Author Archives: AndrewPetrick

Executive Search – A Key to Success

Posted on July 31, 2014 by AndrewPetrick

We can say what we like about all the bells and whistles in our company: we know our core competencies we know why our product sells so well, and how great our services are, but what really makes our company … Continue reading →

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Why Is An Innovation Standard Necessary?

Posted on June 30, 2014 by AndrewPetrick

An innovation standard can be thought of as the skeleton that the human body is built on. An innovation management standard is needed to serve as a foundational skeleton to develop an innovation management system (IMS) especially in terms of: … Continue reading →

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Why the Big Boys Fall !

Posted on May 29, 2014 by AndrewPetrick

What happens when stakeholder requirements are ignored by big companies already known for its innovation? Just being good at the moment is not enough to stay on top of an industry. New ideas must continue to be sought out and … Continue reading →

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How to Start a Hiring Conversation

Posted on April 1, 2014 by AndrewPetrick

Having a long list of special questions and top-secret interviewing techniques simply isn’t going to attract and motivate the people we actually want to hire. Rather, generating a consultative peer-to-peer (mutual colleague) discussion is going to pay dividends for us … Continue reading →

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How to Hire an Innovator

Posted on March 31, 2014 by AndrewPetrick

Traditional hiring practices may not work all that well when it comes to acquiring the creative people we really need. By traditional we mean the way personnel tends to operate especially in terms of the screening process and generating multiple … Continue reading →

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Genius-to-Folly Syndrome

Posted on January 1, 2014 by AndrewPetrick

Do we know how close to failure we may be? Our relentless competitive quest for more power and status may be our own undoing. Leaders who are prone to recklessness are the ones that are adapt in creating scenarios that … Continue reading →

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Stuck in Past Glory

Posted on December 31, 2013 by AndrewPetrick

Destructive leaders stubbornly rely on what worked for them in the past. When they find their company in decline, they revert to what they regard as tried-and-true methods. They do not consider how much the environment has changed. Instead of … Continue reading →

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Creative Destruction

Posted on November 1, 2013 by AndrewPetrick

Creative destruction means we can’t sit on our business laurels; in fact, we must constantly abandon successes of the past. And, we have to realize that too much of our present day success is going to morph and atrophy – … Continue reading →

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Do we have to INNOVATE to stay on top?

Posted on October 31, 2013 by AndrewPetrick

If we look at the stock market, the answer is yes. Its incredibly difficult to stay in the Dow Jones 30 or the S & P 500 for multiple decades; in fact, most participant companies have not been able to … Continue reading →

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Will Tomorrow Be Like Today?

Posted on September 30, 2013 by AndrewPetrick

No! We wish it would… and we live our lives like it will. We project an improved status quo on to the future. The truth is we just don’t see the forces that are shaping our soon to be new … Continue reading →

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