The Danger of Misaligned Incentives
by Rocco Tarasi A few days ago I wrote about the problems of “ misaligned incentives ”. The focus of that article was on the sales compensation models of inside sales reps, and the importance of...
View ArticleHow to Use Yammer to Drive Innovation
Many companies use Yammer to drive innovation and especially idea generation / development within their company. They often learn that it is fairly easy to recruit people for the Yammer platform which...
View ArticleTwitter’s spectacular growth driven by unexpected uses
For those of you not yet familiar, Twitter is the online service that allows people to share news, insights, or their lives 140 characters at a time. Here is an interesting video of Evan Williams,...
View ArticleStimulate Creativity – open ended objects for brainstorming
Fast prototyping is a well-known approach to test new concepts through partial completion. But what if the prototype were not the transfer of a new concept, but a way to generate new concepts and...
View ArticleInnovation is Fun!
Facing the “Jumping Hurdles and Closing Gates on Innovation” is not the only thing innovation has in store. Considering the plkeasure of concept creation, team work, and customer interaction, one...
View ArticleThe Architect of the Unknown
Where good ideas come from? Connect, listen, entice, and architect are 4 actions to unleash creativity, leading to a new managerial role: the architect of the unknown Continue reading → [via...
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