Articles Tagged - Innovation

May 15, 2020

What does “New Normal” mean?

Your Business, Team, Career… “Reimagined”

  First of all, let’s agree to some fundamentals. “New Normal” DOES NOT mean everything looks the same from one business to another. It also DOES NOT mean that the changes you make are limited to adding in safety measures per state and local requirements.   What New Normal DOES MEAN is that you have some work to do…   How to Define Your New Normal (Phase One)   1)    Define what your “New Normal” looks like (including safety...Continue reading

By Lisa WoodsPosted in Leadership & Teambuilding on May 15, 2020

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March 25, 2014

Re-imagine Risk, Accelerate Innovation

5 Characteristics of Innovative Organizations

Nothing daring happens around here! Where’s the creativity? Where’s the innovation? Where’s the courage? Fortune favors the bold!    Of course we’ve heard that before. Every organization’s senior leadership longs for something great to happen, for the next great idea to emerge and propel the organization forward into a position as a market leader.    So we stimulate creativity….at least we think we do. We attend creativity sessions. We post our...Continue reading

By Karen KuhlaPosted in Leadership & Teambuilding on March 25, 2014

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January 25, 2013

Marketing 101 With A Twist…Making It Effective

6 Benchmarks Every Marketer & Every Company Must Achieve

There are so many options when it comes to marketing these days; knowing where to focus can be overwhelming.  Create the Strategy…Choose the Tools…Implement the Plan is no longer going to cut it in today’s competitive environment.  Today’s expertise is more centered on the ability to connect over a longer period of time, mine data and convert it into revenue.  But from my perspective, no matter what type of marketing you use, there are some fundamentals that make...Continue reading

By Lisa WoodsPosted in Marketing & Innovation on January 25, 2013

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January 4, 2013

Steve Jobs: Secrets of Life - How Steve Jobs Shaped My Career Without Me Knowing

A Great Motivator to Start Your Year

Wow!  Like everyone else, I’ve always been impressed with his work, but never really spent time studying Steve Jobs.  That was until last night when I went online to see what kind of management videos are out there. What I found were a multitude of Steve Jobs interviews from the 1980’s through his recent death in 2011.  I watched as many of them as I could find.  He was amazing, both impressive and inspirational.  I never realized how much of an impact he had on my...Continue reading

By Lisa WoodsPosted in Professional Development on January 4, 2013

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May 7, 2012

Ten ways to ensure innovation is driving your company’s future.

Is your company innovative? Are you doing your part?

Is your company innovative?  Are you doing your part? Does your company have an R&D group that appears very busy to everyone, spends millions of dollars, and never seems to roll out any success stories?   Do you wonder how other companies manage to stay one step ahead of yours in the marketplace? Do you have a “follow the market leader” strategy since you don’t have the finances to invest in your own innovation?  If you answered yes to any of these questions, then...Continue reading

By Lisa WoodsPosted in Marketing & Innovation on May 7, 2012

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