising to get people excited. Their latest ad has hit YouTube, with the South Korean company touting “meaningful innovation” in their latest flagship. Whether or not you believe anything they’ve done is “meaningful” is up to you to decide, but we imagine those who aren’t expecting a rocket-sized list of improvements on a tight yearly release schedule are perfectly fine with the device. Be sure to watch the ad above if you’ve got half a minute to spare today. Once you’ve wrapped up, why not drop a poll below and head to the comments letting us know if you think the Samsung Galaxy S5 is truly innovative. Read more about the Samsung Galaxy S5 and its overall innovative design right here....
by admin | Apr 7, 2014 | Innovation
Leaders are accountable to assemble teams and lead them to optimal performance outcomes. An effective leader recognizes the importance of embracing differences in people and knows how to connect the dots amongst those differences to get the best outcomes from the team. This is what cultivates a workplace environment of continuous improvements, innovation and initiative. Leaders must foster a commitment from the team to embrace an innovation mindset where each employee learns to apply the differences that exist in one another for their own success and that of the organization. Find out more about the different ways leaders can enable innovation in their teams...
by admin | Mar 26, 2014 | Innovation
Tuesday’s announcement that Facebook is buying the virtual-reality start-up Oculus for $2 billion no doubt left many people scratching their heads. It was only a month ago the social network giant shocked everyone by paying as much as $19 billion for WhatsApp, an Internet-based text messaging start-up which had amassed an eye-popping 400 million users in only a few years. Have Silicon Valley companies and investors been transported to some alternate universe in which start-ups become irresistible targets before they’ve made any profits or, in the case of Oculus, before they’ve even made any products? Read more about what we can learn about innovation from this business deal...
by admin | Mar 26, 2014 | Innovation
The word innovation is so popular in fact, if you type “innovation” into the Google search bar, you will see there are 131 million search results. Are you ready for this? If you type “innovation blogs”, 372 million results are available. With all this information readily available, how do marketers figure out where to start? That’s a great question. In my search to help provide answers, I discovered an article called “How to Build a Culture of Innovation by Killing Mediocrity.” Here’s what author Brian Solis had to say: “In a world where the expression of ideas is a commodity but the consideration and implementation of them is a scarce resource, how do we create a more inviting culture that fosters their transformation from concept to manifestation?” Learn more about whether or not pre-innovation exists...
