With a new year in front of us, you may want to consider that fact that applying innovation to achieve your organization’s MTP can dramatically change your company’s future! But what is an MTP? I’m glad you asked! MTP stands for Massively Transformative Purpose and it is the stating of an organization’s over-arching reason for […]
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10/31/2019
October 2019 – Saving Our Planet Through Innovation Can Earn Big BUCKS
This month, researchers at the University College London (UCL) released a study that found America’s “Green Economy” generates $1.31 trillion in annual revenue, or about 7% of U.S. annual GDP. They also concluded that almost 9.5 million Americans, or about 4% of the workforce, are employed in the “Green Economy”. They reported that this represents 16.5% […]
08/30/2019
August 2019 – Truly Making the World a Better Place Through Innovation
I happen to live in the economically and socially vibrant, and bustling city of Alpharetta, Georgia. Because Alpharetta is a Technology mecca it has many Fortune 1000 company offices, as well as many entrepreneurially oriented, small and mid-sized companies. Therefore, I regularly see many examples of innovation. Normally, these are in the form of new […]
07/31/2019
July 2019 – Great Ways to Celebrate Innovation Successes Within Your Organization
Ten days ago, the United States and most of the world celebrated the 50th anniversary of one of mankind’s greatest achievements, Americans landing and walking on the Moon. This unique accomplishment was the result of an untold stream of innovations that led to two of the crew members of Apollo 11, Neil Armstrong and Edwin […]
05/31/2019
May 2019 – How to Get Your Employees Really Excited About Innovation
This month, with great fanfare Georgia Tech University in Atlanta, Georgia announced the opening of its $400M Coda building. It is designated as a “Lab for Creation”. The 21-story building in unlike any other one because it features a grand piazza at its base where a food hall and outdoor furniture welcomes students, faculty and […]
11/30/2018
November 2018 – Why the US is the #1 Place for Businesses – Innovation
You may have seen the 40th annual release of the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report in October ranked the United States as the world’s most competitive economy. The report looked at 98 criteria involving social, political and economic factors for 140 different countries and ranked the United States as the #1 country because of […]
10/31/2018
October 2018 – The Huge Lesson to be Learned from Sears’ Bankruptcy
Most likely you saw the news that the venerable company, Sears filed for bankruptcy in October. What can we learn from its demise? Sears, which eventually changed its name to Sears & Roebuck started in 1886 in Minneapolis, Mn. and moved to Chicago in 1887, was one of the most innovative companies of its time. […]
11/30/2017
November 2017 – How to Effectively Manage Your Key Personnel
Last week a client that has about 250 employees was in my office and during the meeting we discussed how the year 2017 had been for him businesswise. As we looked at their Financial Statements they showed their company had a very successful year, in fact their best year ever. But as we chatted I […]
06/30/2017
June 2017 – How to Keep Your Key Employees
People leave bosses, not companies! And that is true. An employee’s relationship with their immediate manager is paramount because a Gallup study showed about 50% of employees leave their company as a result of the lack of rapport with their bosses. Also, research by Accenture showed an 80% correlation between employee engagement and a person’s […]
12/31/2016
December 2016 – The Three Keys to Building Your Team’s Morale
The Three Keys to Building Your Team’s Morale According to a recent Gallup report, How Millennials Want to Work and Live, almost two-thirds of millennial workers say they are not fully engaged with their employer’s mission. This sentiment is reflected the overall workforce as well. A key to someone embracing a company’s overall purpose is […]
