Good to Great author Jim Collins gives a first glimpse into his latest study.  Read the interview: How Great Companies Turn Crisis into Opportunity. An avid rock climber, he uses unique analogies such as: “Those who panic, die on the mountain.”  Fifteen of the 18 companies he wrote about in Built...

True leaders enable others to innovate. Traditionally, leaders have been viewed as heroes who have all the answers. This perception is an obstacle to innovation. Under that model, employees attempt to innovate if they are told to innovate, when they receive their directions from the top. They feel they...

Shaun Kennedy Collaboration and Organizational Excellence are the keys this innovation leader uses to keep his team and his company “worldclass.” Being naturally curios is a competency that has served Shaun Kennedy well. Shaun is in charge of Research and Development for The Infineum Group of Companies,...

Early tribes, on whatever continent, collaborated. They knew and accepted who was good at each task needed for the community to survive. Sounds like “specialization” you say? Well, there is a huge difference. Modern managers learned to draw organization charts which basically separate specialties...

Alan Baia and William DiPaolo founded Cogent Road here in San Diego - an innovative software company that provides enterprise-wide, web based software applications for the mortgage industry. Cogent Road has been named by Mortgage Technology magazine as one of the industry’s top service providers....

Marketing/management and Sales Expert, Mark Stevens is the bestselling author of “Your Marketing Sucks” and the CEO of MSCO, a global marketing firm. Stevens delivers more than 40 speeches annually and is a regularly featured media commentator, lending his insights and opinions on marketing on...

LEADERSHIP – helping others innovate  “Good leaders make people feel that they’re at the very heart of things, not at the periphery. Everyone feels that he or she makes a difference to the success of the organization. When that happens people feel centered and that gives their work meaning.”...

Shortly after the death of the harsh Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, his successor Nikita Khrushchev was addressing the Supreme Soviet Council.   As the new leader denounced his predecessor’s terrible crimes, a voice in the back called out: “Comrade, you were there. Why did not you stop him?”   Khrushchev...

“Actions speak louder than words.” As started in a previous post (New View of Leadership) we are taking a look at the three main skills required for leaders of innovation.  Today, you walk your talk as you model innovation for others. A leader of innovation must be a model or example for...