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How to stay above the automation line
Why should you be more creative and innovative within your organisation? Because without this edge your job is, or will be, at risk. Just as many blue-collar workers have been replaced with automated production lines, technology will also automate many … Continue reading
Posted in Growth, Innovation, Talent
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Don’t outsource your motivation- 10 tips for self-motivation at work
Based on the number of views my previous post on Motivation received, I seem to have hit a nerve and therefore, a topic worthy of a follow up with some tips and guidance for employees struggling with motivation at work. So … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Growth, Motivation, Talent
Tagged growth, Motivation, Personal Development, personal development plans
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Light Bulb Moment: 4 Essentials for Innovation
The light bulb is often used as metaphor for innovation and in this post I go one step further by using it to demonstrate the 4 key essentials for innovation within an organisation: 1. Passion (Power) 2. Collaboration (Filament) 3. … Continue reading
Posted in Company Culture, Innovation, strategy, Talent, Values
Tagged collaboration, Culture, Innovation, passion, vision
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Making Innovation Work
Innovation isn’t a topic for just your R&D department or in product development. Innovation should be on the board agenda and with each and every department and individual. Its a culture thing, its a vision thing, its a HR thing. … Continue reading
Posted in Company Culture, Growth, Innovation, strategy, Talent, Uncategorized
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Built to Last: Revisited
Built to Last by Jim Collins has sold millions since its publication in 1997 but 15 years on is it working and is anyone still listening? The driver behind Jim Collins and Jerry Porras research was to find the magic … Continue reading
Posted in Company Culture, Growth, Innovation, strategy, Talent, Values
Tagged Built to Last, Jim Collins
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Think Different: 7 Books That Changed My Mind
For good physical health you need two things; a healthy diet and regular exercise. The same is true for your mind. You need a healthy diet of good ideas and concepts that will exercise your mind. The books I’ve chosen below have … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Competing Values Framekwork, Growth, Innovation, Marketing, Talent
Tagged marketing, recruitment, Sales, Steve Jobs, Think Differently
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CLONE WARS: 4 Values to Value Most and Why
One of the most interesting and practical management theories to emerge over the last 20 years is the Competing Values Framework based on the work of Quinn and Rohrbaugh (1983) which identifies four competing values within an organisation. These are … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Company Culture, Competing Values Framekwork, Growth, Innovation, Marketing, Talent, Values
Tagged change, Competing Values Framework, conflict, Culture, Innovation, talent, values
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Would you hire Steve Jobs?
So a guy walks into your office for a job interview. He has long hair and is dressed in jeans with sandals on his feet. As he sits down you immediately become aware of his “hygiene” issues. You put this … Continue reading
Posted in Company Culture, Innovation, Talent
Tagged Hiring, HR, Interviews, recruitment, talent
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7 Tips for Attracting Talent
One: Think Again. If you have a Talent Acquisition department then maybe you should rethink your strategy. You don’t Acquire Talent, you Attract Talent. Slavery was abolished quite some time ago and unlike furniture you can’t purchase people. Seriously, regardless … Continue reading
Posted in Company Culture, Innovation, Talent
Tagged business, perspective candidates, recruitment, talent
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