“Please let others know not to make this mistake” – that is what one of our clients, Ted, the owner of a mid-sized trucking company said to me regarding the predicament he had gotten himself into. What was his dilemma? Ted wanted to ease into semi-retirement, but he did not want to sell his company. […]
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11/27/2021
November 2021 – 5 Incredible Things You and Your Business Can Learn From the Atlanta Braves 2021 World Series Victory
This month the Atlanta Braves came from being an also-ran in the National League East Division to dramatically win the baseball World Series. This had been a maddening season for Braves fans because the team came into the season being a strong candidate to get to the World Series. Then they ended up losing two […]
05/28/2021
May 2021 – Warning: Are You About to Lose 50% of Your Employees?
A recent Microsoft Work Trend Index survey of over 30,000 global workers found that 54% of them feel overworked and burned out, and the vast majority are planning on leaving their employer this year. Furthermore, 39% of respondents said they feel exhausted. But why? During the COVID-19 pandemic many people have been working remotely and […]
01/31/2021
January 2021 – Can Only Small Companies Innovate Effectively?
Identifying possible innovations and then developing them to the point of commercialization is a challenge for any size business, particularly so in larger companies. The cause of this size related difficulty involves both the complexity of the larger organization and where the company resides on the continuum of internal innovation cooperation versus competition. Recently our […]
11/30/2020
November 2020 – Effectively Finding Great Innovations During COVID-19
This month, fast-casual Mexican restaurant chain Chipotle announced that it is introducing a new restaurant format that is designed to only provide pickup and delivery of orders. Chipotle Digital Kitchen is the company’s venture into the innovative, “ghost kitchen” business model that has caught on as a result of the coronavirus. In this business model, restaurants […]
10/30/2020
October 2020 – How Successful Companies Mine Innovative Ideas During the Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic reared its ugly head in the United States back in January this year and it has changed all our lives, including how each of us thinks, makes decisions, and acts. One big decision that people have to deal with is, since the COVID-19 virus remains on surfaces of various things that are […]
08/31/2020
August 2020 – COVID-19 “Quaranteams” and Innovation Teams
With no end in sight in having to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic and Fall and Winter approaching in the Northern Hemisphere, we are hearing more and more about the bad effects of social isolation. As a result of this situation the use of “quaranteams” is a growing suggestion to try to manage the social […]
06/28/2020
June 2020 – How to Fan the Flame of Innovation Within Your Company
Last week Major League Baseball announced that the 2020 Major League Baseball season, which had been delayed as a result of COVID-19, will begin on July 23. To successfully play baseball in an environment that has been and will continue to be so heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic requires the adoption of a number of changes. Some of the […]
02/28/2020
February 2020 – Using Innovation, Walmart is Trying Not to Go the Way of Sears
In its effort to avoid what happened to Sears, (its former competitor), Walmart is in the process of developing and rolling out a number of innovations, including what experts are calling the most advanced robotic system in use to fill shopping orders. Walmart’s game plan is to use its grocery-shopping robots to help win the […]
01/31/2020
January 2020 – Transformational Leadership is Key to Successful Innovation
Earlier this month, Delta Air Lines CEO, Ed Bastian CEO presented a keynote address in Las Vegas at the CES, (previously known as the Consumer Electronics Show), the world’s largest consumer technology show, in which he said that Delta Air Lines wants to transform the air travel experience by the year 2025. Bastian described an experience that […]
