Archive for: June, 2012

Management Innovation at DJO Global Tijuana




Here are a few takeaways from Mr. Salcedo:

Giving time back to the employee




DJO Global, gives back time to their employees.

Rewarding employees like Hollywood Stars








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Adoption: The hardest part about innovation





There just isn’t any way around it.


Case in point: Facebook.

6 Obstacles to customer focus paradise




Innovation must reads of the week: Innovation on the edges

Innovation must reads of the week: Innovation on the edges


10 Key Questions to ask if you are starting an #Innovation Initiative. #mckinsey #gartner #KILNgreggfraley
When I am asked how to begin an Innovation Initiative, the ultimate complex question, this is my answer — it depends. If I know context I can do better than It Depends, but it takes time, effort, and money to know context well enough to give a good answer.
Step-by-step: How to build an innovation pilot program Kawasaki
Companies can reduce the risk of adopting new innovation methods by testing them first. A short, pilot program that addresses a specific product or service line helps you understand whether a new method is right for your company.  Pilot programs help keep your costs in line, and they help you reduce resistance to adopting new methods.
Long but insightful read: Joi Ito on "Innovation On The Edges" via @ziteRalph-Christian Ohr
Today, what you want is you want to have resilience and agility, and you want to be able to participate in, and interact with the disruptive things. Everybody loves the word ‘disruptive innovation.’ Well, how does, and where does disruptive innovation happen? It doesn’t happen in the big planned R&D labs; it happens on the edges of the network. Many important ideas, especially in the consumer Internet space, but more and more now in other things like hardware and biotech, you’re finding it happening around the edges.
Resilience: the latest innovation buzzword
Is resilience an “field,” as PopTech describes it on its Web site? Is resilience an innovation theory? A design strategy? Merely a catchy term of the moment? No matter how one describes the word, it could prove to be an approach that will resonate both philosophically and practically for businesses, communities, and individuals alike.
The Post-ROI Marketing World Satell


What is Pixar’s secret to consistent success?

How has Pixar been able to produce 12 consecutive blockbuster movies with no duds? What is Pixar’s secret to success?

President of Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios and five-time Oscar-winner Ed Catmull explained his secret to success to Kara Swisher at the tenth annual D: All Things Digital conference.

The interview is great and is well worth 37 minutes of your time.

At the end of the video, an interviewer ask Ed Catmull “what’s Pixar’s recipe for sustainable success?“.

Innovation = Creativity – Cynicism



Innovation must reads of the week: 3 innovation models


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