Archive for the ‘Innovation & Creativity’ Category
VIP Corner: John Kotter discusses the new wave of change for business
SmartBrief is partnering with Big Think to create a weekly video spotlight in SmartBrief on Leadership called “VIP Corner: Video Insights Powered by Big Think.” This week, we’re featuring John Kotter, chief innovation officer at Kotter International. Globalization and technological advances are pushing businesses to change and adapt at a faster rate, said John Kotter, [...]
VIP Corner: Gurbaksh Chahal on how hiring your first employees is key to a company’s success
SmartBrief is partnering with Big Think to create a weekly video spotlight in SmartBrief on Leadership called “VIP Corner: Video Insights Powered by Big Think.” This week, we’re featuring Gurbaksh Chahal, an Internet entrepreneur and best-selling author. The key to a flourishing company — whether it’s a startup or a larger, more established business — [...]
Q-and-A: Tom Silvestri discusses issues facing the news business
Tom Silvestri, leader of the Richmond Media Group, president and publisher of the Richmond Times-Dispatch and chairman of the American Press Institute, spoke with Business of News SmartBrief editor Adam Mazmanian about issues facing the news business in 2012. In 2011, newspapers including the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Minneapolis Star Tribune and [...]
3 questions to create powerful engagement
Engagement is employees’ commitment toward their work. It is rooted in purpose. You can begin to establish engagement by asking employees three simple questions. In this video, I reveal that answers to these questions knit communication and follow-through together in ways that demonstrate that a leader is interested enough to listen, concerned enough to act [...]
The most powerful question for creating creativity in your company
Paul Batz is an author, speaker and executive coach. He is also founder of What Really Works, a leadership coaching and publishing company, headquartered in Minneapolis. He can be reached via e-mail. I’m an executive coach who owns a leadership coaching and publishing firm. Here’s an observation: Each of our clients is asking employees to [...]
7 steps to creating a transformative and innovative company
Faisal Hoque is the founder and CEO of BTM. He is an internationally known entrepreneur and thought leader, and he was named as one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in Technology. A former senior executive at GE and other multinationals, Hoque has written five management books, established a nonprofit research think tank, The [...]
6 reasons your business needs more competition
Denise Lee Yohn has been inspiring and teaching companies how to operationalize their brands to grow their businesses for more than 20 years. World-class brands including Sony, Frito-Lay, Burger King and Nautica have called on Denise, an established speaker, author and consulting partner. Read more by Denise. “We need more rock bands,” declared Anthony Kiedis, [...]
Beyond basic brainstorming: A process for better ideas
Kevin Eikenberry is a expert on leadership development, author, speaker, trainer, consultant and coach. You can learn more about him and read more of his writing on his blog. You’ve been to those meetings. In a sterile conference room with a whiteboard or flip chart, the facilitator (maybe even you) encourages the group to come [...]
