The document discusses the fundamentals of collaboration for better outcomes. It states that collaboration is a process and outcome that involves people working together to create outcomes they cannot achieve individually. It provides guidance on identifying problems with high solution value that are costly and can only be addressed through collaboration, understanding people and culture, adopting collaboration over time, providing structure that evolves, using technology to enable rather than inhibit, and fostering innovation through observation, analysis, and generating good ideas.
The document discusses the fundamentals of collaboration. It states that collaboration is a process and outcome that involves people working together to create outcomes they cannot achieve individually. It also discusses identifying problems that cost resources, innovation, or competitiveness and can only be solved through collaboration, known as solution value. Finally, it provides tips on various aspects of collaboration such as focusing on people, adoption, structure, technology, and innovation.
2b2 Consulting helps organizations develop and implement collaborative strategies. It enables clients to effectively create strategies focused on engaging people to generate better outcomes. 2b2 Consulting's services are for the leadership of mid-sized and large organizations considering or having implemented an online collaborative project.
This document provides summaries of sessions from the IBM CONNECT 2012 conference on social business. The sessions discuss how leading companies are using social technologies to transform their business, engage employees, innovate products and services, and gain insights from data. Specific sessions highlight how Bayer MaterialScience, Premier Health, Continental AG, BASF, Asian Paints, and Presbyterian Healthcare Services are applying social business approaches.
This document provides summaries of sessions from the IBM CONNECT 2012 conference on social business. The sessions discuss how leading companies are using social technologies to transform their business, engage employees, innovate products and services, and gain insights from data. Specific sessions highlight experiences from Bayer MaterialScience, Premier Health, Asian Paints, BASF, Genworth Financial, and Presbyterian Healthcare Services in leveraging social media and collaboration platforms.
Purposeful Community and Change Leadership for the 21st Centuryohedconnectforsuccess
Purposeful Community and Change Leadership for the 21st Century
June 29, 10:30am – noon, Room: Union A
Purposeful Community touches all aspects of the learning process. The four components of Purposeful Community will be explored in relation to increasing student achievement and growth. Participants will learn about the phases of the change-leadership process in the Ohio Appalachian Collaborative (called Enhancing Leadership Quality for Collaborative Action Impact). A mindset-management approach to leadership and delivery models will be shared, which will assist participants in creating a plan for Purposeful Community and Change Leadership in their own school or district.
Main Presenter: Mark Glasbrenner, Battelle for Kids
Co-Presenter(s): Barb Hansen, Battelle for Kids
Australian cio summit 2012 david gee news releasePermission to Play Drives ...IT Network marcus evans
Permission to Play Drives Innovation in IT: Interview with: David Gee, Chief Information Officer, Credit Union Australia, a speaker at the marcus evans Australian CIO Summit 2012, talks about the discovery skills of innovators and how ideas become business.
The course was about how to implement user centered design in organizations. It was part of the Master degree program in Business with orientation in User Centered Design. Laurea University of Applied Sciences.
Change cannot be managed, only facilitated. We see ourselves as guide by the side, not a sage on the stage. Find out more about Propellor's view on change facilitation.
The document discusses the fundamentals of collaboration. It states that collaboration is a process and outcome that involves people working together to create outcomes they cannot achieve individually. It also discusses identifying problems that cost resources, innovation, or competitiveness and can only be solved through collaboration, known as solution value. Finally, it provides tips on various aspects of collaboration such as focusing on people, adoption, structure, technology, and innovation.
2b2 Consulting helps organizations develop and implement collaborative strategies. It enables clients to effectively create strategies focused on engaging people to generate better outcomes. 2b2 Consulting's services are for the leadership of mid-sized and large organizations considering or having implemented an online collaborative project.
This document provides summaries of sessions from the IBM CONNECT 2012 conference on social business. The sessions discuss how leading companies are using social technologies to transform their business, engage employees, innovate products and services, and gain insights from data. Specific sessions highlight how Bayer MaterialScience, Premier Health, Continental AG, BASF, Asian Paints, and Presbyterian Healthcare Services are applying social business approaches.
This document provides summaries of sessions from the IBM CONNECT 2012 conference on social business. The sessions discuss how leading companies are using social technologies to transform their business, engage employees, innovate products and services, and gain insights from data. Specific sessions highlight experiences from Bayer MaterialScience, Premier Health, Asian Paints, BASF, Genworth Financial, and Presbyterian Healthcare Services in leveraging social media and collaboration platforms.
Purposeful Community and Change Leadership for the 21st Centuryohedconnectforsuccess
Purposeful Community and Change Leadership for the 21st Century
June 29, 10:30am – noon, Room: Union A
Purposeful Community touches all aspects of the learning process. The four components of Purposeful Community will be explored in relation to increasing student achievement and growth. Participants will learn about the phases of the change-leadership process in the Ohio Appalachian Collaborative (called Enhancing Leadership Quality for Collaborative Action Impact). A mindset-management approach to leadership and delivery models will be shared, which will assist participants in creating a plan for Purposeful Community and Change Leadership in their own school or district.
Main Presenter: Mark Glasbrenner, Battelle for Kids
Co-Presenter(s): Barb Hansen, Battelle for Kids
Australian cio summit 2012 david gee news releasePermission to Play Drives ...IT Network marcus evans
Permission to Play Drives Innovation in IT: Interview with: David Gee, Chief Information Officer, Credit Union Australia, a speaker at the marcus evans Australian CIO Summit 2012, talks about the discovery skills of innovators and how ideas become business.
The course was about how to implement user centered design in organizations. It was part of the Master degree program in Business with orientation in User Centered Design. Laurea University of Applied Sciences.
Change cannot be managed, only facilitated. We see ourselves as guide by the side, not a sage on the stage. Find out more about Propellor's view on change facilitation.
Leading Culture Change in Global Organizations Part III: Emerging MarketsDenison Consulting
This document announces Part III of a 3-part webinar series on leading culture change in global organizations. Part III will focus on implementing culture change in emerging markets. It provides details on the webinar topics, speakers, and registration information. Daniel Denison from Denison Consulting and IMD Business School will discuss challenges and opportunities for culture change in emerging markets, drawing on case studies from GE Healthcare China and Vale. The document also advertises Denison's new book on culture change and offers discounts for bulk book purchases.
Lotusphere Id601 - Understanding the marketplace advantages for IBM Lotus sol...Ed Brill
The document discusses IBM Lotus collaboration software solutions and their advantages over competitors. It highlights IBM's leadership position across key collaboration categories like enterprise email, portals, and business process management. The document also summarizes IBM's product strategy, roadmap, and focus on open standards and integration. It addresses questions customers may have around migration costs when evaluating switching from existing solutions.
The document discusses the concepts of Enterprise 2.0 and Web 2.0. It provides definitions of Enterprise 2.0 from various experts that focus on adopting social media and participative technologies in organizations. The document then reviews principles and lessons from prior management philosophies like Scientific Management, the work of Deming, Drucker, Senge and Toyota. It proposes a new perspective on Enterprise 2.0 as a learning organization focused on knowledge work and workers.
Latest research from the Global Workplace - The Edge of CollaborationSu Butcher
Presentation given by Dr Marie Puybaraud and Hannah Hahn of Global WorkPlace Innovation at Johnson Controls at Workplace Trends 2012 Conference: Wellbeing and Performance, Thursday 25 October 2012, One Bishop's Square, London, E1 6AD
Crowdsourcing as a problem solving strategyMiia Kosonen
This document summarizes a paper that was presented at a conference in Helsinki, Finland in June 2013. The paper identifies 10 practices for hosting organizations to facilitate problem solving through crowdsourcing. These include providing stimulating tasks, timely feedback, encouraging interaction, appropriate rewards, building community, and choosing effective communication technologies. It also discusses assessing the crowd's knowledge, specifying tasks appropriately, providing support for task interpretation, and encouraging collaboration. The paper uses examples from InnoCentive, Lego Cuusoo, and IdeasProject to illustrate different modes of crowdsourcing.
This document discusses effective negotiation techniques. It begins by outlining common negative self-talk that holds people back from negotiating effectively. It then presents a formula for effective negotiating: F2 + A + D, where F2 represents how you feel, A represents how you approach it, and D represents how you deliver. The document covers preparing, discussing, proposing, bargaining, and concluding deals. It emphasizes focusing on interests rather than positions, using facts over assumptions, and maintaining a cooperative "win-win" mindset. The goal is to empower people to negotiate confidently and achieve better outcomes.
Camden Council (Design Group Project) DropboxSeb Sear
The document discusses the design process for developing a solution to engage the local community in Camden in discussions about changes to the built environment. It goes through the four phases of the design process: discover, define, develop, and deliver. In the discover phase, the team interviewed local residents to develop personas and understand their experiences. In the define phase, the team identified small business owners as their target group and used co-design methods to reframe their understanding and develop initial concepts. In the develop phase, the concepts were prototyped through low-fidelity versions to get feedback from users.
The document discusses techniques for effective webinar facilitation. It provides tips from Cynthia Clay, an expert in facilitating interactive web training. The tips include engaging participants every 3 minutes, using diverse polling methods, allowing participants to chat and share ideas, creating learning experiences with real problems, and requesting regular feedback. The document also discusses how to reduce the impact of potential technology issues during webinars.
The document discusses creating a radically better future through breakthrough innovation and leadership. It talks about seeing problems as opportunities, switching assumptions, and innovating to create disruptive breakthroughs rather than incremental changes. Examples are given of social innovations that addressed issues like poverty and hunger by redesigning solutions and empowering local communities rather than relying on traditional aid approaches. The document advocates switching assumptions about what is possible to generate new insights and proposals.
Lisa M. Newman is the founder and CEO of Marigold Consulting, which offers training to help individuals and professionals bloom personally and professionally. Marigold partners with clients to foster a productive learning environment where ideas are generated and solutions discovered. To learn more about Marigold's services or to schedule a session, visit their website.
The Navigator Institute provides an 18-month training program to develop leaders into "Navigators" who can create alignment and change within organizations. The program teaches skills like personal development, leadership, relationships, conflict resolution, and group alignment. Upon completion, participants who master the skills will be certified as Navigators and able to mobilize others to achieve greater results. The training uses modules, coaching, and practice to overcome barriers and learn how to transform complex systems.
Test Management Challenges + Solutions - Selena DelesieSelena Delesie
This document summarizes a webinar about real-life test management challenges and solutions. It discusses team-based challenges such as staff not getting along or working to their potential. It provides examples of how coaching staff and building relationships helped address these issues. It also discusses project-based challenges like unrealistic timelines and priorities. The document emphasizes communicating with stakeholders, using servant leadership, and gaining early involvement in projects. It provides recommendations for managing challenges related to people, projects, and stakeholders.
The document provides an overview of a workshop on Aboriginal grant writing. It discusses identifying problems and target populations, developing project profiles, finding potential funders, and key components of grant proposals such as establishing nonprofit status. The agenda covers starting with a problem, organizing projects, interpreting requests for proposals, and developing effective written proposals.
AaronLee Givan has completed extensive professional development activities including seminars, webinars, workshops, and online classes. These covered topics such as leadership, strategic planning, social media, statistics, research methods, online learning best practices, and advocacy. He has earned certificates in areas like FERPA training and online teaching. Givan aims to continually expand his knowledge in order to strengthen his work in education research and leadership.
SSBMInnovation Business Model Design Workshop-1Antony Upward
Presentation for first workshop (May 15, 2013) to design the business model for the crowd-funded collaborative project which will create the "book" / toolkit for Strongly Sustainable Business Model Innovation (http://www.SSMBG.com).
As usual, recommended downloading the presentation and viewing in slideshow mode with the speakers notes handy
The document discusses best practices for leading collaborative virtual teams. It provides an overview of a webinar on the topic presented by Cynthia Clay, an expert in virtual learning. The webinar objectives are to design a game plan around eight practices for leading virtual teams, bring attention and recognition to virtual team members, and build accountability among team members.
2b2 Consulting helps organizations develop and implement collaborative strategies. They enable clients to effectively create and execute strategies focused on engaging people. Their services include creating collaboration and implementation plans, identifying business value, selecting technology, and workshops on topics like introducing collaboration and designing communities for long-term success.
The document provides an overview of key topics from Q4 2013 including:
- Bonds still belong in portfolios despite rising interest rates due to their benefits of low correlation to stocks, lower volatility, and liquidity. Flexible bond funds that can minimize interest rate risk performed well compared to benchmarks in 2013.
- The Merger Fund uses an arbitrage strategy focused on mergers after announcement but before completion to achieve steady returns with very low volatility and correlation to stocks and bonds, making it a good diversifier.
- Duration risk, or sensitivity to interest rate changes, has increased in the bond market and conservative investors should consider this risk given the likelihood of rising rates.
- Being a registered investment advisor
Leading Culture Change in Global Organizations Part III: Emerging MarketsDenison Consulting
This document announces Part III of a 3-part webinar series on leading culture change in global organizations. Part III will focus on implementing culture change in emerging markets. It provides details on the webinar topics, speakers, and registration information. Daniel Denison from Denison Consulting and IMD Business School will discuss challenges and opportunities for culture change in emerging markets, drawing on case studies from GE Healthcare China and Vale. The document also advertises Denison's new book on culture change and offers discounts for bulk book purchases.
Lotusphere Id601 - Understanding the marketplace advantages for IBM Lotus sol...Ed Brill
The document discusses IBM Lotus collaboration software solutions and their advantages over competitors. It highlights IBM's leadership position across key collaboration categories like enterprise email, portals, and business process management. The document also summarizes IBM's product strategy, roadmap, and focus on open standards and integration. It addresses questions customers may have around migration costs when evaluating switching from existing solutions.
The document discusses the concepts of Enterprise 2.0 and Web 2.0. It provides definitions of Enterprise 2.0 from various experts that focus on adopting social media and participative technologies in organizations. The document then reviews principles and lessons from prior management philosophies like Scientific Management, the work of Deming, Drucker, Senge and Toyota. It proposes a new perspective on Enterprise 2.0 as a learning organization focused on knowledge work and workers.
Latest research from the Global Workplace - The Edge of CollaborationSu Butcher
Presentation given by Dr Marie Puybaraud and Hannah Hahn of Global WorkPlace Innovation at Johnson Controls at Workplace Trends 2012 Conference: Wellbeing and Performance, Thursday 25 October 2012, One Bishop's Square, London, E1 6AD
Crowdsourcing as a problem solving strategyMiia Kosonen
This document summarizes a paper that was presented at a conference in Helsinki, Finland in June 2013. The paper identifies 10 practices for hosting organizations to facilitate problem solving through crowdsourcing. These include providing stimulating tasks, timely feedback, encouraging interaction, appropriate rewards, building community, and choosing effective communication technologies. It also discusses assessing the crowd's knowledge, specifying tasks appropriately, providing support for task interpretation, and encouraging collaboration. The paper uses examples from InnoCentive, Lego Cuusoo, and IdeasProject to illustrate different modes of crowdsourcing.
This document discusses effective negotiation techniques. It begins by outlining common negative self-talk that holds people back from negotiating effectively. It then presents a formula for effective negotiating: F2 + A + D, where F2 represents how you feel, A represents how you approach it, and D represents how you deliver. The document covers preparing, discussing, proposing, bargaining, and concluding deals. It emphasizes focusing on interests rather than positions, using facts over assumptions, and maintaining a cooperative "win-win" mindset. The goal is to empower people to negotiate confidently and achieve better outcomes.
Camden Council (Design Group Project) DropboxSeb Sear
The document discusses the design process for developing a solution to engage the local community in Camden in discussions about changes to the built environment. It goes through the four phases of the design process: discover, define, develop, and deliver. In the discover phase, the team interviewed local residents to develop personas and understand their experiences. In the define phase, the team identified small business owners as their target group and used co-design methods to reframe their understanding and develop initial concepts. In the develop phase, the concepts were prototyped through low-fidelity versions to get feedback from users.
The document discusses techniques for effective webinar facilitation. It provides tips from Cynthia Clay, an expert in facilitating interactive web training. The tips include engaging participants every 3 minutes, using diverse polling methods, allowing participants to chat and share ideas, creating learning experiences with real problems, and requesting regular feedback. The document also discusses how to reduce the impact of potential technology issues during webinars.
The document discusses creating a radically better future through breakthrough innovation and leadership. It talks about seeing problems as opportunities, switching assumptions, and innovating to create disruptive breakthroughs rather than incremental changes. Examples are given of social innovations that addressed issues like poverty and hunger by redesigning solutions and empowering local communities rather than relying on traditional aid approaches. The document advocates switching assumptions about what is possible to generate new insights and proposals.
Lisa M. Newman is the founder and CEO of Marigold Consulting, which offers training to help individuals and professionals bloom personally and professionally. Marigold partners with clients to foster a productive learning environment where ideas are generated and solutions discovered. To learn more about Marigold's services or to schedule a session, visit their website.
The Navigator Institute provides an 18-month training program to develop leaders into "Navigators" who can create alignment and change within organizations. The program teaches skills like personal development, leadership, relationships, conflict resolution, and group alignment. Upon completion, participants who master the skills will be certified as Navigators and able to mobilize others to achieve greater results. The training uses modules, coaching, and practice to overcome barriers and learn how to transform complex systems.
Test Management Challenges + Solutions - Selena DelesieSelena Delesie
This document summarizes a webinar about real-life test management challenges and solutions. It discusses team-based challenges such as staff not getting along or working to their potential. It provides examples of how coaching staff and building relationships helped address these issues. It also discusses project-based challenges like unrealistic timelines and priorities. The document emphasizes communicating with stakeholders, using servant leadership, and gaining early involvement in projects. It provides recommendations for managing challenges related to people, projects, and stakeholders.
The document provides an overview of a workshop on Aboriginal grant writing. It discusses identifying problems and target populations, developing project profiles, finding potential funders, and key components of grant proposals such as establishing nonprofit status. The agenda covers starting with a problem, organizing projects, interpreting requests for proposals, and developing effective written proposals.
AaronLee Givan has completed extensive professional development activities including seminars, webinars, workshops, and online classes. These covered topics such as leadership, strategic planning, social media, statistics, research methods, online learning best practices, and advocacy. He has earned certificates in areas like FERPA training and online teaching. Givan aims to continually expand his knowledge in order to strengthen his work in education research and leadership.
SSBMInnovation Business Model Design Workshop-1Antony Upward
Presentation for first workshop (May 15, 2013) to design the business model for the crowd-funded collaborative project which will create the "book" / toolkit for Strongly Sustainable Business Model Innovation (http://www.SSMBG.com).
As usual, recommended downloading the presentation and viewing in slideshow mode with the speakers notes handy
The document discusses best practices for leading collaborative virtual teams. It provides an overview of a webinar on the topic presented by Cynthia Clay, an expert in virtual learning. The webinar objectives are to design a game plan around eight practices for leading virtual teams, bring attention and recognition to virtual team members, and build accountability among team members.
2b2 Consulting helps organizations develop and implement collaborative strategies. They enable clients to effectively create and execute strategies focused on engaging people. Their services include creating collaboration and implementation plans, identifying business value, selecting technology, and workshops on topics like introducing collaboration and designing communities for long-term success.
The document provides an overview of key topics from Q4 2013 including:
- Bonds still belong in portfolios despite rising interest rates due to their benefits of low correlation to stocks, lower volatility, and liquidity. Flexible bond funds that can minimize interest rate risk performed well compared to benchmarks in 2013.
- The Merger Fund uses an arbitrage strategy focused on mergers after announcement but before completion to achieve steady returns with very low volatility and correlation to stocks and bonds, making it a good diversifier.
- Duration risk, or sensitivity to interest rate changes, has increased in the bond market and conservative investors should consider this risk given the likelihood of rising rates.
- Being a registered investment advisor
The Competitiveness Of Hong Kong And Asian Accounting Firms Rev May 2012Robert_Sawhney
This document provides an overview of strategic management concepts for accounting firms. It discusses that marketing is about client value rather than promotion. High performing professional service firms are client focused, innovative, understand client industries, systematically collect market information, demand information sharing, communicate clear values, are aware of competitors, and think long term. Strategy involves choosing markets and services to deliver unique value. Implementation is challenging and requires changing mindsets to view marketing as strategic. The document also discusses globalization, strategic alliances, mergers, and alternatives to billable hours for pricing services.
The document discusses collaboration as both a process and outcome focused on people. It defines collaboration as people working together to create solutions that they could not alone. When teams successfully collaborate, they can achieve better outcomes than any individual. The document outlines types of collaboration and opportunities for enterprise collaboration, noting that the key to success is recognizing collaboration begins and ends with empowering people.
The document discusses the uncertain global economic and political environment over the next few months. It notes that the US faces budget issues as tax cuts are set to expire and spending cuts will be implemented. China is also transitioning to new leadership. In Europe, Germany does not want to directly fund bailouts for troubled countries like Greece, Portugal, and Spain, making their conditions impossible to meet. The global monetary system is unsustainable long-term, and the IMF is exploring alternatives like those in the Chicago Plan from the 1930s.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere, promising self-driving cars, medical breakthroughs, and new ways of working. But how do you separate hype from reality? How can your company apply AI to solve real business problems?
Here’s what AI learnings your business should keep in mind for 2017.
This document from 2009 discusses collaboration and its benefits. It notes that collaboration is both a process and outcome focused on solving problems through people working together. When teams successfully collaborate, they can achieve better outcomes than individuals, including potentially transformational results. However, collaboration requires clear vision, commitment over time, and a focus on empowering people. Technologies can enable people to collaborate, but successful strategies depend on mastering collaboration fundamentals and leadership that empowers collaborative people networks.
The document discusses collaboration as both a process and outcome focused on people working together to create solutions. Effective collaboration requires clear vision, commitment over time, and recognizing that outcomes are driven by empowering people. New technologies are enabling transformational collaborative environments beyond cooperation as collaborative networks of people drive societies and economies.
This document is an issue of the PricewaterhouseCoopers publication "View" from winter 2008. It contains articles on topics related to business such as achieving business agility, maximizing talent, health care reform, and an interview with futurist Andrew Zolli. The editorial introduces the new format and approach of View to keep up with changes in business. It also emphasizes the publication's focus on issues that concern business executives as they navigate forces of change.
1) The document provides summaries and video links for sessions from the IBM CONNECT 2012 conference on social business. Sessions covered topics like how leading companies are using social technologies to transform their business, drive innovation, and improve customer experiences.
2) Keynote speakers included IBM executives who discussed how social media is changing business and the need for companies to develop social capabilities. Other sessions featured representatives from companies like BASF and Asian Paints discussing their social business initiatives.
3) The document encourages attendees to watch replay videos of the sessions which provide case studies and lessons learned on how organizations are building social businesses and leveraging collective intelligence.
Co-Creation Forum presents: How Brands can Derive Insight from Co-CreationEphraim Cohen
Co-Creation is an increasingly interesting and talked about topic of conversation. Yet some are left to ponder its relevance and value to an organization. During this webinar, Jennifer Kitchen, Managing Director of Promise North America will challenge the audience to think about “Why aren’t organizations infusing co-creation into their brand development processes?” As fodder to the discussion, Jennifer will draw upon real-life stories from a range of co-creation believers and skeptics.
The Secret Sauce for Innovation (shortform) Laszlo Szalvay
The document summarizes Laszlo Szalvay's presentation on innovation and agility at Agile Brazil 2012. It discusses how organizations can become more innovative through adopting an agile mindset. The presentation covers 5 steps for organizations: 1) become a learning organization, 2) focus on employee retention, 3) implement community architecture, 4) have a clear executive vision, and 5) use user stories to articulate requirements. The goal is to help organizations innovate through increased agility.
Moxie Software provides an employee collaboration platform called Employee Spaces. It utilizes a people-centric design approach to maximize adoption. The platform allows employees to find experts, collaborate on projects, share knowledge, and drive innovation. It also offers customizable features for integration, templating, search, and management. Moxie typically delivers an initial iteration within 15 days and full deployment within 90 days using an iterative methodology focused on usability.
Social utilities- Going beyond likes and followersDominika Tomek
The document discusses how companies can transform into social businesses by connecting their internal and external social engagement. It recommends taking a holistic approach that involves rethinking governance, building social infrastructure, connecting employees, and focusing on curation, communities, and customer experience online and offline. The goal is to leverage the entire organization to provide customer intimacy at scale by understanding consumer expectations and delivering value through social channels.
Architecture Of Participation - Enterprise2.0 adoption outlinesIsrael Blechman
The adoption of E2.0 tools and methods necessitates a new framework of thinking about work and productivity. The presentation illustrates the concepts of E2.0 and the conditions to a successful adoption process.
The presentation was created for a lecture I held at Microsoft Israel's Masters of Knowledge conference, May 2009.
Mix Agile with Prince 2 for rewarding resultsEdward Gould
Acando helped Aimia, a global loyalty management company, deliver a project for the Nectar brand using a hybrid Agile and PRINCE2 methodology. Tony Davis from Acando worked with the Aimia team to navigate how Agile could fit with their typical use of PRINCE2. He emphasized communication to help the team understand both methodologies. This hybrid approach allowed for flexibility and quick delivery of results through an iterative process, while maintaining structure from PRINCE2. The project was delivered on time and on budget and helped Aimia explore new ways of working.
This document outlines the top 10 business sustainability challenges for 2012 as identified by a council of sustainability executives from leading Canadian organizations.
1) How can businesses redefine the traditional business case to include sustainability, as sustainability initiatives may have longer payback periods than typically expected, making them appear less attractive.
2) How can sustainability drive innovation (and vice-versa) within companies? While innovation and sustainability are often linked, more understanding is needed on how to create a virtuous cycle between them.
3) The Network for Business Sustainability will systematically review the challenges of how sustainability can drive innovation, and how businesses can mobilize citizens to take more sustainable actions.
The report is intended to help businesses
The document provides an overview of an innovation program developed by Deloitte Innovation to help organizations foster innovation through establishing the right processes, tools and governance, highlighting key phases of the innovation process (insight, ideation, incubation, commercialization) and describing different "tracks" (growth, innovator, fast) tailored to different innovation goals and timeframes.
NHRDN Virtual Learning Session on Encouraging an environment of innovationNational HRD Network
The document discusses the important role of frontline leaders in encouraging innovation. It emphasizes that creativity drives innovation and outlines three key leader behaviors needed to promote innovation: building trust to take risks, helping employees through risks, and facilitating purposeful change. Frontline leaders must inspire curiosity, challenge assumptions, and think differently to overcome innovation challenges and drive meaningful change.
Accenture is a global management consulting and outsourcing firm with over 186,000 employees. It has been recognized as a leader in knowledge sharing and social learning. Accenture's social learning mission is to enable employees to learn from each other and bring the best practices to clients. The company focuses on building a collaborative culture through connection, contribution, and cultivation between employees. Accenture develops social learning programs using five building blocks: leadership and culture, governance, technology, user experience, and purposeful community activities.
The document discusses Industry Advisory Boards (IABs) and introduces IABPro as a service that helps companies establish and manage effective IABs. IABPro works with companies to identify business objectives, source qualified advisors, and drive delivery of business value through structured IAB engagements. One example client pivoted from hardware to software with IABPro's help, raised funding, and was later acquired. IABPro's methodology provides an end-to-end process for setting objectives and meeting agendas, onboarding advisors, managing meetings, and ensuring IABs meet business deliverables.
The document discusses inspiring social change within organizations by embracing collaboration and social media. It outlines three ways to inspire social change: 1) aligning individual work to organizational goals through social media initiatives, 2) identifying and promoting natural pockets of collaboration, and 3) acting as a collaboration catalyst by celebrating successes and encouraging continued usage of social tools. The overall message is that social change happens gradually by focusing on people and breaking down barriers through various collaborative approaches.
Carnegie Worldwide, Inc. partners with world-class ENERGY/RENEWABLE companies in constant change and growth.
Carnegie Worldwide, Inc. is a boutique firm working within the intersection of Behavior Science and Business Management. Partnering with a select group of clients, we give strategic advice and lead the creation of customized business solutions.
The document discusses the growing maturity of social media and need for businesses to implement social customer relationship management (SCRM). It notes that social has moved past experimentation to being mission critical. However, traditional social metrics like likes and followers no longer suffice and don't relate to business outcomes. Implementing successful SCRM requires a long-term strategic approach across the entire organization to provide customer intimacy at scale, not just social media communications. This involves leveraging social analytics, curating relevant communities and content, and ensuring consistent online and offline customer experiences.
Design Reality is a product design company that has been in business for 12 years. It has developed over 60 products that have reached market, been granted 50 patents, and won 9 awards. The company focuses on developing products that are both functional and beautiful, with an emphasis on meeting user needs. Design Reality takes a four-phase approach to product development: discovery, definition, development, and deployment. It has worked with over 30 clients across many industries. Testimonials from past clients praise Design Reality's expertise, innovative solutions, and ability to translate designs into final products.