Shaping the Future: Pathways to 2020
The 2014 CECP Summit will take place in New York City May 20-21. Each year at this event, CECP shares cutting-edge research, provides the opportunity to hear the CEO perspective in panel discussions, and features keynote speakers such as President Bill Clinton, General Colin L. Powell (Ret.), Ambassador Melanne Verveer, Professor Michael Porter of Harvard Business School, and Anthony Wilder Miller, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education. CECP releases the first look at the Corporate Giving Standard (CGS) data at the Summit and honors the winners of the Excellence Awards. Register for the 2014 CECP Summit » View a video about the CECP Summit (4 minutes)
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L’humiliation tue l’innovation
La question de l’innovation est récurrente dans les grandes entreprises. C’est une tarte à la crème: tous les dirigeants souhaitent que leurs collaborateurs fassent preuve d’imagination et d’initiative pour inventer des solutions originales permettant de conquérir des marchés et de fidéliser les clients. Mais le concept d’innovation est difficile à cerner, souvent incantatoire, et les managers ont du mal à imaginer ce que cela signifie concrètement que de «développer l’innovation». Les nombreuses conversations que j’aie eues à ce sujet chez AREVA et ailleurs ont fini par clarifier un peu les choses dans mon esprit, à la lumière de ma compréhension de la dynamique des communautés professionnelles décrite dans mon livre en 2007. Dans ce contexte, l’ennemi absolu de l’innovation, c’est l’humiliation. Un troisième forme d’innovation, dite « participative », concerne ces « boîtes à idées » qu’on place un peu partout dans les entreprises, majoritairement en version intranet aujourd’hui.
How to Build a Collaborative Organization
Building a collaborative organization is not easy. Collaboration is not a rule you can set, it is a organizational culture that is embraced by its members. But where do you start? 1. In order to succeed in the collaboration world, you cannot just think of yourself as a content provider. In the networked age, organizations can now develop their own performance. If people are going to hack your products anyway, then you mind as well get ahead of the game and include them into your process instead of suing them. Make your products modular, re-configurable and editable. Finally, don’t expect a free ride. 2. All organizations should abandon their fortress mentality and open up by sharing some of their assets within their business networks or even beyond. What Knowledge Work Should You Outsource, HBR If so, keep that work in-house and make sure that those responsible for the work are freed from lower-value tasks that others could accomplish. 3. 4. photo credit: Werkheim via photopin cc
How to Become a Creative Genius - lifehack.org
When we measure the creativity of young children, virtually all of them will record as being ‘highly creative’. However, only a small percentage of adults register as being ‘highly creative’. What happened? Schools have crushed creativity. The job of education is to produce employees who follow instructions. This is one of the most unfortunate realities in our current education system. To undo this, we must continuallyexercise our creative juices. 1. Ideas are like in-laws, you never know when they’re coming over to visit. Leonardo da Vinci was well known for keeping a journal of his ideas. His notebooks were filled with plans for flying machines, a parachute, a helicopter, the extendable ladder, the bicycle,folding furniture, and a number of automated tools for increasing productivity. Yes, I am happy to say that Leonardo da Vinci was a productivity junkie. A blank page is an open invitation for the creative and curious mind. 2. Questions are the root of all knowledge and creativity. 3.
Innovation Is About Arguing, Not Brainstorming. Here's How To Argue Productively
Turns out that brainstorming--that go-to approach to generating new ideas since the 1940s--isn’t the golden ticket to innovation after all. Both Jonah Lehrer, in a recent article in The New Yorker , and Susan Cain, in her new book Quiet , have asserted as much. Science shows that brainstorms can activate a neurological fear of rejection and that groups are not necessarily more creative than individuals. Brainstorming can actually be detrimental to good ideas. But the idea behind brainstorming is right. So if not from brainstorming, where do good ideas come from? At Continuum, we use deliberative discourse--or what we fondly call “Argue. So we argue. Breaking down hierarchy is critical for deliberative discourse. It’s widely evangelized that successful brainstorms rely on acceptance of all ideas and judgment of none. But I’m also a fan of “no, BECAUSE.” We conduct ethnographic research to inform our intuition, so we can understand people’s needs, problems, and values.
Collective Action Toolkit
Is it possible to inspire design thinking outside of the design world? The practice has helped countless organizations innovate new products and services, but has infrequently been made available to a broad audience. frog set out to prove the practice is universal by creating the Collective Action Toolkit, a set of resources and activities to help people accomplish tangible outcomes through a set of guided, non-linear collaboration activities. The goal: to help communities generate solutions, connect to resources, and pool knowledge to solve a wide range of challenges and create real change. CAT got its start with the Nike Foundation, in which frog was asked to help empower girls to solve local community problems. The frog team explored the value of connections for adolescent girls living in extreme poverty in the developing world, and collectively devised solutions to the problems they faced. The project prompted frog to standardize and simplify the language around design thinking.
Body Language: A Key to Success in the Workplace : Yahoo! Finance
Let's say you're all set for your big interview—the one you're confident will change your career. You know you can wow the person across the desk with your accomplishments. Or you're ready to give the presentation that reflects months of hard work and success. What does your body language say? Only a small percentage of communication involves actual words: 7%, to be exact. More Than Words One problem with body language is it may not convey what you really feel. Avoiding looking at people—maybe simply because you're too busy consulting your notes or your résumé—can lead people to think you're being less than honest with them. Conversely, strong and effective body language can help establish an immediate rapport with your audience, signaling confidence in your message. The Eyes Have It People want to feel special. During presentations, mentally split the room into thirds. Maintaining eye contact throughout your presentation requires preparation. Think openness. Animate Yourself
