creativity
Creativity Versus Innovation
March 08 by Process Excellence Network EditorIt's true: Many confuse the process of getting ideas with the agonizing realities of putting them to work. Lack of creativity is not the problem in most organizations. Great ideas almost always abound...
Why the financial services industry requires a new approach to innovation
May 21 by Process Excellence NetworkThe financial service industry was once seen as ultra-conservative and risk-adverse. Your local banker would stare you down across the desk and stamp approved or declined on your mortgage applicati...
Ten Rules for Six Sigma Innovation
January 16 by Hisham SabrySix Sigma is sometimes criticized as the enemy of innovation. But Hisham Sabry, a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, says it doesn’t need to be like that and has 10 rules to make sure that inn...
The "Stop-Doing" Project Abandonment Strategy
February 24 by Matthew MayIn a recent interview, Campbell Soup CEO Douglas Conant defined his mission in taking the helm eight years ago as "to take a ‘bad’ company and lift its performance to ‘extraordinary&...
Innovation for a Positive Future
January 19 by Rowan GibsonHow Lack of Innovation Led to Detroit's Dismal Decline and Fall In March 2008, British Airways discontinued its decades-old daily service between London Heathrow and Detroit. Not exactly world-sh...