Business Innovation & Networking Blog
Business Innovation: Will Your ‘Outside the Box’ Idea Truly Works? You Need to Blow Up the Box!
Often when it comes to business innovation, the go-to phrase seems to be thinking outside the box. Even though it is the box that may be keeping us all grounded, it really is that box that is preventing us from soaring. Using the excuse that change only works to cause...
The 90% Rule: Ken Tencer’s Advice to Canadian Entrepreneurs
I had coffee the other day with Ken Tencer, author of The 90% Rule – What’s Your Next Big Opportunity and Cause a Disturbance. We got chatting about the advice he gives to Canadian Entrepreneurs and we got on the topic of his recent article in The Globe and Mail,...
The Habits of a Highly Effective CEO
We’ve all heard them before, that ever elusive yet seemingly ever-present list of common characteristics of an effective CEO. And sure, maybe some of those things on that list are traits that you subscribe to on a regular basis. Many may not seem like...
Ah Yes… The Corporate Culture of Innovation
As an organization dedicated to helping others develop and implement business innovation, we routinely hear that change is so much easier said than done. And we can appreciate that – change is often difficult, from the beginning stages of identifying an issue to the...
What Do You Mean Leadership Isn’t Sexy? The Truth Behind Effective Leadership
Leadership often comes with an already well-established and respected reputation, and often for good reason, but those of us in leadership positions, whatever they might be, know that that reputation is often accompanied by a set of assumptions that are not...
Keep Calm and Just Do It – Keeping the Workplace Environment Positive
The issue of workplace contentment has become central to many management discussions over the last few years. Following a period of economic recession, the job market has bounced back, meaning more jobs for fewer people. If the predictions are correct, and there’s no...
Presenting New Ideas: Does Your Communication Strategy Work?
There is a lot to be said for being prepared, and how you present new ideas to those who will be directly impacted by them can often mean the difference between acceptance and rejection. Any intelligent and effective communication strategy needs to take the...
Change Management: What’s Stopping You?
Mindsets are dangerous. A fixed mindset can bring an entire organization to a grinding halt simply by existing. What makes them even more insidious is the fact that they exist, almost undetectable, in your most trusted management team members. The unconscious...
Who Really Participates in Developing Successful Innovative Business Ideas?
When it comes to innovation, many organizations struggle to find the right balance between communication and development and the issue of involving only those that “need to know.” Developing a strong, central design ethos can be difficult, but it is essential if you...
How Diversity Can Drive Innovation
It is no secret that diversity in the workplace is often a key driver of success, no matter the industry, and by diversity we are not just talking about gender, race, sexual orientation or ability. When it comes to diversity in the workplace, the notion should also...
